If you want to get your body ready for martial arts, the best warm-up is one in which you move how you’re going to move during class. This might seem like common sense, but sadly you will sometimes find in life that common sense is NOT so common. (Maybe they [Read More]
Wait a minute. Did he really just say martial arts don’t boost self-esteem? Is this dude insane or something? Maybe so, but that isn’t why I made that statement. The reason I say martial arts don’t boost self-esteem boils down to one thing: definitions. There are two terms that many [Read More]
This is one martial arts training tip that many of us already know. However, knowing that we should ignore the latest shiny object and actually doing it are two different things. In this day and age of information overload, it can be difficult to remember. Even the most basic truths [Read More]
This is the sixth in a series of six articles on things I have learned from High-Intensity Resistance Training that have influenced my approach to martial arts. If you missed the previous articles in this series, you can find them here: High Intensity Resistance Training and Martial Arts – A [Read More]
This is the fifth in a series of six articles on things I have learned from High-Intensity Resistance Training that have influenced my approach to martial arts. If you missed the previous articles in this series, you can find them here: High Intensity Resistance Training and Martial Arts – A [Read More]
This is the fourth in a series of six articles on things I have learned from High-Intensity Resistance Training that have influenced my approach to martial arts. If you missed the previous articles in this series, you can find them here: High Intensity Resistance Training and Martial Arts – A [Read More]
This is the third in a series of six articles on things I have learned from High-Intensity Resistance Training that have influenced my approach to martial arts. If you missed the previous articles in this series, you can find them here: High Intensity Resistance Training and Martial Arts – A [Read More]
This is the second in a series of six articles on things I have learned from High-Intensity Resistance Training that have influenced my approach to martial arts. When it comes to exercise, martial artists have a tough question to answer: “How can I fit exercise into my schedule when [Read More]
This is the first in a series of six articles on things I have learned from High-Intensity Resistance Training that have influenced my approach to martial arts. As he was for many, Bruce Lee was my gateway into the world of martial arts. Actually, the first movie I ever [Read More]
Introduction Lineage is a touchy subject, for many people. As a Wing Chun practitioner, I can tell you that when people hear I do Wing Chun, 99% of the time their first question is: “What lineage do you study?” That inquiry was usually followed by, “Who was your Sifu?” This [Read More]
Although different schools can teach any martial art style differently, no style has a higher level of in-fighting than Wing Chun Kung Fu. (The only one that comes close is Jeet Kune Do which, oddly enough, grew out of Wing Chun.) This is unfortunate because, since people within the Wing [Read More]
Introduction Wing Chun Kung Fu is a popular martial art from Southern China, although its renown is not based on flattery. Instead, it is based on the belief that it is ineffective and unrealistic. However, what most people don’t realize is that most of their criticisms can be torn apart [Read More]
Introduction Wing Chun Kung Fu is a well-known southern Chinese martial arts style, although it’s not popular for the reasons its practitioners would like. Simply put: it’s known as being ineffective, impractical, unrealistic, useless, etc. Pull up any Wing Chun video on YouTube. You will find endless comments from “keyboard [Read More]
Copyright © 2024 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes