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. Ωστόσο, 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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Εμείς περιλαμβάνονται τέσσερις ή περισσότερες πολεμικές τέχνες στο βιογραφικό ακαδημία μας. Όταν κοιτάζω αυτές τις τέχνες, Βλέπω ένα ξεχωριστό λόγο που έχω μελετήσει κάθε μία. Αυτά τα εξώφυλλα εντυπωσιακή, αγωνίζεται, καταπολέμηση του εδάφους και ένα πρακτικό όπλο αυτοάμυνας, το ζαχαροκάλαμο. Άρχισα να μελετώ Shotokan karate το φθινόπωρο του 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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Τον Μάιο του 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. Εγώ

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Things Come Full Circle

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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

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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. Για το μεγαλύτερο μέρος, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Ωστόσο, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head

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Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

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Την περασμένη εβδομάδα, 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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Why I Blog About Martial Arts

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Πρόσφατα, Άκουσα ένα podcast για το σαφή προσδιορισμό γιατί κάνετε τίποτα, γιατί είναι σημαντικό να παραδώσει αποτελεσματικά το μήνυμά σας. Ξεκίνησα ένα blog πολεμικών τεχνών για έναν κύριο λόγο και μια-δυο μικρότερους. Εγώ είμαι πρόκειται να καλύψει ο κύριος λόγος σήμερα. I was not satisfied with most of the martial arts instruction related to self-defense. You

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Συνεχής βελτίωση ως μαύρη ζώνη

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Μόλις φτάσετε το βαθμό της μαύρης ζώνης, θα το βρείτε δύσκολο αν όχι αδύνατο να προπόνηση στην τάξη. Εκτός αν έχετε πολλές μαύρες ζώνες, οι οποίοι μπορούν να αναλαμβάνουν εκ περιτροπής περιστρεφόμενη, θα περνούν το μεγαλύτερο μέρος του χρόνου σας διδασκαλία. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. How do you continue

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