Archive for January 2010
January 8, 2010
Often on this blog I advocate attacking your opponent from the outside, because this is one of my specialties. I am a shorter man, 5′ 7″ (if you ask what I told to my wife, who is 6′ tall, lol… I’m actually 5′ 6″!) and in my prime I weighed less than 150 lbs. It gave [...]
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January 8, 2010
The independant martial artist is perhaps the strongest of martial artists because he does not rely on strength by association. What do you mean, Mustafa? When martial artists–or just people in general–cannot back up their philosophy and skill, they will seek comfort in those who are just like them. This gives those martial artists strength [...]
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January 3, 2010
I have a student who takes private lessons from me for sparring. He is a member of another martial arts school, has a Black Belt, and still has time on his contract with the school. He likes his teacher enough to stay, but admits that his school does not spend much time developing his sparring [...]
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January 1, 2010
Sometimes, technology is wrong. Sometimes, the old way really IS the best way to do things. I know that in the martial arts, we love innovation and new ideas, but sometimes the truth isn’t fancy, scientific things. The truth is often the way things have been done. Look around you, and you will see that [...]
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