I would back up what John recommends, Zoltan is a psychology professor at Sussex University, which is where I think the club is based. I trained...
Does it matter? Anything above 6th tends to awarded for "political" or organisational reasons... In fact all grades are slightly arbitrary and are...
Woo woo and Magic fairy hats... I think that basically sums it up. (Using Qi to describe martial activities is analogous to using the four...
Just because you can smash your shins through a baseball bat, or eat broken glass or stick pins in your eyes, doesn't mean you aught to do it....
Absolutely... As a general principle form should follow function. ..... With some consideration for consistency within the general class structure.
Hi David, I don't disagree, kata or forms are not the only way to do it. And other approaches for specific elements might actually be better, eg...
Maybe, to some extent, but solo training tends to be what you should do if you don't have the opportunity for partner training. I think an...
Lol, same sort of conversation about belt colours, badges and Gold lame tabards for senior students... ...because learning a martial art is all...
The missed point here is why the kata was created in the first place. If you make the not unreasonable assumption that the original creator had...
I agree, the belt order for shotokan (certainly for the main groups in the UK, KUGB, JKA-England etc) is White Orange Red Yellow Green Purple...
.. ahh the Dunning–Kruger effect in action...:)
Historical Inaccuracies = The idea that what is taught today in "traditional karate styles" has direct relevance with the training methods of...
I suspect the polite answer to that is yes. The documentary probably muddled up cause and effect. Traditional dance forms being based on fighting...
You are joking right? Ok, It is a lot easier nowadays with the advent of the web (forums etc) and youtube to get a flavour for something...
Thanks for posting this. Just a couple of comments - Like YouknowWho I like the idea of training the lock in pairs. In fact my interpretation...
Because clearly those martial arts have never been fraudulently sold..:whistle:
I think your title says it all... If you want to be good at long range sparring, then ironically there are a lot of TMA's that will teach you...
Again I think you missed my point, and I apologise if I am not articulating it well. Punching someone in the back of the head in a boxing bout...
Hi Da Lurker I think you may be confusing a number of things here. Self-Defence or more accurately self-Protection is based on the assumption...
The Problem with the whole premise of this thread is the assumption that it is the style of martial art not the person that makes you effective in...
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