Sunday, November 29th, 2009 at
11:56 am
The problem with freestyle is that it has changed into the simple act of fighting. Sounds contradictory, I know, but I began learning martial arts back in the middle of the last century, and I have seen a different face of freestyle. This was a freestyle that was actually more effective, easier to learn, and made students evolve into better human beings.
Now, I have nothing against mixed martial arts, or UFC, or learning ground and pound and all the other types of freestyle. Truth, I think some of this stuff would have been awfully useful back when I was first learning the arts. That said, consider the following objections that I have.
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Monday, November 9th, 2009 at
2:47 am
The method I am about to tell you is supposed to have been created by the Little Dragon, Bruce Lee, though I don’t know whether it was ever included in his Jeet Kune Do teachings. It was supposedly taught by Bruce to Karate fighter Joe Lewis, who became one of the fiercest Karate fighters to ever enter the ring. Joe Lewis is supposed to have relayed the method to various Kenpo schools, where it was used by Ed Parker, and eventually disappeared from view.
This method will work, it will tell you what kind of a fighter you are about to fight, and help you create a strategy to fight that fighter. However, there is a glaring weakness in inside this method, and, there is a glaring weakness in the fact of the method. Still, it is an important tool to have and be able to use if you are going to develop as a real mixed martial artist fighter.
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Monday, October 5th, 2009 at
1:53 am
by Al Case
There is, of course, that Mugger?s technique known as blindsiding. This is the sneak attack, by misdirection, from the rear, or some unknown angle or sense of time. Assuming that you are going to have enough awareness to avoid getting clocked by a blindside, what are you going to do?
Where are you going to focus your gaze when some mugger or thug wants to hit you when you least expect it? The other guy wants you to be unaware, to blink, to be unconscious. You have to remain aware no matter how fast and furious the action gets, and you have to figure out where where to place your gaze, how to keep the visual perceptions open.
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Monday, May 11th, 2009 at
10:34 pm
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Submission grappling are two of the fastest growing sports in the United States. These are two grappling sports that allow submission holds – movements that force one’s opponent to ‘tap out’ or give up. Unlike wrestling which is a single-season sport, the competitions for BJJ and Grappling are year round. Because of this, many serious wrestling parents consider placing their child into another grappling sport during the off-season but they have concerns…
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