Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Op Mei 7, 2016, my daughter Caity returned to Taekwondo competition for the first time in eight years. As her dad but also her coach, I tried to dissuade her from sparring until we had a few more months but she was adamant about sparring at the tournament. Caity likes forms but she always preferred sparring. Reluctantly, I agreed. Ek
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
'N Paar weke gelede, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, I went on a year-long fitness
Wanneer die meeste studente begin vorm opleiding, hulle hooffokus is om die regte volgorde van die tegnieke aan te leer om die patroon op die voorgeskrewe wyse uit te voer. Dit is ongewoon dat 'n begin- of selfs intermediêre student te veel dink oor wat hulle met die tegnieke doen en waarteen hulle verdedig.. Is die tegniek reguit vorentoe of
As a taekwondo stylist, I spent my first few years of training trying to develop high kicks. I could throw crescent kicks head height pretty easily and even an occasional side kick. For the most part, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Egter, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
On St. Patrick’s Day, Maart 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning
Verlede 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.”
3 times over the last 150 jaar, martial artists created more modern versions of older martial arts. Unlike many prior systems, the innovators of these modern martial arts chose to share this information with outsiders and spread their arts around the world. Jigoro Kano’s dissemination of Judo is the best case study for how to develop and spread a martial
Onlangs, Ek het 'n podcast oor duidelik te identifiseer waarom jy iets doen, want dit is belangrik vir jou boodskap effektief te lewer. Ek het 'n martial arts blog vir een hoof rede en 'n paar mindere kinders. Ek gaan die hoofrede vandag te dek. I was not satisfied with most of the martial arts instruction related to self-defense. You
A common myth in martial arts is that a master studies for 40 jaar, develops an almost superhuman understanding of self-defense, creates the perfect system and turns out generations of unbeatable fighters. Prior to the popularity of mixed martial arts, many of the magazines such as Black Belt were full of stories about which martial art was the best. If you polled