Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Yukio Tani arriveerde aan het begin van de 20e eeuw in Engeland. Tani verspreidde ju-jitsu door deel te nemen aan uitdagingswedstrijden tegen professionele worstelaars. Als onderdeel van deze uitdagingswedstrijden, Tani demonstreerde jiujitsu. Door het succes van deze uitdagingen en demonstraties, Tani zag dat veel studenten zich inschreven om bij hem te komen trainen. Een van Tani’s beste studenten Engels gebruikte het podium
Met Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon-affiliatielink), Roberto Pedreira vertelt het verhaal van het Braziliaanse Jiu-Jitsu in wat hij beschouwt als zijn hoogtijdagen in Brazilië, 1950 – 1960. Naast Carlos en Helio Gracie, diverse andere academies, zoals die van Oswaldo Fadda, bloeiden eveneens. Judo won aan populariteit, maar had het Jiu-Jitsu niet in populariteit overwonnen. Vale Tudo-wedstrijden waren op het hoogtepunt
I recently read Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Volume 1 by Roberto Pedreira (Amazon-affiliatielink), which tells an alternate story of BJJ’s beginnings than we have been told by in various interviews with members of the Gracie Family. “Schok” translates to “shocking” in Brazilian Portuguese. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,
Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. In deze film, De heer. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including
When I started martial arts in my mid-twenties, I thought my skill level would always continue to improve even as I aged. Since I regularly lifted weights, performed cardio and stretched, I thought I could battle Father Time to a draw. Like so many combat athletes before me, I discovered Father Time beats us all. Of we onder ogen willen zien
We bestond uit vier of meer vechtsporten in het curriculum van onze academie. Als ik kijk naar deze kunsten, Ik zie een duidelijke reden dat ik studeerde een ieder. Deze kunsten deksel opvallende, worstelen, grond vechten en een praktische zelfverdediging wapen, het riet. Ik ging studeren Shotokan karate in het najaar van 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought
At our fantasy football draft this year, one of the other owners asked me who I thought was the best mixed martial artist of all time. I told him that based on skill, the greatest mixed martial artist of all time was Jon “Bones” Jones. Echter, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
My daughter asked me the other day if I had seen any of the Olympic Judo. She was surprised when I told her I had not. Besides being a black belt in Taekwondo, I’m a brown belt in Judo. Like both my sons, Caity trained in both TKD and Judo as well. Echter, I dislike the political considerations made in
When I earned my 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo during December 2005 at Willow Martial Arts, I had already studied Judo for three months. My instructor, Master Pat Weseman, is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Judo as well as a 6th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. With this background, a number of our self-defenses were Judo based, so I
When I first started training in martial arts in 1995, the stories tied to the founding of most martial arts were pretty fantastic with superhuman feats of physical prowess and fighting ability attributed to their founders. Whether Kung Fu, Karate or Judo, the founder took the skills learned in previous martial arts, modified it and defeated everyone. These claims are