Knockout Kicks

I've seen fights ended because repeated leg strikes caused the leg to fail. If you can't stand on your leg, you can't effectively punch.

Children Need More Exercise and Martial Arts Can Help

According to the Centers for Disease Control, “It is recommended that children and adolescents participate in at least 60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity most days of the week, preferably daily.” Lack of physical activity can lead to many problems in children such as weight problems, low muscular strength, poor aerobic fitness, lack of bone mass, high anxiety and stress and low self esteem.

Kung Fu - How to Pick a Kung Fu School

What is the best way to select a Kung Fu school?

Reishiki - the Etiquette of Judo

The Reasons behind Judo's Stict adherence to Etiquette

Awareness Color Codes - An Essential Self-Defense System

The most important self-defense skill is awareness. Use the same Color Codes of awareness that most military and police organizations do to increase your awareness constantly.

Guided Chaos Groundfighting: The Life-Or-Death Difference for Self-Defense

There is a world of difference between competitive submission fighting and real life and death combat. Don't bet your life on a sport! The built-in restrictions on your training could short-circuit your reactions and get you killed if the spit ever hits the fan.

Kung Fu Styles

Since kung fu is more than 1,000 years old, there are hundreds of styles of kung fu. Old styles are mixed to create new styles. Then there are many families of styles. Kung fu styles also change from region to region, as kung fu reflects a way of living.

Increase the Effect of your Strikes - Punch and Kick Harder

Learn to punch and Kick with more Effect by applying some very simple strategies

Basic Self Defense

The First lesson to learn in Self-Defense is that you are important. The most valuable possession you will ever have is you. No-one has the right to hurt, intimidate or harass you. You have the right to protect yourself and you are well worth fighting for. The second most important lesson is to learn to understand that your mind is your most valuable weapon, in self-Defense we use our mind to control panic and fear, use our brain to assess a situation and to judge the most appropriate action to take. We use our Brain to make choices and making choices is a big part of Self-Defense.

Why Learning Martial Arts And Self Defense Is So Critical Today

If you've ever talked to a martial arts or self defense teacher, then chances are you've been quoted some pretty grizzly statistics. Such as, for example, how the FBI says there’s a violent crime every 22 seconds in America. Or, how people get mugged, beaten, raped, even killed - every day of the week in big cities, small towns and rural areas all over the world. But there's also another violent crime problem you're probably not hearing about. A problem that has been growing for years almost without notice.

Aikido, Defending Yourself without Violence

How to defend yourself without striking

Is Karate Any Use as an Effective Self Defense System?

Is karate an effective martial art for self defense in modern society? What can we learn from mixed martial arts and is there a place for such training methods within traditional karate? If karate is to maintain a reputation as a valid self-defense system we have to stay with the times and keep our traditions alive by adapting to the latest proven training methods.

Martial Artist Says: The Belt Doesn't Make The Warrior

You’ve heard the adage that says the size of the dog in a fight doesn’t matter. What matters is the size of the fight in the dog! A similar thing can be said of ranking martial arts students by belt level. It doesn’t matter what color of belt a warrior wears, what matters is how much warrior is wearing that belt., says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, Fortune 1000 consultant, top speaker, and best-selling author of 12 books and more than 750 articles.

In A Self-Defense Situation Fight Smarter, Not Harder

If you've ever seen or been a part of a conventional martial arts program, one of the things you may have noticed is the level of activity of the students according to rank. It seems like the white belts do little to get results - they have the simple techniques - while the upper levels do more and more. And, while this is in some ways normal and natural, it's the way each level comes off the floor at the end of class that makes the difference. In my experience with conventional martial arts training in several disciplines, the picture was always the same. At the end of a typical class, the white belts returned to the locker room practically rumple-free, while the black belts were sweat-soaked and sore. Now, this might be perfectly acceptable if all we were talking about was organized fitness classes, however; in the realm of self-protection and personal defense, there are several problems that should be considered.