Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Sam Hill, A Seattle kaupsýslumaður, leiddi prófessor Yoshiaki Yamashita til Bandaríkjanna í 1902. Prófessor Yamashita ætlað að hjálpa breiða dr. Tiltölulega ný Martial list Jigoro Kano er af Judo. Meðfylgjandi Prófessor Yamashita var nemandi hans Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda myndi fara að kenna Carlos Gracie í Brasilíu. The Gracies modified the techniques into the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Over
Þegar þú nærð stöðu svart belti, þú vilja finna það erfitt ef ekki ómögulegt að líkamsþjálfun í bekknum. Nema þú hafa hellingur af svart belti, sem getur skiptast snúningur, þú verður að eyða mestum tíma þínum að kenna. 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 “Ekki” 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
Apríl 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. Enn, 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. Ég
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
Ef þú vilt vera fær um að verja þig, vinna á skilyrðingu þinni Mesta tækni í heiminum er bara svo árangursríkur ef þú ert ekki með þol að outlast árás. Conditioning er einn af the vanræksla þætti sjálfsvarnarlist þjálfun. Cardio Conditioning – Remember the old saying, “Fatigue makes a coward of all of
Michael Hyatt skrifaði nýlega grein um starfslok að vera nútíma uppfinningu og óhreinum orð. Ég er sammála skoðunum hans með einum hellir. Á mismunandi árstíðum í lífi okkar, það er kominn tími til að láta somethings fara að rýma til fyrir nýjum hlutum. Til að gera nýja hluti vel, við höfum stundum að sleppa gamla. 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,