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Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Sam Hill, un homme d'affaires de Seattle, apporté professeur Yoshiaki Yamashita aux États-Unis en 1902. Professeur Yamashita destiné à aider à répandre le Dr. Relativement nouvel art martial de Jigoro Kano de Judo. Accompagnement professeur Yamashita était son élève Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda irait à enseigner Carlos Gracie au Brésil. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over
Une fois que vous atteignez le rang de ceinture noire, vous trouverez qu'il est difficile, voire impossible, pour l'entraînement en classe. Sauf si vous avez beaucoup de ceintures noires, qui peut prendre des virages tournant, vous passerez la plupart de votre temps à l'enseignement. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. How do you continue
A question I’m often asked during classes and seminars is “Can I become invincible by learning self-defense?” The short answer is “Pas” but they are asking the wrong questions. Better questions would be: “What can I do to make myself a less desirable target?” “How can I get in better shape to successfully repel an attack?” “What techniques should
Sur Avril 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
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Encore, we did teach students to punch to head height on pads, when teaching striking. After watching some of mixed martial arts legend Bas Rutten’s fights from Pancrase, it struck me what we were doing wrong. Pancrase banned closed fists to the head. Rutten, an accomplished muay
After watching the recent mixed martial arts match between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping, I was reminded of how powerful a set of techniques kicks can be. The leg is much stronger than the arms, so kicks are one of the most powerful techniques in the striking arts. The question is should you use kicks in a self-defense situation. Je
In the past, I’ve discussed the good and bad of the current situation in the American martial arts scene. While my base style was Taekwondo, the challenges are found throughout the traditional American martial arts community. I believe it is worse in the older styles of Karate and Kung Fu, where tradition is so heavily valued. When I started a blog
Si vous voulez être en mesure de se défendre, travail sur votre conditionnement La plus grande technique dans le monde est si efficace que si vous n'avez pas l'endurance nécessaire pour survivre à une attaque. Le conditionnement est l'un des aspects les plus négligés de la formation d'arts martiaux. Cardio Conditioning – Remember the old saying, “Fatigue makes a coward of all of
Michael Hyatt récemment écrit un article à propos de la retraite étant une invention moderne et mot sale. Je suis d'accord avec ses vues avec une mise en garde. À différentes saisons dans notre vie, il est temps de laisser aller somethings pour faire place à de nouvelles choses. Pour bien faire de nouvelles choses, nous devons parfois laisser aller de la vieille. When I was in
Huo Yuanjia was a real life hero, who inspired mythic tales about his life. His life and expoloits have been the basis of films starring Bruce Lee and Jet Li. The real Huo Yuanjia defeated many foreign fighters, when China was being victimized by other countries in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His exploits were a source of pride at a time,