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. Сепак, 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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Ние вклучени четири или повеќе боречки вештини во наставната програма нашата академијата. Кога ќе погледнам во овие уметности, Гледам различни причина што учев секој. Овие уметност покритие впечатлива, бори, Копнените борби и практичен самоодбрана оружје, трска. Почнав проучување Shotokan Карате во есента на 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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Од мај 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. Јас

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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. За најголем дел, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Сепак, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head

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Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

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Last week, 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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Неодамна, Слушнав подкаст за јасно идентификување зошто го правите ништо бидејќи тоа е важно да се ефикасно избави ја Вашата порака. Почнав боречки вештини блог за една главна причина и неколку помалите. Одам да се покрие главната причина денес. I was not satisfied with most of the martial arts instruction related to self-defense. You

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Континуирано подобрување како црн појас

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Откако ќе стигнат до ранг на црн појас, ќе биде тешко ако не и невозможно да се тренингот во класа. Освен ако не сте многу црна појаси, кои можат да се врти ротирачки, ќе поминуваат поголемиот дел од вашето време настава. The window of training in class also closes the longer that you are a black belt. How do you continue

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