晉升四段
上週四, 一月 31, 2020, 大師帕特·韋斯曼 (Pat Weseman) 在高級班將我提升為跆拳道四段. 當我開始跟隨韋斯曼大師和她的丈夫阿特上課時, 我沒有預見到會達到這個里程碑. 我最初在春天開始和我的侄子吉姆一起上課 1995. 結婚後 1996, 我已經停課好幾次了
Tag: Concepts and Principles
Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
Black Belts Need Skill and Character
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. 然而, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
Being a Dad and Coach
在5月 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, 我同意. 我
Things Come Full Circle
A few weeks ago, 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, 我進行了為期一年的健身
Story of Square Barrow
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
Create Something Great After 4 歲月
A common myth in martial arts is that a master studies for 40 歲月, 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
我是如何發現柔術
當我還是個孩子長大在聖. 路易, 唯一的門派，我已經聽說了空手道. 跆拳道被認為是韓國空手道. 我不知道任何的拼殺藝術在這一點上. 然而, KPLR通道 11 跑了系列電影在星期六一個月先生為特色. 運動, played by Peter Lorre.
How To Spread A Martial Art
3 過去的次數 150 歲月, 武術家創造了更現代版本的古老武術. 與許多先前的系統不同, 這些現代武術的創新者選擇與外界分享這些訊息，並將他們的藝術傳播到世界各地. 嘉納治五郎傳播柔道是如何發展和傳播武術的最佳案例
什麼是黑帶平均的等級?
我花了很多時間研究不同的等級系統. 等級制度似乎是由博士發起的現代概念. 嘉納治賀郎, 教育家, 誰想要一個評分系統來區分學生. 下個世紀, 許多款式都採用了腰帶等級系統，但唯一的共同點是腰帶系統意味著創造者決定的內容
The Day American Martial Arts Changed
十一月 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