Power is very important, but positioning, timing, distance control, footwork, and few other attributes should have the primary voice. Power, as important as it is, it would retart and delay your development if you rush into it before your...
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There are at least some 12 category of weapons in the Filipino Kali. The question is where do those weapons stand with us? How do we view the weapons in Filipino martial arts? Here are a few things that are important to us: 1) Filipino...
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It is said that the first known use of the noun, headbutting can be traced back to 1869 according to OED. But, regardless of its etymology, it is a great tool to use when the situation calls for it. It’s like having a third arm in the...
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Cleanliness, order, and progress (in that exact order) are not just necessary attributes, but also, play a big role as principal components of training. Being clean is not just a good virtue but a necessary mental and or a spiritual state...
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There has always been a sort of reluctance to change in both martial arts, and or any of its counter parts. We realize that certain aspects of martial arts or fight-systems must change with time, and cannot remain the same if we are going...
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The white belt journey in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the most important belt in that system. What happens during that journey is no different than a tree which spends the first couple of years of its life developing a root system (R.S) first...
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Most (not all) martial arts systems have three layers: 1) Moves that are to be used for restraints and controls. 2) Moves that cause some damage, but the damages are reversible. So, the receiver can heal up 100% and get back to normal. 3)...
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“Some of the injuries” sustained in Martial arts, and particularly in JKD, FMA and Brazilian Jiujitsu are ambiguous and at times they can be attributed to unexpected micro-weaknesses in joints, ligaments, and tendons which in turn they...
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Think of a spring that is compressed, and is just released, and is rapidly expanding——that’s the Kinetic. As for the potential, think of that same spring in its compressed state without its kinetics being realized. Similarly, in some...
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Most teaching environments consist of various levels of students and instructors. These students and instructors are rightly organized into different levels and ranks based on: actual learning, real practical skills, personal capacity...
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Arts like Jiujitsu, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Boxing and few others are controlling the field of fighting, and their strong presence and influence are not necessarily due to some imaginary or irrational notion of TV entertainment. Also, it is...
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‘Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless,….’—Bruce Lee Each of us is responsible for one life only, and that is our own. Each of us is immeasurably far from being “perfect”………. and the task of perfecting our own...
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