The Myth of Multiple Attacker Defenses

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Have you seen any of the self-defenses against multiple attackers? Two people hold onto each arm and stretch themselves out perfectly, so the defender can kick both of their knees and get away. Unless they are stretching someone out to avoid being sliced with a samurai sword, which went out in 1867, you won’t be attacked that way. За съжаление, few

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Self-Defense Instruction

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The problem with too much martial arts’ self-defense instruction is that they are low percentage defenses against unrealistic attacks taught by some instructors, who have limited knowledge of street attacks. Some systems were created for street or military training and are better than others. Обаче, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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Green Rank – The Last Beginning Step

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After you earn your Green Rank, you will have completed your first year of training. Congratulations. On average, 75 percent of students who started with you have already quit training. Lucky for you, they will be much better targets for criminals. A humorous anecdote is told about two campers worried about a bear attack. One of the campers tells his

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Can TKD Learn from MMA?

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Despite its worldwide popularity and it’s rank as the most popular martial art in the United States, (TKD) is beginning to lose some of it’s luster due to its perceived lack of success in Mixed Martial Arts. (MMA) is the biggest thing to hit the martial arts world since Jigaro Kano decided to go to a colored and black belt system to denote rank within his school,

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Пътят към Жълт Колан

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Когато за първи път започна бойни изкуства с Шотокан карате класа в нашия местен младши колеж, инструкторът раздават една статия за всеки, за да прочетете. Статията обхваща проучване със статистика. Проучването установи, че от всеки 10,000 бойни изкуства студенти само 100 ще продължи да се печелят черни колани. Most beginning students quit after six months

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What Is The Best Self-Defense Technique?

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One of the biggest arguments in martial arts is still whether grappling or striking techniques are best for self-defense. Unsurprisingly, grappling arts advocate grappling techniques, while striking teachers hold up striking as the best method to defend yourself. The argument ignores the best self-defense technique in martial arts. Do not put yourself in situations, where the need for self-defense techniques

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Changes and School Goals

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I was recently made aware of changes that the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) is making to the interpretation of forms. What else is new? Olympic Sparring rules or equipment changes almost yearly. With the popularity of the Hanmadang forms competition, it appears forms will start changing yearly now. With these changes, I have to decide whether I am going to

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No One Defeats Father Time

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Anderson Silva, widely recognized as the greatest mixed martial artist of all time, lost his rematch with Chris Wiedman for the UFC Middleweight Title on December 28, 2013. Wiedman had defeated Silva for the title on July 6, 2013. It was Silva’s first loss in seven years with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the middleweight champion for over 6

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GSP and Being the Best in the World

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Georges St-Pierre has been the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Welterweight Champion since 2007 and has been fighting for the title since 2005. While he is only 32 години, the grind of being world champion has caused him to relinquish the belt and step away from the sport for the time being. Some pundits have speculated that he is

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