Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Sam Hill, um empresário de Seattle, trouxe o professor Yoshiaki Yamashita para os Estados Unidos em 1902. Professor Yamashita intenção de ajudar a espalhar o Dr.. Relativamente nova arte marcial de Jigoro Kano de Judô. Acompanhamento Professor Yamashita foi seu aluno Mitsuyo Maeda. Maeda iria passar a ensinar Carlos Gracie no Brasil. Os Gracies modificou as técnicas na arte do Jiu-Jitsu. Over
Quando chegar ao posto de faixa preta, você vai achar que é difícil, se não impossível de treino na sala de aula. A menos que você tem um monte de faixas pretas, que podem se revezar em rotação, você vai passar 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 “Não” 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
Em abril de 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. Ainda, 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
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
Se você quer ser capaz de se defender, trabalho em seu condicionamento A maior técnica do mundo é apenas tão eficaz se você não tem a energia para durar mais um ataque. Condicionado é um dos aspectos mais negligenciados do treinamento de artes marciais. 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 contos míticos sobre sua vida. His life and expoloits have been the basis of films starring Bruce Lee and Jet Li. Huo Yuanjia O verdadeiro derrotado muitos lutadores estrangeiros, quando a China estava sendo vítima de outros países em 1800 e 1900 atrasado. His exploits were a source of pride at a time,