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Self Defense Stances; Surprise Your Attacker!

Published on 2012-02-04 17:15:24

  I have fond memories of kids trying to look mean when starting a fights. They would first call someone out and then they would get into some form of a stance with the mean look to intimidate the other kid. Well I have even seen kids run home to put on a gi or [...]

Mass Attack! Is This Training Realistic?

Published on 2012-01-14 15:04:26

  I don’t know about you but if I could count how many bad karate movies I’ve seen where the good guy is surrounded by a bunch of bad guys and wins… It kind of almost shakes your faith in the martial arts. I mean because as presented – the only way the good guys [...]

Can a Skinny Girl or Boy Kick Butt?

Published on 2011-12-12 18:36:33

  You’ve all seen the ads – you know the ones about theĀ 90 pound weakling getting sand kicked on his face. What did you think? I mostly think scam as the bigger guy/gal would take the skinny girl or guy right? Anyway a lot of comic books pushed this stuff when I was younger.   [...]

Doing It My Way? Training Exclusively for Self Defense!

Published on 2011-12-01 19:30:02

One of the benefits of getting older – you don’t need or want to impress anyone anymore! To what could I possibly be referring to? Well then I have been playing a game on myself for some time now. You see I turned 54 years old this year and I’ve been making a (albeit) slow [...]

Self Defense for even Turkeys? Happy Thanksgiving!

Published on 2011-11-22 21:40:43

I have fond memories of teasing my sister on my dad’s ranch as she befriended Gobbler, our Turkey. Luckily Gobbler never saw this video (and he was delicious!) and truthfully as big a propoent for self defense as I am – I hope no turkies see this video.   [There is a video that cannot [...]

Old Fighting Master! Is this an Oxymoron?

Published on 2011-11-17 19:56:59

I’m sure you have heard all the cliches about growing older gracefully. I have always liked the more distinguished as my beards slowly whitens but what if you are a marital artist? How do you do that gracefully? I mean many martial artists that used to be in great shape when they were young and [...]

How to Teach Self Defense? Be Water my Friend!

Published on 2011-11-09 20:12:10

Most of my early childhood years I wondered how to defend myself! I had the normal amount of bully experiences and soon learned the hard way that one had to stand up to bullies. The first lessons on how to defend myself were from Batman and Robin. It drove my dad nuts to hear me [...]



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