5 Ways to Ruin Your Self-Defense Training, Part 3

99% of sport fighting, traditional martial arts and self defense systems fail at training the body's subconscious reactions for real fighting because their primary focus is improperly based upon techniques instead of enhancement of the body's natural delivery system. In addition, they teach you how to develop combative tools but fail at teaching how to utilize them in an uncooperative environment. Worst of all, they propagate techniques filtered through the prism of competitive fighting which is a natural out growth of the limitations imposed upon the fighters. They fail to understand that these techniques were developed as a work-around due to the prohibition of using potentially or completely lethal skills for competitive bouts. While practical in competition, these techniques have no basis in life and death combat.

Martial Arts Mental Benefits

Martial arts benefits of the mind

Instructional Fighting Videos for Self Defense

While these fighting videos are not a substitute for proper teaching by a qualified instructor, they do help teach a number of useful, self-defense techniques. And for the experienced martial artist or street fighter, instructional fighting videos can enhance your skills and possibly even teach you something new to add to your fighting skills

What is Wing Chun?

Wing Chun is different from many of today's popular systems, such as Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and Kung Fu. These systems block first and then attack. Wing Chun emphasizes self-defense, focusing on methods that allow a block and an attack in the same movement. The system is based on human biomechanics rather than animal movements, using primarily straight line, fast, direct strikes and sophisticated simultaneous blocking and striking techniques, redirecting the force of an opponent rather than attempting to meet a possibly greater force directly.

Common Objects As Weapons

Martial artist are not strangers to weapons. We train to some degree with swords, sais, bo, nunchakus and other traditional weapons. That weapons help us with coordination and other attributes. Those same weapons are of little use in the street...

Ninja Training

What are the secrets of ninja's super abilities? Everybody is aware that ninja were skillful warriors, mastered their ninja swords to perfection, and could fulfill any even impossible mission. Their success lay in the peculiarities of their training.

Lesser Publicized Benefits of Marital Arts Training

Martial art practice gives the individual a means of enjoyable exercise with a purpose and a goal, the self esteem and confidence aspect together with such practices being an all over body workout that also challenges the individual mentally, with rewards for progression in the form of belts and gradings gives an incentive to stick with a program or club.

Learn How To Kick: Kicking Effectively in a Self-Defense or Combat Situation Part 1 of 10

This ten article series will deal with the various components that need to be addressed when considering the utilization of a particular kick in a combat or self-defense situation. These ten components can also be used by the tournament competitor although certain segments would have to be modified slightly for the tournament aspects of kicking, rather than the more intensive nature of using a kick or kicks in combat. Although all of these individual components are important, they are most effective when combined together and utilized correctly when executing a kick.

Martial Arts Book Review: Dynamic Tension by Harry Wong

This book offers another great alternative to the standard forms of exercising. I have even modified these exercises and incorporated the principles behind them into my own training routine. I now utilize this type of exercise while doing my forms, practicing combinations (whether it be hand and/or foot combinations), or as a compliment to my normal weight lifting routine. I highly recommend that you buy and practice the exercises in this book. If you do, you will notice an improvement in your overall physical abilities. I personally saw results after about 6 weeks of training.

Martial Arts Book Review: Bruce Lee's Fighting Method; Volume Three by Bruce Lee & M. Uyehara

Like any well written book, as much as you can learn from this book by reading it, you can learn just as much if not more by reading between the lines. I particularly enjoyed the simplicity of what Bruce was trying to relay throughout this and pretty much all of his books. What may work well for one person, may not work at all for another. Therefore, you as an individual needs to research the techniques that are out there and find those that work best for you and use them. Remember, there are no superior martial arts, only superior martial artists.

Capoeira for People Over 30

I was one of those people who fell in love with capoeira at a relatively late age, 28, and I am a strong supporter of capoeira for all ages. There are mestres (capoeira masters) in their mid 80s who still find time to play. Even though they may not be able to perform all of the acrobatics that the under 20 club do, these old mestres are still amazingly agile, and are able to control the roda at will.

Tae Kwon Do Sparring

Tae Kwon Do is perhaps the most commonly practiced martial art in the world today. Developed in Korea, it is a combination of combat technique, self defense, exercise, sport, entertainment and philosophy. It is the national sport of Korea and an Olympic sporting event.

Mixed Martial Arts

Article on mixed martial arts (MMA) which explains the origin, techniques used and training aspects of MMA.

Kapap - One Mind, Any Weapon

When training with a program like a self defense oriented Martial Art, one need to include the three following disciplines: * Mental strength
* Character
* Physical skill Joined together, these create a properly trained, disciplined, ethical and highly motivated warrior. Such warriors are an integral part of the historical time line of the Kapap operatives who both protect and set an example for their society...