Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
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
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
Het geheim van succes in de vechtsporten of elk gebied van het leven is het beheersen van de basis. Hoewel deze uitspraak klinkt intuïtieve, heel weinig mensen daadwerkelijk doen. Many practitioners find the basics “boring” and want to move onto more advanced moves. Het probleem met deze benadering is de nadruk op een 1 percent move over a 99 procent verhuizing. Taking Taekwondo
Een van de beste kerstcadeaus die ik ooit kreeg was een VHS-band van Grand Master Helio Gracie's origineel 40 les curriculum van de Gracie Academy in Torrance, Californië. De Grand Master filmde zijn oorspronkelijke curriculum met zijn kleinzonen, Ryron en Rener Gracie. De Grand Master moet in zijn midden jaren tachtig zijn geweest, 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. De
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.