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Muay Thai: Answer to a Kicking Question
... both styles, Roundkicks use Impulse. Angle kicks use fluid shock. Big difference in the effects on the body of the opponent. SHOCKWAVE...
why I quit Kung-Fu
...ctivity in my lower back, thighs, and calves. YMMV, because I was in a car accident a while back and my body isn't quite back to normal yet. (please watch out for purple minivans particularly on ...
Starting a martial art.
...ning occupy your mind even during time off. It's a lot of fun, you learn excellent control of your body and strength. My advice: try it! steven...
Is Rickson considered too short for NHB? He is only 510
...9;7 can enter into heavy weight match!!! Powerlifing doesn't mean strength, there are a lot of body mechanism involved in lifting movement, in fact it is a sport favours short person, don...
Speed
...o relaxing the antagonistic muscles that work opposite the direction you are moving. Stretch, relax the body, and whip in straight alignment. Lynn Tenshinkai Aikido/Lucaylucay Kali 'We do...
Opinion: Effectiveness of CHI SAO w/NHB
...eymantis. Basically, the practitioner gains sensitivity to the position of the opponent's arms and body in relation to his own. In other words, you develops awareness of the opponent's stren...
Learning from video
...;pieces'- short drills of movement or other skill. Practicing short drills will give you the 'body set' that is necessary for some systems. 3) Try to look like the guy on the tape <g...
How come some people weight so much when they look very small
...ut everyone including my instructors thought I was around 235-245. Alot of my weight of course is upper body but I hide alot of it in my legs. I know alot of people that hide the weight in their legs,...
Praying Mantis Kung Fu or Aikido
...o organizations, like the IAF, which have gone to some lengths to ensure that they present a homogenous body of teaching in their many different schools in the US. I would guess that you'd probab...
Funny translations by MA schools
...ingual and noted that the phrase Goshin Jutsu Kyo Jujo actually means 'place to play with your own body parts'. <g>. I've heard other funny or absurd translations of martial a...
What type of training bag to buy?
...(big tummy sweat band for weight loss...) and wrapping it around the bag is a great way to protect your body contact surfaces and the bag. Also, you might consider a speed bag. You can do hands, e...
dit da jow efficacy?
...and rub it in until it's absorbed. Rub in some more Jow two more times. For the other parts of the body, just rub the Jow in three times. It's kind of hard to keep an shoulder nder running w...
tai-chi?
... not the most flexible of people. But i am interested in Tai-Chi because of its health benefits for the body i.e. the breathing and slower relaxing pace of it. Also i am prone to being the anxious, un...
Schools in Texas
...ystems. It emphasizes arm/hand techniques (with little kicking) at medium to long-range, and using your body to control the opponent's while close in. Wing Chun is Wing Chun. I should know th...
fear in sparring
Fear is a natural reaction that should be thought of as a tool. Fear causes the body to release adrenaline which can help to save your life in a real situation. However, as you have already found out ...
Chass Confession
... Something that looks like a strike can be a throw or actually be striking with a different part of the body, used against right or left, up or down- you can use it at different ranges for different t...
Top Practical MA Books/JKD books?
...r training no matter what your art or style is (BTW who has read ' the Art of expressing the human body'by John Little and Bruce Lee and what is your opinion?) What would you recommend in fo...
Pride Event
... better shape than in the Tkada fights, to me Rickson looked like he'd lost alittle muscle and his body was smoother in those fights, campared to the JVT's.But in this fight he looked solid ...
avoiding knees when shooting, and other things
Just don't drop your head when you shoot in. Keep your head in close and tight to his body and keep going forward so he can't set up for a knee strike. On the reverse side: If your being sho...
non-fist hand attacks
...raft third dan. US Army demobilised. Pretend weakness yet maintain waryness. maintain your personal body space, at all time and/or counter attack. Depend, on speed and execution to do the work. No...
The_Dojang Digest
...be to the_dojang-digest send e-mail to the address; with subscribe the_dojang-digest in the BODY of the message, top line and left justified (not in the subject line). Also, make sure your...
Judo and Aikido
...g clinics, so you may want to ask about that in particular. My own opinion: If you pay attention to the body movement in Yoshinkan aikido and analyze how the strikes are used in the basic techniques, ...
Specialized Weapons
...elbow as a devastation attack. I know it's not a very 'refined' technique but it fits my body style well. I used to be fat and inactive, but I always carried a backpack that weighed in ...
Anyone heard of CHAYON-RYU?
...ourse in an age of keyboard warriors. Chayon-Ryu is not a style, but a teaching method using natural body motions as the foundation of teaching the formal curriculums included in one comprehensive ...
Aikido Atemi
I would disagree with that, respectfully. Yoshinkan shite/uke training in the basic techniques incorporates atemi through-out almost all of the training. Because the techniques are handed down by high...
Chas -- JAMA recent article on Kuntao
Obviously I don't speak for him <g> but I've been involved in his aliran for twenty-two years, so I do have an informed opinion- Bill de Thouars is very specific about his system being...
wrist grab & wrist lock
Pulling the weight of your whole body will do the thing. It's a very effective style for real life situations.
Avoid Pain and Injuries in Practice, Here's How
...carry old untreated bodily problems such as old injuries. Martial arts can be a great way to bring your body into shape but you have to listen to what it says if you have previous problems then make s...
Researching A Tai-Chi Master, Here's How
...d it took the academics so long to discover that the practice of martial arts create real change of the body and its movements. ...
wrist grab & wrist lock
...ou know you will probably lose. A wrist grab is  easy to escape when you combine the twist your body with a sudden twisting movement of your hand against your captor’s thumb. You wish to...
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