Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
Da jeg først startede kampsport med Shotokan karate klasse på vores lokale junior college, instruktøren udleveret en artikel for alle at læse. Artiklen dækkede en undersøgelse med statistik. Undersøgelsen viste, at ud af hver 10,000 kampsport eleverne kun 100 ville fortsætte med at tjene sorte bælter. 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, bredt anerkendt som den største blandet martial kunstner af hele tiden, mistede sin rematch med Chris Wiedman for UFC mellemvægt titel på December 28, 2013. Wiedman havde besejret Silva til titlen juli 6, 2013. Det var Silvas første tab på syv år med Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the middleweight champion for over 6
Georges St-Pierre has been the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Weltervægt mester siden 2007 og har kæmpet om titlen siden 2005. Mens han er kun 32 år, grind af at være verdensmester har fået ham til at opgive bæltet og skridt væk fra sporten for tiden. Some pundits have speculated that he is
I was watching the UFC Fight Night prelims on Facebook Saturday night. The fights all ended in before time expired. One ended in the third round, one in the second round and three in the first round. One of the things that I notice was that none of the fighters in the first four fights were attacking from guard. They
Hemmeligheden til succes i kampsport eller ethvert område af livet er mastering det grundlæggende. Selv om denne erklæring lyder intuitivt, meget få mennesker rent faktisk gør det. Many practitioners find the basics “boring” and want to move onto more advanced moves. Problemet med denne tilgang er at understrege en 1 percent move over a 99 procent flytte. Taking Taekwondo
En af de bedste julegaver jeg nogensinde modtog, var et VHS-bånd af Grand Master Helio Gracie oprindelige 40 lektion pensum fra Gracie Academy i Torrance, Californien. The Grand Master filmet sin oprindelige læseplan med sine børnebørn, Ryron and Rener Gracie. The Grand Master must have been in his mid-eighties, yet his technique was still very crisp and sharp. Ryron
These five Judo throws are fairly simple to execute and are not dependent on a Judo gi for proper execution. A throw can often devastate an attacker and take the fight right out of them. 1) Osoto gari (Major Outer Reaping Throw) -Don’t neglect this throw because it seems very basic. Olympic Gold Medals have been won with it. Den
While watching the Facebook Prelims for UFC 161, I observed a trend that happens often in mixed martial arts competition. One of the competitors would get a dominant position but would sacrifice it to chase a submission. He caught the other competitor in close to ten submissions but the other man escaped all ten and one a close split decision.