The easiest way to rob your opponent of their power is to break their connection with the ground. Thus uprooted, Newton’s Third Law compromises their ability to generate penetrating force, and reduces any continued aggression from a potentially deadly threat to a mere nuisance.
The complementary skill—the ability to keep your footing amidst incoming […]
Entries Tagged as 'Fighting and Self-Defense'
Introduction to Rooting Skill
May 18th, 2007 · 7 Comments
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Three Ways to Measure Your Personal Development
May 3rd, 2007 · 5 Comments
The correct practice of martial arts develops physical health, emotional maturity and intellectual acuity. In this sense, it is one of the world’s oldest personal development disciplines.
Whether you enjoy martial arts, or any other activity for personal growth, you need to measure your results at regular intervals; otherwise, as time passes, you are likely […]
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Boxing and The Law of Attraction
March 9th, 2007 · 19 Comments
The Secret, a new personal development guide by Rhonda Byrne, is taking the nation by storm. In the last three months, the book has sold almost two million copies, and the DVD has sold one million more. Einstein, Beethoven and Plato knew and used it. Oprah loves it.
What is this “secret to unlimited joy, health, […]
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Fight Like You Train, Don’t Train Like You Fight
February 14th, 2007 · 6 Comments
You will fight like you train, as the saying goes, and there is some truth in it. If you have never tried to apply your martial art against a fully resisting opponent, it is unlikely to work as well as you would hope. Therefore, a practical martial arts curriculum should include a variety […]
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Marc MacYoung on the Goals of Self-Defense
January 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Self defense isn’t about empowerment, personal gain, winning, revenge or teaching those who have hurt you a lesson. Those are the motivations of an attacker.
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Martial Arts of Addition and Subtraction
January 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Perhaps there are two ways to approach martial arts training, after all.
I am not talking about soft and hard, or fast and slow, or offense and defense. Nor am I referring to external and internal martial arts—whatever you take those terms to mean.
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The first method requires a partner. Together you drill common attack […]
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Sweep Her Off Her Feet With Wing Chun
January 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Successfully executed, the foot sweep transforms a dangerous hand-to-hand combat scenario into a more favorable boot-to-head scenario. Wing Chun sweeps can be performed in a few different ways, some easier than others. If you want your partner to fall for you, try this simple method.
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Wing Chun Counters Low Kicks with Denial
December 20th, 2006 · 6 Comments
The low kick is the most dangerous attack in unarmed martial arts. A single well-placed kick to the knee or ankle can render the opponent unable to stand, and consequently unable to escape or defend against further attacks.
Low kicks are so effective that even seasoned martial artists have difficulty defending against them. Faced with such […]
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Master Zhuang to Martial Artists: Be Like a Wooden Cock
November 27th, 2006 · 4 Comments
Ji Shengzi was training a fighting cock for King Xuan of Zhou.
After ten days of training passed, King Xuan asked, “Is the cock ready for a fight?” Ji Shengzi said, “Not yet. He is still haughty and conceited.”
Another ten days went by. King Xuan asked again, and Ji said “Not yet. He is still glaring and domineering.”
After another […]
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Investigating the Dim Mak Death Touch
October 8th, 2006 · 117 Comments
The old Kung Fu master touched his assailant, with no apparent effect. Days later, the assailant died a sudden and mysterious death. He was a victim of the legendary dim mak, the touch of death.
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Dim mak is a popular discussion topic among martial arts enthusiasts. Some instructors claim to have the skill, or believe that […]
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