Archive for October 2010
October 27, 2010
Typhoon Philippine School of Martial Arts is pleased to announce a series of new monthly classes to be taught in Merced, California! We will be offering classes in Jow Ga Kung Fu and Gatdula Fighting Eskrima the first Sunday of the month! You must be at least 12 to enter the Kung Fu class, and [...]
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October 26, 2010
Earlier this afternoon, I was speaking to a gentleman who had taken the equivalent of 18 months worth of martial arts. It was not a McDojo by any means (his teacher was a gentleman named Steve Habib, of Marysville, CA who is quite a good fighter), but to many who are not really in “the know” [...]
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October 26, 2010
When it comes to children and the martial arts, I have a philosophy. As a businessman, I do quote the common adage, that we do not want to encourage children to begin quitting things. Mr. Prospective Karate Mom/Dad–if you just sign the contract–don’t look at it as obligating little Johnnie; we are merely teaching him [...]
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October 23, 2010
I would like to share a clip with you, and introduce you to a gentleman that I admire. His name is Master Moe Lama, and he is a Kenpo Karate teacher from the Bay area. If you watch the clip, you will see a very cagey fighter. He is slick, difficult to hit, difficul to [...]
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October 22, 2010
I have spent a lot of time in Stockton, California, lately and in the last month I’ve encountered quite a few martial artists–a few who practiced Arnis/Eskrima. There was an Eskrima group that was training at the University, a young man who worked at a Starbuck’s, an attorney, and two security guards. To my surprise, [...]
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October 17, 2010
I have been fortunate in my lifetime to have had the acquaintance of many Masters of the fighting arts. Not all of these men owned successful martial arts schools, and not all of them were FMA teachers. But what they had in common was a lifetime of commitment to practice and propogation of the martial [...]
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October 14, 2010
I want to offer something really short, and perhaps I will expound on them–or perhaps I will not. But if you incorporate them, I guarantee that any fight you ever engage in will result in your opponent going to the hospital–or worse. Attack the Jaw–no amount of weight-lifting can protect the jaw. To hell with [...]
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October 14, 2010
A few nights ago, I was talking to Sajat Hutcheson–one of the instructors of my style–and he expressed his concern that I was giving up too much information about our style. I disagreed, and explained that the role of teacher has changed from times now gone, and that teachers have to find new and alternative [...]
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