Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about martial arts concepts and history.
Sa Abril 27, 2013, on what would have been his grandfather and namesake’s 71st birthday, Malaman “Trey” Zimmerman III became the first black belt in the Zimmerman Self-Defense System under his father Ken Zimmerman Jr. “Trey” began studying martial arts shortly before his fifth birthday. “Trey” has trained in Taekwondo, Diyudo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Gojo Shroei Weapons System. His goals
Why do traditional martial artists continue to despise the lessons of mixed martial arts? I am amazed that twenty years after Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 1, some traditional martial arts still feel that they have nothing to learn from MMA. One of the Taekwondo tournaments, where I used to referee, has a submission grappling division. When I had a break, Ako
Theodore Roosevelt served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States from 1901 upang 1909. TR is famous for the “Masipag Buhay”. Ensayado Siya boxing at pakikipagbuno sa pamamagitan ng kanyang twenties at mula sa tatlumpu hanggang sa tatlumpu at siyam. What is not as widely known is that he practiced Judo around 1904, when he was in his mid-40s. Roosevelt would eventually earn a brown belt in Judo. Yoshiaki
While many of the martial arts originated in Korea or Japan, the societies in these countries and the United States are very different. Pa, many American instructors continue to have students line up by rank and sex with men first, boys second, women third and girls last. While this line up would be normal and expected in Korea, it does
This article is the second of two posts, which detail the conditioning and martial arts workouts I performed from 2006 upang 2010. Ginamit ko ang program na ito para kumita ang aking pangalawang degree na itim na sinturon sa Taekwondo at isang third degree na kulay-kape sinturon sa Judo. Martial Arts Workouts Monday P.M.: Judo Class Wednesday P.M.: Advanced TKD Workout Thursday P.M.: TKD Kid’s and
Kung ikaw ay confronted na may isang sitwasyon pagtatanggol sa sarili, dalawang bagay ay humantong sa iyo upang ma-malalang nasugatan o namatay. Ang dalawang bagay ay biglang pagkatakot at / o pag-aatubili. Sa aking propesyonal na karera, Na confronted akong dalawang armadong suspects. I am going to dissect one of the incidents to illustrate how it could have turned out differently. I was working retail security in
This training program is what I used from 2006 upang 2008, habang ako ay training sa parehong Taekwondo at Judo. Kalimitan, I performed conditioning workouts in the morning and martial arts workouts in the evening. Iskedyul Conditioning Lunes ng umaga: Dibdib, Biceps, Elliptical Trainer Tuesday A.M.: Thighs, Calves, Recumbent Bike Tuesday P.M.: Shoulders, Triceps, Forms Friday A.M.: Back, Abs, Elliptical
Spike TV began to broadcast a show that would put mixed martial arts on the mainstream map. 16 fighters lived in a house and competed in a tournament to see which two fighters would win a six figure UFC contract. The Ultimate Fighter would change television and the UFC for good. At one point during the Finale, ten million households
One of the things that always impressed me about the Gracies is how they were able to turn out generation after generation of top-notch instructors. After reading a number of articles about their original belt system, at iba pa, I started to adapt some of their methods with our own students. Once the student reaches Green Belt, we allow them to start
Ang ideya para sa post na nagsimula germinating sa aking utak ng ilang linggo ang nakalipas, when I was in the store to spend my birthday money and found an article about self-defense positions. Taekwondo ang aking base estilo bagaman magdagdag kami ng maraming Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and cane techniques into our system. I expected to see some realistic self-defense but