This is part one of a series of articles where I look at the elements needed for a self-defense or self-protection course to be of real use. In a previous article I listed the required elements as follows: Awareness Avoidance Pre fight indicators (pre-fight rituals) De-escalation Adrenaline effects And last, actual physical skills In a…
Tag: karate
Hollywood Misconceptions
The scene is in nearly every martial arts movie out there. The martial artist is alone. He isn’t wearing a shirt or shoes, so we know he isn’t on his way to the convenience store. He is training. He assumes the splits, possibly up on chairs or the railing of a balcony. He starts to…
Worlds Youngest Black Belt
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2671421/Worlds-youngest-black-belt.html In the above link you will read about a five year old child who has a black belt. She is a cute kid, and is obviously being promoted by the instructor, but it is another case of black belt nonsense. Earlier I mentioned that being a black belt used to mean something. There was…
New Book
Within the next week or so, my latest book will be available. This one, titled “Kick it to the Next Level, Improve your martial arts instruction without selling out” is not about Hung Gar specifically, but is a collection of articles on teaching martial arts. I will post the link once it is available!
Another GJFFK Update
I have received an number of emails from people asking questions about what I am doing with the GJFFK form, and what these changes are. As stated in previous entries, I am going through that form, as well as the 8 trigram staff form, and simply working the form. I am not looking for hidden…
