“Just read an article about a girl being bullied in a local school and taking Jeet Kune Do (JKD) classes. Her father is now suing the school for the cost of the lessons”
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What do YOU wish to achieve!
Dedication
There’s an old song, it goes something like, if you want to be the best, if you want to be the best, dedication what’s you need……
Have there ever been truer words spoken?
Shoes Off Syndrome, An Explanation
The Shoes off Syndrome
This is probably one of the most common “illnesses” in the whole world. Yet it is not recognised by doctors, nor published in any medical journals. Yet I bet nearly everyone reading this has had “shoes off syndrome”.
What is the Answer?
Should an instructor have all the answers?
That’s a good question, should they? Just take a minute to think about it……
MAC Fight Team Enjoy Hat Trick Of Success
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.
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 →