Black Belt Magazine Bill Wallace October 13 | 2023 The former kickboxing champion and Black Belt Hall of Fame member outlines his expert perspective for you in this informative commentary! The first time you watched your favorite martial arts star…
What Does Martial Arts Do for You?
Ian Lauer Philosophy January 17 | 2023 We talk a lot about the benefits of the Martial Arts. Training improves your strength, flexibility, and discipline, just to name a few reasons to participate in the Arts. Not to mention self-defense,…
Conceptualizing Power Creation: Part 3 – Punches
Ian Lauer Fitness January 04 | 2023 In Part 1 of “Conceptualizing Power Creation” we discussed the basic parameters of power generation, your body’s movement through the height, width, and depth planes. In Kenpo terms we refer to these power generators as marriage of gravity, rotational torque, and back-up…
Prioritizing Mental Health for Young Martial Artists
Mike Petrarca Sport Karate July 27 | 2022 Martial arts have long been touted as a way to gain confidence, discipline, self-awareness, and mastery of body/mind stability. As a mental health counselor, coach, and recreational martial artist myself, I often…
Karate College 2021
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HISTORY OF SELF DEFENSE: Fairbairn’s Defendu
This article was originally a public forum post by the late Carl Cestari. DEFENDU was a complete method of armed and unarmed Close- Quarters Combat. The foundation of the DEFENDU method was rooted in the harsh and brutal realities of…
DONN F DRAEGER: the guy Steven Seagal tried to be
This is the guy Steven Seagal tried to be. Donald Frederick Draeger was probably the most respected American martial artist in Japan and he is the MOST prolific martial arts author of all time. I know, I know…Bruce Lee wrote one book…
HOW TO GET TO THAT DARK PLACE
All criminals are willing to take that first step and use violence to get what they want regardless of the physical and mental damage it causes you. We’ve learned that fighting back actually decreases your chance of being injured and suffering…
Why “Control” in Martial Arts is BAD for Self Defense
YOU HAVE NO CONTROL!!! Control. In the martial arts world this word is used to describe your ability to come as close as you can to your target without actually hitting him. In Tae Kwon Do , they take great…
The 12 Criteria of Self Defense
It doesn’t matter where your self defense “comes from” – whether it’s endorsed by the MUSSAD or SEAL TEAM SIX – once you cut through the marketing and the hype, there are really only three things you care about: Will…