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
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
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
In the distant past, one of the new holders of a teacher’s certificate in a traditional martial art brought a wheel barrow with round wheels for approval to the head of the style and his top two instructors. Previously, the wheel barrow had square tires and was referred to as a square barrow. The student waited with expectation as the
A common myth in martial arts is that a master studies for 40 jaar, develops an almost superhuman understanding of self-defense, creates the perfect system and turns out generations of unbeatable fighters. Prior to the popularity of mixed martial arts, many of the magazines such as Black Belt were full of stories about which martial art was the best. If you polled
When I was a kid growing up in St. Louis, the only martial art that I had heard about was Karate. Taekwondo was considered Korean Karate. I did not know about any of the grappling arts at that point. Egter, KPLR Channel 11 ran a series of films on Saturdays for a month featuring Mr. Motion, played by Peter Lorre.
3 keer oor die laaste 150 jaar, vegkunstenaars het meer moderne weergawes van ouer gevegskuns geskep. Anders as baie vorige stelsels, die innoveerders van hierdie moderne gevegskuns het gekies om hierdie inligting met buitestanders te deel en hul kunste oor die wêreld te versprei. Jigoro Kano se verspreiding van Judo is die beste gevallestudie oor hoe om 'n geveg te ontwikkel en te versprei
Ek het baie tyd spandeer om verskillende rangstelsels te bestudeer. Die rangstelsel blyk 'n moderne konsep te wees wat deur Dr. Jigaro Kano, 'n opvoeder, wat 'n stelsel van gradering wou hê om studente te skei. Oor die volgende eeu, talle style het die gordelrangstelsel aangeneem, maar die enigste gemeenskaplikheid was die gordelstelsels bedoel wat die skepper besluit het
Op November 12, 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, a fourth degree black belt in the little known art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (commonly called Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the United States) cut through an eight man style versus style martial arts tournament. Royce Gracie would turn the martial arts world on its head. After his walk through the