As always I would suggest looking into the research done by good Reality Based Self Defense people like: - Tony Blauer - Karl Transwell -...
If it's the same material as his VHS tapes from a few years ago, it's solid stuff. That said, understand that Pekiti has sorta split in two...
Traditional Martial Arts were, by and large, NOT created on the battlefield. Here's the quick way of telling. If there is more open hand training...
This is a line of logic/simplification I fundimentally object to. Simply put, learning to do something wrong (and possibly even dangerous) is...
As others have stated there really is no such thing as "Gang Fighting." It's the wrong mentality. The only real self defense mentality here is...
Tracing back up and condensing the thread: 1. The is no traditional (prior to Modern WuShu) stand alone drunken style. 2. There are Drunken...
As I've been beginning Bagua training in earnest, I've been enjoying post training. Primarily I've had to do it to establish the foundations of...
I'm alive, just trying to unbery myself Hey Slip and others, Thanks for the question. Things have been crazy in my life since March. Here's...
Couple thoughts here (I think GC can back me up on most of this) - There is no universal situation in self (or legal) defense. That means there...
Everything I would have thought to have posted was in here. Thanks for the contribution. - Matt
Let's differentiate fighting and self defense. TKD competitions (note: like all comps) artificially constrain a confrontation. If it's point...
Like others have said it's about honesty. In my mind anyone truly practicing the martial arts is on a quest for personal truth (note that this...
Exactly. The thing to remember here is that a "street"/law enforcement confrontation is far less regulated than any form of competition. So:...
I actually sent in the correction yesterday afternoon. Considering that the OED is an "open source", amateur scholar project, it's not surprising...
and trained the way he fought. Emphasis added because this is such an important point. - Matt
Langenschwert thanks for that reference, I've been meaning to try and dig it up so I can try and convince the OED to change it's definition....
Before everyone jumps on Yohan, I wanted to throw some support his way. MMA style training tactics are an important tool in learning self...
Jeet would probably maintain it's own forum because trying to assign it to a nation is a ridiculously political thing (as it could fit under CMA...
Not until you mentioned it, but t looks excellent. - Matt
While a sealed 1:1 is far more controlled than a self defense situation, suggesting that UFC/Pride are largely irrelevant for self defense is a...
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