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Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
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. Men, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
Vi inkluderede fire eller flere kampsport i vores akademi pensum. Når jeg ser på disse kunstarter, Jeg ser en klar grund til, at jeg studerede hver enkelt. Disse kunst dækker slående, kæmper, gulvkamp og en praktisk selvforsvar våben, stokken. Jeg begyndte at studere Shotokan karate i efteråret 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought
Den maj 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. Jeg
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
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
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
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. For det meste, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Men, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Sidste uge, 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.”
Recently, I heard a podcast about clearly identifying why you do anything because it is important to effectively deliver your message. I started a martial arts blog for one main reason and a couple lesser ones. I am going to cover the main reason today. I was not satisfied with most of the martial arts instruction related to self-defense. You
Når du når rang af sorte bælte, du vil finde det vanskeligt, hvis ikke umuligt at træne i klassen. Medmindre du har masser af sorte bælter, der kan skiftes til at rotere, vil du tilbringe det meste af din tid på at undervise. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. How do you continue