Combat kev ua si Historian thiab Martial Artist
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ib hlis ntuj 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several
With Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon affiliate link), Roberto Pedreira picks up the story of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in what he considers its heyday in Brazil, 1950 – 1960. Besides Carlos and Helio Gracie, several other academies, such as Oswaldo Fadda’s, were also thriving. Judo was gaining in popularity but had not overcome Jiu-Jitsu in popularity. Vale Tudo matches were at the height
I recently read Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Ntim 1 by Roberto Pedreira (Amazon affiliate link), which tells an alternate story of BJJ’s beginnings than we have been told by in various interviews with members of the Gracie Family. “Choque” translates to “shocking” in Brazilian Portuguese. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,
Thaum kuv pib martial arts hauv kuv mus-twenties, Kuv xav tias kuv tawm kev sim no yeej tseem yuav zoo li txawm kuv twg uas muaj rov. Vim kuv tsis tu ncua lifted tes taw hnyav li, tau cardio thiab stretched, Kuv xav tias kuv yuav battle sij hawm leej txiv los ib tug kos. Zoo li muaj coob tauj ncaws pob ua ntej kuv, Kuv pheej nrhiav tau lwm leej txiv lub sij hawm neeg ntaus peb sawv daws. Whether we want to face
The legendary Bruce Lee wrote an article for Black Belt magazine many years ago which challenged the efficiency and efficacy of kata, cov ntaub ntawv los yog kev cob qhia txawv. Ever since the publication of this article, ntau lwm martial nyuab ywj cam los yog lo lus nug xav tau cov ntaub ntawv kev kawm. Lawm kuv yog nplooj siab xav qhia qhov kws muaj txuj ci, you would think I
Cov kev pab cuam feem ntau self-defense ua yog siv ntau ciav los grappling rua kev. Ob peb lub self-defense siv hom kev kawm los ntawm ob yam. Ciav thiab grappling rau hom kev kawm ob yam yuav pab tau zoo tiam sis tej zaum ib tug nrog pab ib equalizer. Policeman muaj ntuj sticks thiab tasers vim li no. Cov kev cai ntawm teb chaws Mis Kas ban feem ntau riam phom, tiam sis yog ib tug uas raws li txoj cai muaj nyob qhov twg
I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided
Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 12, 1993 thaum lub McNichols kev ua si Arena nyob Denver, Colorado, tus 4 kawm ntawv dub siv nyob rau hauv lub pobntseg paub me ntsis txog Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (feem ntau hu ua Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas) txiav los ntawm ib tug txiv neej yim style ntev style martial arts kev sib tw. Royce Gracie yuav tig martial arts ntiaj teb rau hauv nws lub taub hau. Tom qab nws taug kev los ntawm cov
Lub lim tiam no kuv tub hiob Kenneth puv 20 xyoo. Dhau li ntawm tsev kawm ntawv finishing, Kenneth's biggest kom pom tseeb yog tus martial arts. Nws yog passionate tshwj xeeb tshaj yog hais txog kev qhia self-defense. Xyoo, Kuv kawm tau los 14 nieces thiab nephews ntxiv rau peb txhua tus menyuam nyob rau hauv cov martial arts. as thiv tas los, cov neeg thawj lub cim peb pib nrog peb. Mus
Tus thawj peb ranks hauv Zimmerman Self-Defense uas yog siv tawv daj, Txiv kab ntxwv siv, thiab Ranks ntsuab. Cov ranks sawv cev rau cov pib kawm. Tus intermediate ranks yog siv kob xiav thiab Ranks ntshav. Tus siab heev ranks yog xim av thiab liab Ranks. Tom qab kev kawm txog yam tsawg 4 xyoo thiab thaum kawg 16 xyoo, a student can test for