So We’re in the Park… When Raz Chen and I co-write, we often spar or hit pads in the park while working out the details. Raz insists this is because it helps him think better. I believe the sight of his students loafing is offensive to him and he derives [Read More]
This article serves as a follow-up to my re-awakening post, “The Weirdness and Joy of Returning to Training After an Injury.” When I was a child, my dad used to make “first day of school” signs for my younger brother and me. We’d hold up our signs while grinning for [Read More]
Obi-Wan who? Unless you’ve been living this past fifty years you probably heard of a little franchise called Star Wars. It’s a space opera with space wizards, elements of western, pulp and samurai films. I’d recommend watching it before reading this article. Jokes aside I’m pretty sure most of us [Read More]
Early Influence and Poor Eyesight As a kid, growing up watching the TV show “Kung Fu”, I was entranced by the character of blind Master Po (portrayed by Keye Luke). All the other kids worshipped Caine and wanted to emulate him. Not me. Master Po was my guy. He got [Read More]
Many times, students look at me and think I had an easy road to becoming a Krav Maga expert. Growing up, I won’t deny I was quite physically talented and coordinated. I was also the smallest kid in my Krav Maga classes. While in my previous hobby of Capoeira, my [Read More]
There’s a lot going on in the news today, and a lot of it is scary. I’m not here to argue politics with anybody, but it’s a plain and simple fact that we’re more likely to end up in a threatening crowd today than any other time in recent history. [Read More]
Just like we take care of and train our bodies to help us perform martial arts, at our best, we need to take care of and train our brains for the same reason. I’ll call this process “mental training.” By mental training, I am talking about doing things that improve [Read More]
I recently did an interview with Eyal Yanilov. Although it didn’t make the article, one of my favorite moments in his discussion of training was talking about him as a teenager when he studying under Grandmaster Imi. During that time, Eyal had been taught sentry removal training. For those who [Read More]
Martial arts is a dynamic sport. It allows its practitioners to stand up to oppression and defend themselves and others. As the popularity of martial arts grew, it evolved into multiple disciplines and crossed over to other sparring sports. Different martial artists practice martial arts for different reasons. Some do [Read More]
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