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Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
The first three ranks in the Zimmerman Self-Defense System are Yellow Belt, Orange Belt, and Green Ranks. These ranks represent the beginning curriculum. The intermediate ranks are Blue Belt and Purple Ranks. The advanced ranks are Brown and Red Ranks. After training for a minimum of 4 years and being at least 16 jaar oud, a student can test for
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.”
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
I recently watched the Eddie Bravo Invitational 13: The Lightweights, where über talented Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gary Tonan defended his title. I enjoy the EBIs more than most of the other non-UFC events on UFC Fight Pass, the Ultimate Fighting Championship subscription streaming service. Tonan is famous for his leg locks but I noticed most of the competitors were
Wanneer de meeste studenten beginnen met een vormtraining, hun belangrijkste focus ligt op het leren van de juiste volgorde van de technieken om het patroon op de voorgeschreven manier uit te voeren. Het is ongebruikelijk dat een beginnende of zelfs halfgevorderde student te veel nadenkt over wat hij met de technieken doet en waartegen hij zich verdedigt. Is de techniek eenvoudig of
De legendarische Bruce Lee schreef vele jaren geleden een artikel voor het tijdschrift Black Belt waarin de efficiëntie en werkzaamheid van kata in twijfel werd getrokken, vormen of patroon training. Sinds de publicatie van dit artikel, vele andere martial kunstenaars begonnen te vechten of twijfelen aan de noodzaak voor formulieren training. Sinds ik ben toegewijd aan het onderwijzen van zelfverdediging, je zou denken dat ik
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 the most part, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Echter, 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. Nog, 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
One of the best thing about the martial arts such as Taekwondo is the ability for fathers, mothers, kinderen, 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