Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Letzte Woche, it was testing preparation at Willow Martial Arts. We went through the walking drills, forms and self-defense required for Taekwondo testing. As I observed the students preparing, I remembered a statement Master Pat Weseman often told me when I was a colored belt preparing for my next Taekwondo test. “Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”
Most self-defense programs are made up of striking or grappling techniques. A few self-defense systems use techniques from both. Striking and grappling techniques can both be effective but sometimes a defender needs an equalizer. Policeman carry night sticks and tasers for this reason. The laws of the United States ban most weapons but one tool legal to carry anywhere is
Wenn die meisten Schüler mit dem Formentraining beginnen, Ihr Hauptaugenmerk liegt auf dem Erlernen der richtigen Abfolge der Techniken, um das Muster in der vorgeschriebenen Weise auszuführen. Es ist ungewöhnlich, dass ein Anfänger oder sogar ein Fortgeschrittener zu viel darüber nachdenkt, was er mit den Techniken macht und wogegen er sich verteidigt. Ist die Technik einfach oder?
Im Juli 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Bewegung “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Herr. Moto macht Urlaub und findet Mr. Moto die Königin von Saba Krone aus seiner Entdeckung in einer ägyptischen Ausgrabungsstätte zu einem San Francisco Museum begleitet,,en,Moto den Verdacht hegt, den Bogen kriminellen Metaxess,,en,die Behörden glaubten, war,,en. Herr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, beabsichtigt
Der legendäre Bruce Lee schrieb vor vielen Jahren einen Artikel für die Zeitschrift Black Belt, in dem er die Effizienz und Wirksamkeit von Kata in Frage stellte, Formen oder Muster Ausbildung. Seit der Veröffentlichung dieses Artikels, viele andere Kampfkünstler haben begonnen, in Frage zu stellen oder die Frage der Notwendigkeit für Formulare Training. Da ich den Unterricht Selbstverteidigung gewidmet, man würde denken, ich
One of the best thing about the martial arts such as Taekwondo is the ability for fathers, mothers, Kinder, grandchildren and other family members to train together. You develop a mutual interest you cannot replicate by sitting in the stands watching your children play baseball, soccer, etc. Besides training with all three of my kids and my wife, who trained
Martial artists always created their arts to solve a problem. Judo was created when Dr. Jigoro Kano put his mind to solving the problem of how to train at 100 percent effort without getting someone injured by the crippling techniques of Japanese Ju-Jitsu. Helio Gracie created the basis for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by trying to solve the problem of how a
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto film, Herr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), Juni 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. Viele
Im April 27, 2015, I had the honor of promoting my sons to Black Ranks in our system of self-defense. I promoted my oldest son Kenneth to 2nd Degree Black Rank. Kenneth was the first student I promoted to Black Rank on April 27, 2013. Over the past year and a half, Kenneth and I have been working on a
Once you reach the rank of black belt, you will find it difficult if not impossible to workout in class. Unless you have lots of black belts, who can take turns rotating, you will spend most of your time teaching. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. How do you continue