THREE GENERALLY ADVISED ACTIONS FOR AN IMPROVED OUTCOME • Never let your attacker take you to a 2nd location. • Make as much noise as possible –...
An Ironically excellent video showing how traditional stances from Kung Fu or karate are used in MMA [MEDIA] In both kung fu and karate stances...
I went to the gym yesterday. When I got there, I thought “I really need a poo!” But being a creature of habit, I decided to wait until I got home...
Simon from Havocjkduk was very generous in donating his time to share some of his considerable understanding of self defence with me recently. I...
I am putting together a 1.5 hour long class on “understanding self-defence”. That introduces the key principles and approaches. But I have come...
There is still a lot of poor instruction practice out there. It could be helpful to compile a list of things you should not see in a class....
Many conversations on the forum ask, what is the point of this or that? What would be the result if this aspect was removed from training, or if...
What does the phrase “traditional martial art” mean to you? and why? What are the characteristics of a Traditional Martial Art? I am interested...
Self defence techniques from Southern Shoalin - hung gar kuen kung fu. the key to self defence is to avoid fighting unless you decide that it...
This is shot for demo puposes so people can see the movements. Techniques are not as tight to the body as you would do them in application. The...
When teaching self defence it is good practice to provide information about support available for attendees who may have been affected by...
A place to share Any tips on anything related to the practice, study, and application of martial arts. From my personal experience. If you...
A Recent post quoting Bruce Lee got me wondering. How much did he actually know about traditional Chinese martial arts? In the quote he described...
Originally from another thread. I think it might be more helpful to me and more useful to others if we had a thread on how to get an accurate...
About 15 years ago I had an accident hang-gliding. I servery tore the muscles on the inside of my right leg. At the time I felt something very...
Bellow is a really good explanation of why weapons are inaccurate in films. Told by a someone in the film industry. what he says about weapons...
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Sigung Jeff Hasbrouck was diagnosed with terminal cancer over Christmas. He passed away on Sunday. He was deeply loved and we are all very sad....
The the four films I reference most in teaching are. kung fu panda 1 - the importance of applying what is available in the moment. There is no...
A series of posts on another thread got me thinking that it might be helpful to have a thread that discusses what constitutes good mechanics, good...
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