HOW DIFFERENT MARTIAL ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD EAT
Monday, 22 August 2016
The words fitness and diet are synonymous, but not so much when it comes to Martial Arts and diet. How important is diet for active fighters? Very, but it should be important for other martial artists as well. I found it interesting that different disciplines have different habits for the most part. Obviously the diet
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ALL TOO FAMILIAR
Monday, 15 August 2016
The story starts out as tragedy but ends with inspiration. You hear about hard times and how people help out to overcome them. You hear about harsh places and how a few people with heart help children and those in need overcome hardships with the tools they are given for success. Lives change for the
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TOMATO CANS
Monday, 08 August 2016
Boxing, or prize fighting as it was referred to for a long time, has a lot of history of tough fighters, trainers, camps, and sayings. An opponent who wasn’t nearly as skilled as a champion, or a well versed fighter was commonly referred to as a “tomato can.” The wiki definition is: “In boxing, kickboxing
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OOPS, THEY DID IT AGAIN.
Friday, 29 July 2016
There have been many stories done about a very controversial subject. ESPN, Fox, CNN, many others before the latest National Geographic piece it has been covered in the U.S. by production companies all over the world.. The sport of kid’s martial arts, or pankration to be exact. Now there have been honest articles that go
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DISABILITY? I’LL CALL IT A DIFFABILITY.
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
Over the years from coaching, I have had many challenges. Dealing with unruly children or disrespectful teenagers is definitely a challenge. I don’t however, consider it to be any harder to coach children with disabilities. Blind, deaf, missing a limb, autistic, mentally challenged children all have an opportunity to excel in martial arts. I have
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IT’S OFFICIAL
Thursday, 14 July 2016
Well, like the title says, it’s official. The UFC sold for a cool 4 Billion dollars. The success of the UFC has a price. In less than 16 years, the UFC has grown from a money-losing company in a widely reviled sport into a global entertainment property worth $4 billion. While the UFC and its
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DEFINITION OF MARTIAL ARTS
Thursday, 07 July 2016
Martial Art : any of several arts of combat and self defense (as karate and judo) that are widely practiced as sport. This is the Merriam-Webster definition of Martial Art. So my question is, do people consider wrestling and boxing to be Martial Arts? I guess we would have to explore the history of these
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MILITARY MARTIAL ARTS
Monday, 04 July 2016
Even without the roots of Martial Arts Styles being specifically developed for Military reasons, it is evident that the reasons they were first were developed was not for spiritual awakening but more as a need for self-defense from groups of would-be attackers. Martial Arts’ inceptions and growth came out of necessity for self-preservation. The spiritual
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POSITIVE COACHING?
Monday, 27 June 2016
I stumbled upon an article, through researching good leadership and coaching for Martial Arts that talked about Coach Gus Bradley. He is well known in the world of Football for being an upbeat, positive coach who rarely offers negative comments. To me, positive coaching is sort of a redundant term. Coaching is (supposed) to always
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ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WEEKS
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
So we had some major issues this past weekend. A shooter in Orlando walked into a club and started shooting people. Tactics were employed and the shooter obviously had weapons training. How effective would a gun be against a group of unarmed, untrained, unsuspecting club-goers? Well, obviously very effective. There was another tragedy in Orlando
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