晋升四段
上周四, 一月 31, 2020, 大师帕特·韦斯曼 (Pat Weseman) 在高级班将我提升为跆拳道四段. 当我开始跟随韦斯曼大师和她的丈夫阿特上课时, 我没有预见到会达到这个里程碑. 我最初在春天开始和我的侄子吉姆一起上课 1995. 结婚后于 1996, 我已经停课好几次了
Tag: Concepts and Principles
Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
Tips As You Age In The Martial Arts
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. 无论我们是否要面对
Why I Studied the Martial Arts I Have
We included four or more martial arts in our academy’s curriculum. When I look at these arts, I see a distinct reason that I studied each one. These arts cover striking, grappling, ground fighting and a practical self-defense weapon, the cane. I started studying Shotokan karate in the Fall of 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought
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 “骨头” 琼斯. 然而, 琼斯’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
Passing the Torch
This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 岁. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. 历年, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. 上星期, the first member of the third generation started with us. To
Olympics Effect on Judo and Taekwondo
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. 然而, 我不喜欢其中的政治考虑
Embracing Taekwondo
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
Being a Dad and Coach
五月 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, I went on a year-long fitness
Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
上星期, 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.”