Hey guys and gals, After trying a few different martial a arts, and taking a few months off to think about what I actually want out of martial...
Hey everyone, So I have been doing pankration (essentially no-gi grappling) for a few months now, and am going to start to doing bjj (with gi)...
In my psychology degree that I am currently studying we had a guest lecturer (a clinical psychologist who used cognitive behavioural therapy...
On second viewing of the website (I initially viewed it months ago), I realize that it looks a lot more legit viewing on PC, because some of the...
Thanks for the comprehensive list! That issue with the CLF place is frustrating because the only time they do it (like you said) is Friday...
Hey everyone, So if any of you are living in Sydney/New South Wales you may know that there is the NSW state Sanda titles coming up in about a...
Also some of you may be annoyed by this, but another one that's close to my heart is The Forbidden Kingdom. It was the first martial arts movie I...
Yeah I know what you mean, in movies with martial arts (ie spies) the characters have martial abilities that don't really have an effect on the...
WHAT??? But kung fu movies taught me that the only thing that happens in China is inter-club rivalry and revenge!!
So what do you think for solo conditioning, just kata and kihon (basics) drills?
No I only really practice during lessons. You are right though getting on top of training at home would help a lot. I just find it hard to guide...
That's it! Literally it is an addiction (sometimes I even come home from martial arts training and decide to watch a wuxia movie or something and...
Yeah the 'new age'/recent movies that touch on the same topic as the classic kung fu movies really hit the sweet spot IMO; at least for me...
I agree about the 'martial arts' genre being a bit inaccurate; it would mean that things like the matrix fall under the same category as Enter the...
I'm going to go the opposite direction, because from my experience in showing martial arts movies to friends and family, sometimes the classic...
I think that it's not necessarily a matter of the moves that are unique to tkd per se, but rather the style of the moves/fighting. For example,...
Yeah I can relate to the club switching thing, I have thought about switching to the mma gym that some of my friends go to but I like my kyokushin...
Yeah I have done some yoga and Pilates before, and have thought quite a bit about doing some tai chi or something too. That said, since I used to...
Oh so you just train at the one gym/centre? Yeah I currently gym about 3-4times per week, and want to start upping the amount that I'm running per...
Oh cool, yeah that's the same sort of situation I could be in. Do you find you ever change it up (like cut down JJ to only twice in a given week...
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