Once a week, some 14,000 soldiers in the U.S. Army’s renowned 2nd Infantry Division greet the sunrise in the Land of the Morning Calm with snap kicks and power punches reinforced by a chorus of kihap battle cries. They are part of a new training initiative designed to augment their combat readiness with traditional Korean martial arts skills. In honor of the division’s nickname of Warrior Division ...
Author: Col. William O. Odom
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For most martial artists, nothing is more important than protecting their families from harm. When you consider the numbers, which indicate that some 10 million Americans will become victims of violent crimes in 2004, you begin to see that their concerns are not unwarranted. State the stat another way—one in 30 people around you will fall victim to a violent crime this year—and you might feel comp ...
Author: Ric Pascetta
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Integrating my dark side was a fairly torturous process for me, partly because I made it harder than it had to be. Apparently I do that a lot. :)
One of the problems at the time was my inability to get out of my own way and I continually tried to micro-manage the process rather than giving in to it and going where it wanted to take me. Part of that was from my own misconceptions about t ...
Author: Robert Morgen
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We all have a good foundation in the basic blows and combinations.
Think about adding the following drills to your basic syllabus.
These can be trained as "stand alone" combinations OR worked into existing "Defendu" combinations either "before" or "after".
1. HARD left lead to chin (mental foramen) HARD overhand right to chin (opposite side) then: HARD upward right knee to for ...
Author: Carl Cestari
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Admit it. When the going gets tough at home, we’ve all plopped the kids in front of the television and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, we can get started on dinner, maybe check email or sort that massive pile of laundry.
But when your five-year old yells at you “Mom, Kids Rule!” or your ten-year old horrifies you with language that would make a sailor blush, you realize there mus ...
Author: Laura Saunders
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