Bob Weatherall was born in the small coal mining town of Nuneaton in the North Warwickshire county in England, where he still lives today with his second wife Noreen.
Bob has been a fighter from an early age, he had to be. At the age of 5 years, he developed, as it was then, the crippling disease of Polio. This was first noticed when he started to get very tired and fell asleep at school. A ...
Author: Bob Weatherall
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Over the past three decades, methods of teaching selfdefense have taken a quantum leap forward.
Back when the martial arts were a novelty in America, whatever system you were studying was the beall and end-all of personal combat and woe to anyone who dared question the veracity of the techniques you were being taught. Rigid instructors rarely acknowledged the legitimacy of their counterpart ...
Author: Andrew Breen
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In the old days, the Okinawan martial arts were all business, claims Los Angeles-based karate expert Isaac Florentine. The kicks were designed to break bones, and the punches were intended to relieve the enemy of consciousness with a single blow.
But that was then, and this is now. As karate’s popularity exploded, the art lost more than a bit of its potency, according to many insiders.
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Author: Robert W. Young
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Martial arts are currently studied worldwide from a variety of cultures. Martial arts can improve your fitness levels and muscular condition immensely. Depending on the martial art you choose to do, you may even learn some effective self-defense techniques.
There is a major debate as to whether martial arts are effective as self-defense. My personal experience has taught me it is best to ...
Author: John Gibb
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As a Christian and a martial arts student, I have often wrestled with the idea of self-defense. Does God expect me to defend my family and myself when physically attacked or am I to “turn the other cheek” and endure it in the name of Jesus? As I considered the many comments I encountered on this topic, I became even more confused. Some advocates for “religion” have gone as far as to say that an ...
Author: Tom Katch
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