Generally it hurts way less if you win.
Tighten your grip... choke up on the handle just a bit and use a 6 or 8 pound sledge hammer....
Ok... here's the painful truth. It is EXTREMELY rare for anyone to make a "good living" running a Dojo... Much less working at one. To make the...
Clearly the age old problem... One of the real issues in attempting to make the Martial Arts into a competitive sport. Officials in any sporting...
WAY too FUNNY! Like that huh...? Nice Student / instructor combo huh? Poor kid didn't have a chance 2 against 1. I've help train this kid...
Sounds a bit like our Koshiki division...
Shureido makes an outstanding gi. I also like my KI http://www.shureidousa.com/faqs.html I also like my KI /Mugen cut...
That comment was not as "tongue-n-cheek" as it might seem. Simply put... the art of defending yourself with your "bare hands" (a more western...
My $.02 Ummmmmmmm...... Empty Hand....?
That's the idea anyway.... run the kata... then run it again w/attackers.
At the USKA World Championships... there is a slightly different approach. The winner of each Black Belt division will run their empty hand...
CRACKING UP.... Well very few of these threads actually keep on point.... and just for the record... not TKD bashing at all. I've trainned...
Fair enough! Actually, I was trying to be objective... From personal experience (when faced with front leg head kickers)... I have found it...
Generally speaking... head kicks, by nature tend to leave the groin open. Multiple kicks from the same leg tend to prolong the "window of...
GAWD.... I hope he has a good groin cup... [Jus say'n]
Na.... State side... It was passed on to me by that great Okinawan Master Pat Morita (Rest his soul) "Ballance Daniel-san"
My belt has "Super Powers"... Secret compartments and a special Japanese to English de-coder ring... I can whistle and it will come, I snap my...
Training to defend your life? Here’s what I tell my students regarding life threatening situations… if you need to defend yourself it’s due to...
Clearly Karate (Japanese & Okinawan) has evolved. The days of one family one kata are long since a thing of the past. Systems have evolved (from...
Your assumption that running and understanding the kata within a system is somehow "collecting" kata... well that's just asinine. Kata are...
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