Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
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
In the distant past, one of the new holders of a teacher’s certificate in a traditional martial art brought a wheel barrow with round wheels for approval to the head of the style and his top two instructors. Previously, the wheel barrow had square tires and was referred to as a square barrow. The student waited with expectation as the
Kapag naabot mo ang ranggo ng mga itim na sinturon, ay makikita mo ito mahirap kung hindi imposible upang pag-eehersisyo sa klase. Maliban kung mayroon kang maraming mga itim na sinturon, sino ang maaaring mamasyal umiikot, gagastusin mo ang karamihan sa iyong oras pagtuturo. 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. Para sa pinaka-bahagi, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Gayunman, 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. Pa, 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
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. Ka
The problem with too much martial arts’ self-defense instruction is that they are low percentage defenses against unrealistic attacks taught by some instructors, who have limited knowledge of street attacks. Ang ilang mga sistema ay nilikha para sa kalye o pagsasanay militar at ay mas mahusay kaysa sa iba. Gayunman, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different
Kung nais mong magagawang upang ipagtanggol ang iyong sarili, trabaho sa iyong conditioning Ang pinakamahusay na diskarte sa mundo ay lamang kaya epektibo kung wala kang ang lakas upang daigin sa tagal ng pag-atake. Conditioning ay isa sa mga pinaka-napapabayaan aspeto ng militar sining pagsasanay. Cardio Conditioning – Remember the old saying, “Fatigue makes a coward of all of
After you earn your Green Rank, you will have completed your first year of training. Congratulations. On average, 75 percent of students who started with you have already quit training. Lucky for you, they will be much better targets for criminals. A humorous anecdote is told about two campers worried about a bear attack. One of the campers tells his