yeah hi. I'm based in Manila and sometimes in the Visayas. It's actually a little heads up to the JKD community that there's this guy Virgilio...
Where are the official JKD schools in the Philippines? Who are the instructors to look for?
[IMG] Anyone from Yaw Yan here? Anyone spell it as YAO Yan? Anyone here heard that it's a reconfigured JKD for the Philippines and that it has a...
that'd be good if the instructor can transmit those hard earned lessons as well or unless it was mostly luck. I survived my first knife attack...
wonderful! just when I thought we were good and traditional in our town, I heard of a mcdojo that gives you your black belt in 8 months. Good...
i'm left handed and i like being left handed and when i teach it's lefties beside me (so they can see exactly as I do) and righties in front of me...
I'm a leftie and have the same problem though i'm not prohibited from sparring in unorthodox stance. My solution to getting comfy is i picked up...
i think what translates into combat effectivity is if breaking is done with the minimum amount of setup. if you can call up a breaking level...
If there is anything to be said about Filipinos that Filipinos in general are proud of is integrating various influences and appropriating them as...
What techniques you choose to narrow yourself down to depends on which techniques that will feel most natural to you given equal amounts of...
If Manny wins, he wins as Congressman Manny Pacquiao. Wouldn't that be something ? :)
I think the rocks on the backpack thing feels very Jet Li-shaolin temple-ish. Or like those Tao masters in the Korean Martial Comedy, Arahan.
Thems fighting words Van! :) No i'll stay far away from your kicks thank you very much, a concussion is not my idea of a good day.
Breakfalls and rolls most of the time. Watered down locks and pins when restraining children. roundhouse to get on my bike, reverse round house...
I don't really pay attention to the way my fist lands. But now you made me think, hmmm my jabs are usually horizontal, lead straights vertical...
Drill with him using a kick pad. Tell him to move the pad out of the way when he sees your kick coming. You'll feel the frustration of kicking air...
you start seeing your blood vessels show up. where you haven't seen them before means the top layer of fat is getting burnt up
if it gets down to it you can say martial arts is a matter of moves. and moves are amoral. for the longest time i've self trained because of that...
i drink, i don't get drunk. there's a difference
Beer has vitamin b, fiber and a quick infusion of carbs. When I feel wiped out having used up glycogen stores on a really intense training night,...
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