Showing posts with label martial arts training techniques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label martial arts training techniques. Show all posts
Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Mindfulness: taking time out for you

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A great TED talk here from a guy called Andy Puddicombe about how we can bring meditation into out lives. It just takes 10 minutes a day! Fo...
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Sunday, 2 January 2011

Weapons as training aids

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This short video clip shows TO and MH using weapons to see how classical techniques feel when 'extended'. I found this particularly ...
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Sunday, 5 December 2010

Science of Kensetsuwaza – Joint Locks

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Science of Kensetsuwaza – Joint Locks Know your joints: don't panic, don't crank it on. Increase your knowledge. Nice post...
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Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Kata, Hyung tonifies the body

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I was asked to do Pyung Ahn Oh Dan yesterday. In fact, I offered as it's a hyung I need to practice, so I executed it three times: once ...
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Friday, 15 October 2010

Sparring

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Good sparring session last night so I came away tired and feeling good, having dispensed of some energy and learnt a lot. As we don't us...
Monday, 27 September 2010

Don't just sit there...do it!

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As I'm sat here, skipping Kempo class, I feel...well, relaxed. I need a night off to crack this cold I have and hopefully I'll be ba...
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Saturday, 6 March 2010

Techniques and principles

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Shorinji Kempo ended up being a thoughtful, but tiring and (for my wrists) painful lesson. It was interesting as sensei TO took us through a...
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Thursday, 4 February 2010

Funky ass martial art video of the week: Kali

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Check out the funky moves n music... I studied Eskrima for a while and, interestingly, they give you sticks straight away and you progress ...
Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Classic Duel between two warriors

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I read this amazing account of a duel between two warriors. See what you think then read my notes at the end. ***************************** ...
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Friday, 29 January 2010

Bassai Dai with explanation by Sadashige Kato, 9th dan.

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Brief bio of Sadashige Kato here .
Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Hitting stuff

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Our Tang Soo Do lesson last week was pretty high tempo as Master C obviously wanted us to burn off some of those Christmas calories. Joy...!...
Monday, 11 January 2010

Clearing the car of snow

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I experienced an interesting snippet of body movement plus snow the other day when I was clearing the car before setting out. As I pushed th...
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Monday, 14 December 2009

The Use of Weapons

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After a few repeats of kesa giri I made it my learning point to look at losing the tension in my hands and arms. I needed to make the cut f...
Saturday, 17 October 2009

Pro Am Fight Centre flyer

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Ok, so it's flyer season and I'm helping Pro-Am Fight Centre out with some marketing communications so here's the second flyer ...

Teaching at Tang Soo Do

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Tuesday night's Tang Soo Do was less sweaty and more cerebral. It's good to explore lesser taught aspects of the art and tonight mea...
Friday, 4 September 2009

Sine wave in forms/hyung/poomse

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I'm currently reading a fascinating book by Alex Gillis regarding the history of Tae Kwon Do which is called 'A Killing Art-The unto...
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Thursday, 11 June 2009

Applications within Pyung Ahn Ee Dan

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I needed to move. I'd missed Shorinji Kempo on Monday and despite an energetic session on Tuesday at Tang Soo Do I felt like I'd mis...

More on breath

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Top tip today is... breath naturally during technique and you'll have enough clout for the kihap . I was tired and breathing hard and ...
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Monday, 8 June 2009

How to teach martial arts

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That's a bit of a sweeping statement to live up to isn't it? Maybe I should say that I took a 'Teaching' course over the wee...
Thursday, 4 June 2009

Four Shades of Black

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I'm reading it now and LOVING it! It's beautifully laid out and makes a lot of sense, written by a guy with plenty of experience. Ju...