Some years ago, Adrian Chief Roman, already well-known within kenpo karate circles, began working on a fighting system to honor his native Choctaw people and, indeed, all American Indians. He faced more than a few challenges.
He knew that the Indians were great fighters in terms of archery, lance throwing and so on. He did not, however, know much of their hand-to-hand techniques. Since ever ...
Author: Dr. Robert G. Rose
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When it comes to preparing yourself to deal with a violent attack, Scott Sonnon advocates the doctrine of unconditional survival. He devised it to fill what he perceived as a gap between the technique-oriented training most Americans undergo in the dojo and the reality of the street. None of Sonnons advice should be interpreted as an admonition to abandon the style you know and love; on the contra ...
Author: Scott Sonnon
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It must be understood that peng jing, the ground-vector strength (see issue #1) and connection, the containing and closing force (see issue #2), are skills which differentiate the internal martial arts from the external styles. There is a saying that "if you can't do it, you don't know it"… a caution against assuming too quickly that because you grasp the academic idea you understand everything. Author: Mike Sigman
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Because the internal martial arts use the body length to structurally convey the solidity of the ground to the hands, the middle of the body is the best controlling and directing area. Although the translation usually comes out "waist," the area referred to indicates the musculature and spine of the central torso.
In learning how to move "from the center," we are actually relearning pushing ...
Author: Mike Sigman
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Before situations become violent, they often pass through a preliminary stage that entails verbal assaults, taunts and insults designed to degrade you, your date and maybe even your mother. Unfortunately, the average martial arts curriculum devotes little or no time to teaching you how to deal with such encounters before they degenerate into a series of flying fists and feet.
Obviously, it’ ...
Author: Matthew J. Numrich
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Ru He Chuan is a form of martial arts which emulates the movements and characteristics of the crane (he). It is different from other forms of crane style martial arts in that, together with developing ...
Author: Yun Chung Chiang, Ph.D.
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"It's amazing! One competitor tried to do an ax kick, the other person blocked it, grabbed his leg, and threw him. The guy went off the platform, and the crowd roared!"
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Author: Marian K. Castinado
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Keeping children interested in their Martial Arts training requires an element of fun and games. Traditionalists are usually only concerned with the discipline and structure of their training, but ...
Author: Eric Gehler
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One of the important lessons of Martial Arts training is the ability to use hip rotation as a way to generate power and speed for maximum impact.
Martial artists know that the hips are where ...
Author: Susan Hill
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Women who study the martial arts often discover that what they are taught works fine in the dojo against a male opponent who doesn’t resist too hard, but when they try to use a technique for real, the ...
Author: Erin Vunak
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