Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Sam Hill, un empresario de Seattle, trouxo o profesor Yoshiaki Yamashita a Estados Unidos en 1902. Profesor Yamashita intención de axudar a espallar o Dr. Relativamente nova arte marcial de Jigoro Kano de Judo. Seguimento Profesor Yamashita foi o seu alumno Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda pasaría a ensinar Carlos Gracie en Brasil. Os Gracies modificou as técnicas na arte de Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over
Ao chegar ao posto de faixa negra, vai considerar que é difícil, se non imposible de adestramento na clase. A menos que ten unha morea de pistas negras, que poden revezam en rotación, vai pasar a maior parte do seu tempo a ensinar. 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 “Non” 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
En 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, Kenneth and I have been working on a
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Aínda, 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. Eu
No pasado, 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
If you want to be able to defend yourself, work on your conditioning The greatest technique in the world is only so effective if you do not have the stamina to outlast an attack. Conditioning is one of the most neglected aspects of martial arts training. Cardio Conditioning – Remember the old saying, “Fatigue makes a coward of all of
Michael Hyatt recently wrote an article about retirement being a modern invention and dirty word. I agree with his views with one caveat. At different seasons in our life, it is time to let somethings go to make space for new things. To do new things well, we sometimes have to let go of the old. When I was in
Huo Yuanjia was a real life hero, que inspirou relatos míticos sobre a súa vida. His life and expoloits have been the basis of films starring Bruce Lee and Jet Li. Huo Yuanjia O certo derrotado moitos loitadores estranxeiros, cando a China estaba sendo vítima doutros países en 1800 e 1900 atrasado. Súas fazañas eran unha fonte de orgullo de cada vez,