Are Forms Important for Martial Arts?

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The legendary Bruce Lee wrote an article for Black Belt magazine many years ago which challenged the efficiency and efficacy of kata, צורות או הכשרת דפוס. Ever since the publication of this article, הרבה אמני לחימה אחרים החלו לקרוא תיגר או שאלת הצורך בהכשרת צורות. מאז אני מוקדש הוראה בהגנה עצמית, you would think I

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Martial Arts Is A Family Affair

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One of the best thing about the martial arts such as Taekwondo is the ability for fathers, mothers, ילדים, grandchildren and other family members to train together. You develop a mutual interest you cannot replicate by sitting in the stands watching your children play baseball, soccer, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "302" = bbox_w "1336" = bbox_h "19" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Besides training with all three of my kids and my wife, who trained

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So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

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Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) on April 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. אחד המנגנונים שבהם השתמשו ממשלות כדי לגבות עמלות עבור כבישים

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My Martial Arts Journey Begins

אני שובר-1996

Martial artists always created their arts to solve a problem. Judo was created when Dr. Jigoro Kano put his mind to solving the problem of how to train at 100 percent effort without getting someone injured by the crippling techniques of Japanese Ju-Jitsu. Helio Gracie created the basis for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by trying to solve the problem of how a

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Happy Birthday Grandpa

סבא-אליס-1999

Today would have been my maternal grandfather Gilbert P. אליס’ 100th birthday. Grandpa Ellis only lived to 85 but he imparted 100 years worth of wisdom into the 32 years I knew him. I could write books about him but am going to focus today’s post on how he inspired me by refusing to grow old. סבא אליס שמר על הפיזי שלו

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מר. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)

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Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto film, מר. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), ביוני 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. רַבִּים

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היאבקות אלוף מנסה אגרוף

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ביום שלישי, ינואר 19, 1909, ד"ר. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “דנבר” אד מרטין, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. ד"ר. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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