The 27th February saw the return of the Combat Challenge fighting event to Stourbridge. The event sees Martial Artists from around the country compete in the cage against each other.
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One mind, Any weapon.
So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.
– Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The mind is primary, number one, any action or decision you take first starts as a thought in your mind and if martial arts is a set of movements you make in response to a set of movements your opponent makes, does it not make sense that you should train your mind first.
The OODA loop and self defense.
The one thing that really good and effective self defense training, close combat training, Police training, military training, etc that I have experienced has in common is that it teaches the student to fly through the OODA loop while keeping the enemy in the OODA loop. Continue reading →
Why Test Yourself?
So come on then, why test yourself? OK here I am talking about the grading process that the students go through, that the instructors go through and are still going through, why do it? Continue reading →
Woman chokes out sex attacker with a triangle!
Hi Guys,
Here’s a story that hit the news last week, just goes to show that everything works and each technique has its appropriate place,training and a presence of mind may just save your life!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3088616/Throttled-victim-sex-attacker-picked-kickboxer.html
Fed up of starting over……. don’t quit!
There are five psychological phases of starting any fitness routine or lifestyle change.
The five phases describe how you are going to feel in the near future now you have made the decision to become a Martial Artist.
We have found that both the out of shape beginner and the experience Martial Artist develop their goals through the process described below. Continue reading →
What can MAC do for you!
So there you are, sitting at home, looking through web sites, watching television, drinking tea and eating junk food, wondering why you don’t feel to good, why you have energy to do the things you want to………
A Little History of the Martial Arts Part 7
Welcome to part 7 of our short series on the history of some of the arts that are taught at Martial Art Concepts. We will continue to look at the expansive and deep art of Kali/Escrima.
The number one priority is weapons even if it is empty hands being taught. Please let me illustrate this point with a short story.
A Little history of the Martial Arts part 6
In part 5 we looked at some of the Arts from South East Asia and in particular the art of Kali/Escrima from the Philippines. We will continue our look at this most effective and deep art in part 6 and explore some of the symbols associated with this art.
A Little History of the Martial Arts part 5
Welcome back to our ongoing journey through the history of the martial arts. In part 4 we finished of looking at some of the early Chinese arts and its development, and like all the arts how they were heavily tied in to the religion and spirituality of the times and still are.
In part 5, I thought we would start to take a look at some of the South East Asian martial arts.
There are a huge variety of arts from this area from the Philippines to India, all having one thing in common they were born out of adversity…