Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Posts about martial arts concepts and principles.
Da jeg først begynte kampsport med en Shotokan karate klasse på vår lokale junior college, instruktøren delt ut en artikkel for alle å lese. Artikkelen dekket en studie med statistikk. Studien fant at ut av hver 10,000 martial arts studenter bare 100 ville gå på å tjene svarte belter. Most beginning students quit after six months
One of the biggest arguments in martial arts is still whether grappling or striking techniques are best for self-defense. Unsurprisingly, grappling arts advocate grappling techniques, while striking teachers hold up striking as the best method to defend yourself. The argument ignores the best self-defense technique in martial arts. Do not put yourself in situations, where the need for self-defense techniques
I was recently made aware of changes that the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) is making to the interpretation of forms. What else is new? Olympic Sparring rules or equipment changes almost yearly. With the popularity of the Hanmadang forms competition, it appears forms will start changing yearly now. With these changes, I have to decide whether I am going to
Anderson Silva, allment anerkjent som den største mixed martial artist gjennom tidene, mistet sin omkamp med Chris Wiedman for UFC mellomvekt tittel desember 28, 2013. Wiedman hadde beseiret Silva om tittelen juli 6, 2013. Det var Silvas første tap i syv år med Ultimate Fighting Championship. Han var mellomvekt mester i over 6
Georges St-Pierre has been the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Welterweight Champion since 2007 and has been fighting for the title since 2005. While he is only 32 år, the grind of being world champion has caused him to relinquish the belt and step away from the sport for the time being. Some pundits have speculated that he is
I was watching the UFC Fight Night prelims on Facebook Saturday night. The fights all ended in before time expired. One ended in the third round, one in the second round and three in the first round. One of the things that I notice was that none of the fighters in the first four fights were attacking from guard. They
Hemmeligheten til suksess i kampsport eller ethvert område av livet er å beherske det grunnleggende. Selv om denne uttalelsen høres intuitivt, svært få mennesker faktisk gjør det. Many practitioners find the basics “boring” and want to move onto more advanced moves. Problemet med denne tilnærmingen er å vektlegge en 1 percent move over a 99 prosent trekk. Taking Taekwondo
En av de beste julegaver jeg noen gang fikk var en VHS tape av Grand Master Helio Gracie opprinnelige 40 leksjon læreplan fra Gracie Academy i Torrance, California. The Grand Master filmet sin opprinnelige læreplanen med hans barnebarn, Ryron and Rener Gracie. The Grand Master must have been in his mid-eighties, yet his technique was still very crisp and sharp. Ryron
These five Judo throws are fairly simple to execute and are not dependent on a Judo gi for proper execution. A throw can often devastate an attacker and take the fight right out of them. 1) Osoto gari (Major Outer Reaping Throw) -Don’t neglect this throw because it seems very basic. Olympic Gold Medals have been won with it. Den
While watching the Facebook Prelims for UFC 161, I observed a trend that happens often in mixed martial arts competition. One of the competitors would get a dominant position but would sacrifice it to chase a submission. He caught the other competitor in close to ten submissions but the other man escaped all ten and one a close split decision.