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If you want to learn how to really punch, and if you can find a copy of the following book in either its original hardback version, or the reprinted paperback version, I strongly recommend that you purchase it and read it. However, be advised that it has been out-of-print for sometime and [...]
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When your child or children begins studying martial arts, it is important to make sure that they have the right martial arts shoes. Protective gear for the feet is essential for proper safety, and most types are made of lightweight material that is designed to provide flexibility and traction.
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Those of us old enough will remember trying to find a martial art club was almost impossible. Many clubs trained in backstreet gyms and halls, were often just a small group of friends. If you knew someone training already, it was easy to get in, if you didn’t, well, it was virtually [...]
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My Sifu, Alan Orr often starts his class with the question “Any questions?”
One of the problems with martial arts training can often be the unwillingness to really question anything, it’s an easy habit to get into and often only broken by the best students, so start by asking yourself if you want [...]
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The sales rep was well meaning, but obviously knew nothing about the martial arts business.
I was placing and order for my first ad in the yellow pages when he asked me what I’m sure he thought was a casual conversation booster. “So what are you plans?” he asked. “Open up a school, [...]
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Terms like ADHD, ADD, and hyperactivity seem to have become commonplace in today’s learning institutions. In fact recent studies have shown that elementary school teachers, with little if any formal training, are diagnosing children with supposed hyperactivity disorders.
I certainly don’t proclaim to be any sort of expert on the topic and [...]
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I just finished rereading “Palgue 1-2-3” by Kim Pyung Soo for the first time in quite a few years and was reminded of the firs time I had purchased this and the other two books in the series when I was first starting out upon my martial arts journey whose primary focus [...]
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We don’t practice martial arts fighting in order to prevent ourselves from being assaulted.
Even predicated on the conviction that if a person assaults me, I will assault him more effectively and therefore be safe, to practice martial arts with the goal of better assaulting the assaulter degenerates the practice into a series [...]
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Brazilian jujitsu is the name of a full-contact martial art focusing on grappling or ground fighting, instead of punches and kicks. This style of martial arts teaches you the skill to fight an assailant that is larger and stronger. The lock techniques and choke holds of Brazilian jujitsu enable you [...]
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To learn martial art for Boomers and Seniors is like putting money in the bank.
How so? Well, it’s like this, life moves forward, and for the average person, frustrations build up. When this happens, the person involved, can be nearing a very dangerous position both professionally and domestically.
In many instances, these people [...]