http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles A few days ago I was sitting at my terrace with some friends talking about the warrior ways whilst having a glass of wine I like to have a good glass of wine now and then and especially when it is a Spanish red wine I was looking at the colour of the wine in the glass and appreciating the different aromas of it I realized that black belts instructors are much like wine and most st http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/Black_Belts_And_Good_Wine.html About four years ago Carl recommended we start using the Bogu during our kumite sparring practice This method was developed in Okinawa and then found its way into mainland Japan and eventually to the US where only a few clubs still do this And even in those clubs only a few members do it I know there is other equipment out there that looks similar and I have used most of whats availabl http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/Bogu_Training.html I had twentyfive boys at the fight club tonight twentyfive boys and one girl and she certainly did stand out Its amazing how starkly obvious the gender differences are in a ring environment In the general flow of life in an industrialised society men and women are mixed and merged together in their daily routines doing the same sorts of work taking on the same sorts of responsib http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/Boys_will_be_Boys_or_Why_Men_Love_to_Fight.html I had twentyfive boys at the fight club tonight twentyfive boys and one girl and she certainly did stand out Its amazing how starkly obvious the gender differences are in a ring environment In the general flow of life in an industrialised society men and women are mixed and merged together in their daily routines doing the same sorts of work taking on the same sorts of responsib http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/Boys_will_be_Boys_or_Why_Men_Need_to_Fight.html To say that practitioners of Brazilian jujutsu have honed their grappling skills into a fine art is to state the obvious Because of them nearly everyone in the martial arts worldespecially those who follow mixedmartial arts competitionnow possesses at least a rudimentary understanding of the basic positions of ground fighting including the guard the mount and the side control S http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/BRAZILIAN_JUJUTSU_PRIMER.html