Sunday, September 20th, 2009 at
9:07 pm
To watch the Mixed Martial Arts fighters one would believe that there is only one way to take an opponent down, and that is by rushing in low, grabbing the legs, and dumping them. Yes, this is the time honored way of doing things, but there are other methods that can be quite interesting. Truth, if you are fighting Some John Doe on the street, who has not concentrated on learning the attack and defense of that particular maneuver, there are lots of different ways of taking people down.
Actually, there are so many ways to take a person down it is ridiculous, and all are combat friendly. We can, however,organize the takedowns, as I have done in my Forty Monkeys Course, but there is a concept which make taking a person down extremely easy. This concept depends upon inserting intention into the person’s space.
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 at
5:51 am
by Steve Burnside
Helio Gracie–patriarch of the legendary Gracie MMA family–died earlier this year in Rio De Janeiro at age 95. His influence on martial arts, and even more so the sport that is known known as mixed martial arts, is staggering. The Gracie family name will forever be synonymous with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, MMA and the UFC due to the accomplishments of Helio Gracie and his progeny.
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Monday, May 11th, 2009 at
9:25 pm
by Aikido411
Women are different than men in many ways. Some of the more obvious of these differences include a relative lack of upper body strength. Another is a lesser tendency toward physical aggression. Aikido techniques and concepts can reduce the strength disadvantage through the promotion of ki extension and proper body movement to apply Aikido techniques on an opponent. The second is the concept of awareness of potential threats and opportunities around us.
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at
12:18 am
by John Hsieh
A naked cook named Corobus was the first man to win in the Olympics, but then again there was only one event called the Stade a race of about 210 yards. Which was first held in 776BC! Since then the Olympics continued every four years until 393 CE where it was abolished by the Christian emperor Theodosios as he thought the Olympics were influenced by witchcraft and the devil.
As luck would have it, 1500 years later a man called Pierre De Coubertin who was French had the idea to regenerate and set out a new era for the Olympics.
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