Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
On Thursday, Januarie 31, 2020, Grootmeester Pat Weseman het my bevorder tot 4de Dan in Taekwondo by die Gevorderde Klas. Toe ek by grootmeester Weseman en haar man Art, Ek het nie voorsien om hierdie mylpaal te bereik nie. Ek het oorspronklik in die lente by my neef Jim begin klasse neem 1995. Nadat jy getroud is in 1996, Ek het vir verskeie klasse opgehou
When I started martial arts in my mid-twenties, I thought my skill level would always continue to improve even as I aged. Since I regularly lifted weights, performed cardio and stretched, I thought I could battle Father Time to a draw. Like so many combat athletes before me, I discovered Father Time beats us all. Of ons wil in die gesig staar
Ons ingesluit vier of meer martial arts in ons akademie se kurrikulum. As ek kyk na hierdie kunste, Ek sien 'n duidelike rede dat ek elkeen bestudeer. Hierdie kuns dekking treffende, worstel, grond gevegte en 'n praktiese self-verdediging wapen, die rottang. Ek begin studeer Shotokan Karate in die val van 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought
At our fantasy football draft this year, one of the other owners asked me who I thought was the best mixed martial artist of all time. I told him that based on skill, the greatest mixed martial artist of all time was Jon “Bones” Jones. Egter, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
Hierdie week my oudste seun Kenneth draai,,en,Behalwe afrondingskool,,en,grootste fokus Kenneth se is die martial arts,,en,Hy is veral passievol oor die onderrig van selfverdediging,,en,Ek het opgelei,,en,niggies en neefs plus al drie van my kinders in die martial arts,,en,die eerste lid van die derde generasie,,en,jou beurt,,en,Ek weet nie normaalweg voel oud, maar dit maak my laat besef tyd vlieg deur,,en,Jy voortgaan om te ontwikkel tot 'n onafhanklike jong man kartering jou eie manier,,en,Jy sal goed doen in die lewe so lank as wat jy bly getrou aan jou beginsels,,en,Uitdagings is tydelik,,en 19 jaar oud. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. Oor die jare, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. Verlede week, the first member of the third generation started with us. To
My daughter asked me the other day if I had seen any of the Olympic Judo. She was surprised when I told her I had not. Besides being a black belt in Taekwondo, I’m a brown belt in Judo. Like both my sons, Caity trained in both TKD and Judo as well. Egter, Ek hou nie van die politieke oorwegings wat in gemaak word nie
When I earned my 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo during December 2005 at Willow Martial Arts, I had already studied Judo for three months. My instructor, Master Pat Weseman, is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Judo as well as a 6th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. With this background, a number of our self-defenses were Judo based, so I
Op Mei 7, 2016, my daughter Caity returned to Taekwondo competition for the first time in eight years. As her dad but also her coach, I tried to dissuade her from sparring until we had a few more months but she was adamant about sparring at the tournament. Caity likes forms but she always preferred sparring. Reluctantly, I agreed. Ek
'N Paar weke gelede, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, Ek het op 'n jaar lange fiksheid gegaan
Verlede week, it was testing preparation at Willow Martial Arts. We went through the walking drills, forms and self-defense required for Taekwondo testing. As I observed the students preparing, I remembered a statement Master Pat Weseman often told me when I was a colored belt preparing for my next Taekwondo test. “Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”