Category: 武道

Once you reach the rank of black belt, you will find it difficult if not impossible to workout in class. Unless you have lots of black belts, who can take turns rotating, you will spend most of your time teaching. 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 “しない” 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

We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. まだ, 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

過去において, 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

マイケル·ハイアットは最近、現代的な発明や汚い言葉である退職についての記事を書きました. 私は1つの注意点が彼の意見に同意する. 私たちの生活の中で異なる季節で, それは代が新しいもののためのスペースを作るために手放す時です. よく、新しいことを行うには, we sometimes have to let go of the old. When I was in