Taking A Look Back At 2018 Wow. What a year 2018 was for Martial Journal. It really is hard to believe that we are back in December already, but multiple calendar checks have verified it for me so I guess it must be true. As I take a look back at this [Read More]
Recently I encountered a variation of this question in a martial arts channel on Reddit. The person asking the question was a teenage instructor at a traditional martial arts (TMA) school. She had begun teaching several older students, some of whom were old enough to be her parents. To complicate [Read More]
USA Today is reporting that an arbitrator has overturned the lifetime ban for Stephen Lopez, 40, handed down by the U.S. Center for SafeSport in September of this year. Stephen was a two-time Olympic champion in Taekwondo. According to the report, arbitrator Jeff Kaplan rescinded the lifetime ban on December [Read More]
By Jonathan Bluestein The modern era has seen a significant rise in the popularity of sports-oriented martial arts, and eventually Mixed Martial Arts. The philosophical roots of these martial arts are strongly linked with American Capitalism. That is to say, that there exists a belief in sports martial arts, whereby [Read More]
Today’s post is going to be a little different. I’m hoping to introduce more people to Usagi Yojimbo, a comic book series by Stan Sakai. Usagi Yojimbo has anthropomorphic animals in a mimic of Edo-period Japan and is filled with great information about its history, folklore, architecture, and clothing. Everything in [Read More]
The Black Belt. Everybody in the world knows it means… or thinks they know what it means! They think a Black Belt means you’re tough—maybe even a killer. It means you’re skilled—maybe even a master. It means you’re wise—maybe even a white-bearded wizard who wields the power to turn villains [Read More]
The open letter I’d love to write, but would never send… Dear Parent/Spectator, I spend a lot of my time looking at my feet. Part of it is as I am getting older I am working ever harder at making sure I can still see them as I stand [Read More]
In the interests of full disclosure, I received this book for review purposes Title: Krav Maga, Extreme Survival Author: Gershon Ben Keren Publisher: Tuttle Format: Softcover Pages: 224 Price: $19.99 This is the third book by Gershon Ben Keren. I’ve read them all and even had him on my podcast [Read More]
Introduction If you’re a martial artist, you may have suffered a sore or injured knee at some point in your training. This article offers Kinesiology Taping (KT) as one way to assist with painful knees. You may be familiar with taping to immobilize a joint. That approach may be required [Read More]
The Reality Of Perception I consider myself a fan of British comedy. I adore Monty Python, and I’m also a big fan of Eddie Izzard. Find his HBO Special “Dressed to Kill” sometime; he has a way of talking about language that is quite similar to George Carlin. The example [Read More]
First Things First (WARNING: This article may contain mild spoilers for both seasons of Iron Fist, Luke Cage season two, and The Defenders.) I recently had the pleasure of recording two podcast episodes about Iron Fist. The first one I recorded on Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio with the host, Jeremy [Read More]
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