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

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Why I Studied the Martial Arts I Have

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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

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Being a Dad and Coach

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في مايو 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. أنا

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Things Come Full Circle

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وقبل أسابيع قليلة, 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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Practical Application of Forms

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When most students start forms training, their main focus is on learning the proper sequence of the techniques to perform the pattern in the prescribed manner. It is unusual for a beginning or even intermediate student to think too much about what they are doing with the techniques and what they are defending against. Is the technique straight forward or

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What About High Kicks?

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As a taekwondo stylist, I spent my first few years of training trying to develop high kicks. I could throw crescent kicks head height pretty easily and even an occasional side kick. بالنسبة للجزء الأكبر, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. لكن, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head

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Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

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الاسبوع الماضى, 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.”

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لماذا المدونة معلومات عن فنون الدفاع عن النفس,en

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مؤخرا, سمعت بودكاست حول تحديد واضح لماذا كنت تفعل أي شيء لأنه من المهم أن يسلم بفعالية رسالتك. لقد بدأت بلوق فنون الدفاع عن النفس لسبب رئيسي واحد واثنين أقل منها. وانا ذاهب لتغطية السبب الرئيسي اليوم. I was not satisfied with most of the martial arts instruction related to self-defense. You

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التحسين المستمر باعتبارها الحزام الأسود

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بمجرد وصولك الى رتبة الحزام الأسود, سوف تجد أنه من الصعب إن لم يكن مستحيلا لتجريب في الصف. إلا إذا كان لديك الكثير من الأحزمة السوداء, الذين يمكن أن يتناوبون الدورية, سوف تنفق معظم وقتك التدريس. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. How do you continue

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