So I've found myself in a situation where I have people in my Mau Rakau group that are not interested in grading. They are however interested in...
I'm relatively new to judo so my Ukemi is rubbish and I need to practice. The problem is I don't have really anything to practice on and being...
So I'm new to judo (4 sessions in) and I'm enjoying it. But I'm having trouble with learning some of the exercises. Mainly this one here, skip to...
So I was looking at some books on staff fighting and I came across a few on Jogo do Pau written by Luis Preto (amazon and the hema shop) Does...
Hi guys, for starters Im not a Filipino martial arts practitioner. I practice Mau Rakau and I'm currently looking for a helmet that can withstand...
How do you balance work with training without getting burnt out? Recently I started a part time (3 days a week) horticultural internship that...
So I was doing some digging around through my family tree and discovered that I have a Celtic heritage (and it turns out I'm as much Scottish as I...
I could of made a thread about bad examples of self defense, but too be honest there are already too many rubbish videos out there and I don't...
I thought this video here bought up some interesting points about disarming loaded guns. Now, I must confess that I have zero experience with...
Hey guys, so I recently caught up with my old boxing coach and I've decided to go back into boxing after a two and a half year break recovering...
Right, so I did post this originally on my Mau Rakau blog, but since I need advice I've decided to post a separate thread. So I don't know if...
So I'm a bit stuck when I comes to finding the right head gear for Mau Rakau sparring. Essentially I've boiled it down to three options; Helmet...
I'm looking to practice some basic white belt drills (mainly breakfalls at this stage) but I don't have a partner nor a grappling dummy or any gym...
Hi guys, since I'm new to BJJ chances are that I will be asking allot of questions about it here on the forums (I hope nobody minds). So I was...
Can anyone recommend me any good reading material or videos (YouTube) I've just started BJJ and I would like to learn more about it.
As my wrestling skills are pretty much next to nothing, I want to be able to learn how to protect myself if I hit the floor. I would like to do a...
Please no off topic videos or videos of people messing around that aren't practitioners e.g. star wars kid. The purpose of his thread is to...
Hi guys, long time no see. So I've been doing Mau Rakau 10 months and my kiako (tutor) thinks that our club is ready to spar. The problem is...
Tena Koutou, Hello everyone. So I've decided to make a blog about Mau Rakau as I've recently have taken it up. Its amazing to think that its been...
Since exercise equipment can be really expensive for some of us, I wanted to dedicate this thread to sharing designs and plans for exercise...
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