Once again, the idea for this is lifted from a podcast by Iain Abernethy. He put together an excellent work on what traditional martial arts and modern mixed martial arts can learn from each other. In this piece I am going to take a look at what I feel are the things that…

     I have had a few requests from some old friends to write about this, so here is an intro into my days in wrestling.      Like anyone who was in their early teens in the early 80s, I watched a LOT of pro wrestling. Unlike a lot of people, my favorites were not Hulk…

       There is a struggle facing the practitioners of the Traditional Chinese Martial Arts (TCMA). This is something which is always facing any martial art as the world evolves, but it seems at that right now we are closer to the edge of irrelevance than we ever have been before.      In the TCMA,…

       I wanted to put up a quick update on where some of the articles have gone. It was time to do some house cleaning. As I have been examining some previously unexamined beliefs and practices in my training, things have changed. Specifically, in my series tiled “Forms: Step by Step”, a lot of…

There is a really strange subculture in the Chinese Martial Arts, almost like a cult. In fact, I have, many times, referred the Chinese Martial Arts family as a cult. I will go into greater detail about this presently, but I wish to first make clear that I am not referring to everyone who practices…