Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Hebt u een van de zelf-verdediging gezien tegen meerdere aanvallers? Twee mensen vasthouden aan elke arm en strekken zich perfect, zodat de verdediger kan zowel van hun knieën schoppen en weg. Tenzij ze uitdagend iemand uit om te voorkomen dat gesneden met een samurai zwaard, die in ging 1867, you won’t be attacked that way. Helaas, few
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. Sommige systemen zijn gemaakt voor de straat of militaire training en zijn beter dan anderen. Echter, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different
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
Orange Rank is the next step on the path to obtaining a 1st Degree Black Rank in the Zimmerman Self-Defense System. You will continue to learn new techniques and start to figure out what you are naturally good at and what you need to work on more. Orange and Green Ranks sometimes trouble students because the novelty of training in
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,
Toen ik begon vechtsporten met een Shotokan karate les op onze lokale Junior College, de instructeur uitgedeeld een artikel voor iedereen om te lezen. Het artikel besloeg een studie met statistieken. De studie wees uit dat van elke 10,000 vechtsportenstudenten alleen 100 zou gaan om zwarte gordels te verdienen. Most beginning students quit after six months
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
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
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
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 jaar, 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