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Crossing the line
Published on 2011-09-09 16:25:00
I remember the year Bruce Lee died. It was 1973, the year I began studying the martial arts, specifically Taekwondo. Yet, the vast implication of his untimely demise was wasted on a 17-year-old. I had no idea how large Lee’s legacy would become. Thirty-eight years later, ask anyone on the planet who Bruce Lee “is” and you will most likely get some version of this answer: The greatest martial artist who ever lived. But his contributions to the martial arts defy clear calculation; his gi
Interesting Art
Published on 2011-08-26 10:45:00
I must confess that I know little about Krav Maga, the martial art that originated in the 40s in Israel. Having observed several videos--by no means a fair sampling--I have come to the conclusion that I usually come to when evaluating "hybrid" arts, and, as anyone can clearly see, even in a short observation of a demo, Krav Mega borrows from all martial arts. I conclude that Krav Maga is no better or worse than any martial art in the arena of self-defense. It does however provide some new and i
Published on 2010-10-25 21:31:00
