The mental state is one of the single most important factors in optimizing development. What do we mean by that? There are three entities that you should be constantly focused on while training in a group class setting or just training...
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Panic Attack and Claustrophobia are categorized as irrational fears in some books on psychology and human psyche (consciousness). That being said——to those who experience them, they are still real phenomena, with real physical and...
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Martial art is an evolutionary and multifaceted tool; not only dealing with the external violence, but also, our internal weaknesses, Developing your martial art, to deal with violence entails few fundamental principles. These are: 1)...
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There are three phases that majority of students go through to reach an optimal and expected state of what I call mental and emotional maturity. These three phases are: 1) Ego-centric phase, 2) Team/Tribal phase, and 3) Hyper-spatial...
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The amount of time dedicated to PTD depends on your martial arts system(s), life-goals, marital arts goals, and few other variables. If your martial arts system is Muay Thai, then you need to spend a lot more time on increasing your...
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1. Technique-interception (ex: intercepting a heavy sucker punch) 2. Encroachment-interception (ex: intercepting a person walking up to you in order to knock you out) 3. Intent-interception (ex: intercepting a person while he is [thinking]...
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Control is the measure and quality of applying different degrees of an ever-evolving force in a given situation and at a given time. When we apply too little or too much force, we say there is lack of control. Absence of control results in...
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To us at Phoenix JKD, self-Defense in its totality consists of several objective (kicking, punching, clinching, and ground-fighting), yet relative ranges. Objective, because they are observed consistently and physically; and relative...
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Physically, gangrene refers to the death of body tissue due to either a lack of blood flow or a serious bacterial infection. Gangrene commonly affects the extremities, including your toes, fingers and limbs, but it can also occur in your...
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"That once you have been forced to initiate contact .. it's on. There is no stopping till the threat is neutralized." Under real life and death situations, everything becomes reflexive or instantaneous i.e., everything is directed or...
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The word meditation is derived from Old French (meditacioun) and in turn from a Latin Verb (meditari), meaning to ponder, to think, and to reflect or contemplate. There are so many different kinds and methods of meditations. Here is short...
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We are not solitary creatures; we can’t be like that lonely tree in the middle of nowhere. And even if you could do that as a human, it wouldn’t be healthy at all anyway. There is something very unique and special in being in contact...
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