On Sunday I'll be going to my first HEMA session. What should I expect from training? I've seen a lot of videos of matches, but I haven't seen...
I apologize if this comes off as a bit of a rant. I spent a short time practicing Wu-style before realizing that the class was strictly "for...
Forgive me if I seem rude, but I was interested in Aikido for a while and met a teacher who trains for free. At first, I thought it seemed like a...
I know that certain styles like Tai Chi Chuan and Judo depend more on positioning, momentum, and leverage to execute their techniques than brute...
What stretches do you do to increase punching power and why do they have an effect? The same goes for kicks. I know that more flexibility means...
Is most of your time spent in stance training? Qigong? Form training? Drilling moves? Sparring? Pushing hands? Stretching, running, lifting?...
I used to study Chinese martial arts and am currently studying Taekwondo. My Taekwondo teacher is extremely skilled in multiple martial arts, but...
Many Qinna techniques require mistakes from your opponent, such as leaving an arm out for too long after attempting a strike. In addition, they...
In my school, push hands is taught as a two-person sensitivity exercise. However, I've seen competitive push hands practiced by others. Recently,...
While in a Skype call, I sometimes set up Netflix or Youtube, or play a .AVI, or something. But recently, videos online won't load and video files...
Let's say a student studied under a Tai Chi Chuan teacher (or Kung Fu, for that matter) for 3 years, learned the long form, short form, (and all...
All forms of Tai Chi that I know of have very similar looking versions of Single Whip except for the Wu-style. In Wu-style, it is done in the...
I've been doing Shaolin kung fu for a little over a year and tai chi for a couple of months. Recently, I heard that one of the Japanese professors...
I've learned a bit about Chinese swordsmanship but I've never seen a school practicing European swords (besides the rapier, I guess, but I mean...
How many forms is too many forms? Let's say you're practicing with combat in mind. Is it better, then, to practice your Tan Tui 20 times a day, or...
I'm trying to watch more boxing. Whenever I look stuff up, it's always Marciano or Ali or Tyson or Mayweather. These can't be the only names in...
I've been doing kung fu for a while and during sparring I've always done well while striking. However, a lot of people I spar with like to take me...
I've seen both and they look almost identical to me. What's the difference? Does one train something that the other does not?
There is a Tai Chi course offered through the university I attend, and though I mainly do Shaolin kung fu, I'm interested in Tai Chi. They teach...
I'm a huge fan of Star Trek (Klingons especially) and I really love martial arts. At some point, I heard that there was a book on Bat'leth...
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