Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Last week, 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
Kapag ang karamihan sa mga mag-aaral ay nagsimulang bumuo ng pagsasanay, ang kanilang pangunahing pokus ay sa pag-aaral ng wastong pagkakasunud-sunod ng mga diskarte upang maisagawa ang pattern sa iniresetang pamamaraan. Hindi pangkaraniwan para sa isang simula o kahit intermidiyenteng mag-aaral na mag-isip nang labis tungkol sa kung ano ang ginagawa nila sa mga diskarte at kung ano ang kanilang ipinagtatanggol. Ang pamamaraan ba ay diretso sa unahan o
Sa Hulyo 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Paggalaw “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation finds Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, intends
Ang maalamat na si Bruce Lee ay nagsulat ng isang artikulo para sa magasin ng Black Belt maraming taon na ang nakakaraan na hinamon ang kahusayan at pagiging epektibo ng kata, mga form o pattern ng pagsasanay. Mula nang mailathala ang artikulong ito, maraming iba pang mga militar artist nagsimula na hamunin o tanong na ang pangangailangan para sa mga form ng pagsasanay. Dahil ako ay nakatuon sa pagtuturo sa sarili pagtatanggol, akala mo ako
One of the best thing about the martial arts such as Taekwondo is the ability for fathers, mothers, mga bata, 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, at iba pa. 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 pelikula, Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), sa Hunyo 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. marami
Sa Abril 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, May ginagawa kami ni Kenneth sa isang
Kapag naabot mo ang ranggo ng mga itim na sinturon, ay makikita mo ito mahirap kung hindi imposible upang pag-eehersisyo sa klase. Maliban kung mayroon kang maraming mga itim na sinturon, sino ang maaaring mamasyal umiikot, gagastusin mo ang karamihan sa iyong oras pagtuturo. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. How do you continue