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Important Tips For Half Guard on the Bottom
Don't just hold on. Gone are the days when someone moves into your half guard
and then you try to hold onto them for dear life. The half guard game is a more
active, offensive, and aggressive position then it once was. So if someone ends...
Biceps Training
- When to Cheat?
We've all seen the young trainers in the gym, standing in the squat rack with
an Olympic barbell, doing bicep barbell curls. Well, not exactly bicep curls.
More like, "back heaves". They add 40 pounds more than they can handle to the
bar, and then use an extremely amusing amount of body English to bring the barbell
from belt buckle to chin...
Basic Muay Thai Techniques
The Martial Art of Muay Thai has its own unique techniques. It consists of the
use of nine weapons. The head, fists, elbow, knee and feet are collectively
known as Na-wa arwud. But today the use of head is no longer allowed in the
Muay Thai fights. In Muay Thai small amount of grappling is used (The Clinch)
for both...
Ninja - The
Shadow Warriors of Japan
The very name installed fear and trepidation into the hearts of thousands of
Japanese, their tales of superhuman and supernatural acts of bravery sent a
shiver down the spine of those that spoke the name and even to this day, the
Ninja is portrayed as an awesome and sometimes sinister assassin with no mercy
and no morals...
The
Art Of Invisibility Part Two - "Can You Hear Me Know"
It can take a person up to 30 minutes for their eyes to adapt to darkness. Anyone
without this night sight will have drastically reduced vision. A flash of light
is all that is necessary to ruin a person's night vision for another 20-30 minutes.
So, don't lose your night vision and keep your opponent from developing theirs.
This will allow the shadow warrior to observe his enemy...
The Ninja
Art of Invisibility - Part One
Learn why Black is NOT the best color for a Ninja and other mistakes wanna-be
midnight warriors and soldiers of twilight make when training to be a Shadow
Warrior. The "Art of invisibility" has always been a popular topic when it comes
to learning about Ninjitsu / Ninjutsu or the Art of the Ninja.Who are these
masters of the very hard to see? Who are these Warriors in the woods that look
like leaves and trees...
Ranges Of Contact
In Self Defence
A lot has been written about the subject of self-defence, much of it good, a
lot of it completely useless rubbish. There are several important aspects to
effective self defence (Legal, Psychological, etc) and they are each vital in
their own way to a person staying safe, healthy and secure...
Basic Principles
In Krav Maga
Krav Maga is designed to provide the most effective response for an individual
across the whole range of situations in which one's safety is in danger. Here
is a brief discussion on four key areas that I've picked up on in the time I
have been training in krav maga. These are not exhaustive of the principles
behind krav maga but do give a good overview of some important considerations
that go into training...
16 Important
Tips for Closed Guard
These are very important aspects to practice and remember with the closed guard.
These tips are especially helpful with no-gi...
21 Tips
to Improve Your Grappling Game
Have a specific technique or area of focus for each rolling session. For example,
I will come into training thinking "Today I am going to work on passing the
butterfly guard". You may even want to let your training partners know this
and start in those positions...
Strength
Training For Mixed Martial Arts
When it comes to training for MMA, many athletes are still using outdated training
methods that may actually be doing more harm than good. To devise a proper strength
and conditioning program for a mixed martial artist we need to look at the specific
demands of the sport...
Shaolin
Temple Fighting Skills - Stamina
When you are training for a fight, it is vitally important that you build up
your stamina. A marathon runner has very good stamina but they would never have
the stamina to fight in the ring because a fighter's stamina is totally different.
In this article I will concentrate on the first part of a fighter's stamina
training; running. In future articles I will concentrate on bag work, pad work...
Power
Striking - Efficient Tool Development
Granted the movie is no "Yojimbo," and let's be honest: with arms that would
make "Olive Oil" blush, given the techniques championed in the movie, I highly
doubt that Ralph Macchio...
Develop Jeet
Kune Do Punching Power
This is perhaps one of the most common questions I am asked after a new student
begins training. In Jeet Kune Do, the lead weapons (attacks thrown from the
front arm/leg), are the primary weapons. Unlike the boxing jab or the kickboxing
lead roundhouse kick which are setup attacks, the JKD frontal attacks are power
strikes designed to deliver stunning or even knockout force. As simple as these
techniques are, cultivation of adequate power can be challenging...
Fighting Blade of
the Samurai
In the 1200's the popular style of sword was the tachi, which was slung by two
hangers at the left side of the waist edge down. In this position the warrior
drew the blade in a movement from groin to head. Later style of combat changed
and the katana became the main sword of choice...
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