The Philippine fighting arts are all about efficiency. When a skilled practitioner swings a stick, he strives to eliminate all unnecessary movement as he executes fluid offensive and defensive combinations. When he wields an edged weapon, he endeavors to apply the same principles he learned for the stick, and if they don’t transfer directly, he’ll alter them bit by bit until they do.
Not su ...
Author: Joel Huncar
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While studying corn-pest predators in Illinois, I was once in the middle of nowhere when suddenly the skies darkened and a tornado ominously swooped down and wove a destructive path through the corn field I had just been in. The next thing I know, my colleague and I are in a pickup following it. I recall thinking, "It'd be cool if a man could harness that power for a fighting technique." When I fi ...
Author: Dr. Craig D.
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As the story goes, a kenpo instructor went hunting with a friend. After a few hours, the friend brought down a deer, but the men couldnt be sure if it was a clean kill or not. They went to inspect the animal, and the friend knelt down for a closer look. Suddenly the deer lashed out in its death throes and slammed a hoof into the hunters throat, killing him instantly. Needless to say, the kenpo ins ...
Author: Ted Mancuso
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Just about every expert in the ADD field will tell you that exercise is one of the best ADD management strategies there is. According to the book Delivered from Distraction:
"When a person exercises, she sets in motion a cascade of events that her brain loves. She sends more blood to her brain. With more blood comes more oxygen. Exercise also stimulates the release of a plethora of nutrient ...
Author: ADD Management Coach Jennifer Koretsky
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When W. Hock Hochheim was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame in 2001 as Weapons Instructor of the Year, it was primarily because of the research he’d conducted into the ways in which whackos wage war with guns, knives, broken bottles and all manner of killing and maiming instruments. It was not an endeavor he could have opted not to undertake, for his survival was at stake. While walking hi ...
Author: Robert W. Young
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