Promoted to 4th Dan

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ಗುರುವಾರ, ಜನವರಿ 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several

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Black Belts Need Skill and Character

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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. ಹೇಗಾದರೂ, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the

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Being a Dad and Coach

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ಮೇ 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. ನಾನು

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Things Come Full Circle

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ಕೆಲವು ವಾರಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ, 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, I went on a year-long fitness

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Story of Square Barrow

ಝಿಮ್ಮರ್ಮ್ಯಾನ್-ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ-ಲೋಗೋ

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

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Create Something Great After 4 ಇಯರ್ಸ್

ಝಿಮ್ಮರ್ಮ್ಯಾನ್-ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ-ಲೋಗೋ

ಸಮರ ಕಲೆಗಳ ಒಂದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಪುರಾಣ ಎಂದು ಒಂದು ಮಾಸ್ಟರ್ ಅಧ್ಯಯನಗಳು 40 ವರ್ಷ, ಸ್ವರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಅತಿಮಾನುಷ ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ, ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಜೇಯ ಕಾದಾಳಿಗಳು ತಲೆಮಾರುಗಳ ತಿರುಗಿದರೆ. ಮೊದಲು ಮಿಶ್ರ ಸಮರ ಕಲೆಗಳ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯತೆಗೆ, many of the magazines such as Black Belt were full of stories about which martial art was the best. If you polled

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ನಾನು ಜುಜಿಟ್ಸು ಡಿಸ್ಕವರ್ಡ್

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ನಾನು ಸೇಂಟ್ ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ ಮಗು ಯಾವಾಗ. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ನಾಣ್ಯ, ನಾನು ಕೇಳಿದ್ದೆ ಎಂದು ಮಾತ್ರ ಕದನ ಕಲೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕರಾಟೆ ಆಗಿತ್ತು. ಟೇಕ್ವಾಂಡೋ ಕೊರಿಯಾದ ಕರಾಟೆ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ನಾನು ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ತಲೆದೋರಿರುವ ಕಲೆಗಳ ಯಾವುದೇ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಹೇಗಾದರೂ, KPLR ಚಾನೆಲ್ 11 ran a series of films on Saturdays for a month featuring Mr. ಚಲನೆಯ, played by Peter Lorre.

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How To Spread A Martial Art

ಕ್ಯಾನೊ ಮತ್ತು ಮಿಫುನೆ

3 times over the last 150 ವರ್ಷ, martial artists created more modern versions of older martial arts. Unlike many prior systems, the innovators of these modern martial arts chose to share this information with outsiders and spread their arts around the world. Jigoro Kano’s dissemination of Judo is the best case study for how to develop and spread a martial

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ಬ್ಲಾಕ್ ಬೆಲ್ಟ್ ಮೀನ್ ದರ್ಜೆಗೆ ಏನು?

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I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided

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The Day American Martial Arts Changed

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ನವೆಂಬರ್ ರಂದು 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

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