Self-defense Against a Knife: Myths, Fantasies and How to Stay Alive, Part One
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"Knife defense" (actually, "defense against weapons" in general, but let’s stick to knives/shanks/little pointy things for now), as trained these days in most martial arts/se…
Makiwara Training
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Shigeru Kimura Sensei 9th Dan Tani-Ha Shitoryu Shukokai had a punch that was like getting hit with a cannonball.Kimura Sensei had won the All Japan Karate Championship two years in a row. His techniqu…
A Martial Artist’s View of the Film: "Galaxy Quest"
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What if a distant civilization, threatened by an evil empire, received TV transmissions from Earth that carried old “Star Trek” episodes, and instead of interpreting them as entertainment, they th…
Martial Arts Training for Real Self-Defense: Making Sense of Chaos
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I once had a talk with a student who pointed out the almost insane notion that anyone could think that they could use a preset string of moves (known as a kata, pronounced kah-tah) to handle something…
Benefits of Martial Arts Training For Kids
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Admit it. When the going gets tough at home, we’ve all plopped the kids in front of the television and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, we can get started on dinner, maybe check email or sort tha…
Real Life Self-Defense Starts From…
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“Nicky Bats” was an “old school” kinda guy. He was “street” thru and thru. He was a hard bark tough as nails S.O.B. He was a survivor. His definition of “success” in life was dying pea…
How to Study Karate or Other Martial Arts and Still Be Good at Self-Defense
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There are literally dozens of reasons to study the martial arts. Everyday, countless numbers of children and adults take up the practice and study of such martial arts as karate, judo, aikido, as wel…
The Dojo
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Just as an aside. For those who would “box” us in to specific “category”………We don’t just write articles. There is a place we actually train in these methods every day. This is where people of va…
