Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
Most self-defense programs are made up of striking or grappling techniques. A few self-defense systems use techniques from both. Striking and grappling techniques can both be effective but sometimes a defender needs an equalizer. Policeman carry night sticks and tasers for this reason. The laws of the United States ban most weapons but one tool legal to carry anywhere is
Wenn die meisten Schüler mit dem Formentraining beginnen, Ihr Hauptaugenmerk liegt auf dem Erlernen der richtigen Abfolge der Techniken, um das Muster in der vorgeschriebenen Weise auszuführen. Es ist ungewöhnlich, dass ein Anfänger oder sogar ein Fortgeschrittener zu viel darüber nachdenkt, was er mit den Techniken macht und wogegen er sich verteidigt. Ist die Technik einfach oder?
Der legendäre Bruce Lee schrieb vor vielen Jahren einen Artikel für die Zeitschrift Black Belt, in dem er die Effizienz und Wirksamkeit von Kata in Frage stellte, Formen oder Muster Ausbildung. Seit der Veröffentlichung dieses Artikels, viele andere Kampfkünstler haben begonnen, in Frage zu stellen oder die Frage der Notwendigkeit für Formulare Training. Da ich den Unterricht Selbstverteidigung gewidmet, man würde denken, ich
One of the best thing about the martial arts such as Taekwondo is the ability for fathers, mothers, Kinder, grandchildren and other family members to train together. You develop a mutual interest you cannot replicate by sitting in the stands watching your children play baseball, soccer, etc. Besides training with all three of my kids and my wife, who trained
Martial artists always created their arts to solve a problem. Judo was created when Dr. Jigoro Kano put his mind to solving the problem of how to train at 100 percent effort without getting someone injured by the crippling techniques of Japanese Ju-Jitsu. Helio Gracie created the basis for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by trying to solve the problem of how a
Once you reach the rank of black belt, you will find it difficult if not impossible to workout in class. Unless you have lots of black belts, who can take turns rotating, you will spend most of your time teaching. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. How do you continue
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. Meistens, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Jedoch, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Noch, we did teach students to punch to head height on pads, when teaching striking. After watching some of mixed martial arts legend Bas Rutten’s fights from Pancrase, it struck me what we were doing wrong. Pancrase banned closed fists to the head. Rutten, an accomplished muay
Michael Hyatt recently wrote an article about retirement being a modern invention and dirty word. I agree with his views with one caveat. At different seasons in our life, it is time to let somethings go to make space for new things. To do new things well, we sometimes have to let go of the old. When I was in
Vor kurzem, Ich hörte ein Podcast über eindeutig identifizieren, warum Sie etwas tun, denn es ist wichtig, um Ihre Botschaft effektiv zu liefern. Ich begann eine Kampfkunst Blog für ein Hauptgrund und ein paar kleineren Inseln. Ich werde den Hauptgrund bedecken heute. I was not satisfied with most of the martial arts instruction related to self-defense. You