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Is It Possible to Cross-Train Hard and Soft Styles?

This is a great question about the relationship between hard and soft styles: “Recently I started training in Old Yang Style T’ai Chi Ch’uan in order to add to my Okinawan Kenpo Karate background. I was wondering if there is any par

Do Eastern Martial Artists Need Eastern Diets?

We have a great question today from Nicholas regarding wellness and diet: Most of us as martial artists practice arts that come from east Asian countries. For the sake of performance, do you think that our diet should mirror as closely as possible th

Submit Your Martial Arts Question!

Every now and again I like to do a Q&A session with readers. I never claim to have any super insight, but sometimes it’s good to get some fresh perspective on a topic you’ve been mulling over. If you visit the video dojo and scroll down t