Tips For Getting Perfectly Timed Photos If you are a parent or friend going to support a loved one at a martial arts tournament or promotion ceremony, it’s likely that you will want to take photos while there. And, if you’ve never tried taking pictures at an event like this, [Read More]
You Are Stuck In A Training Rut. Now What? If you are a long-time reader of my articles on MartialJournal or on my CAIA Blog, then you know I have a deep, long and complicated love-hate relationship with the grappling arts. Grappling arts are amazing arts. They are incredibly important [Read More]
That one guy in the dojo who has “probably been in a hundred street fights.” That would be me! I was Born in 1972 in Daytona Beach, Florida as a biracial male raised by a single gay mother. There was no male influence in my home, but there was plenty [Read More]
Mr. Ken Greer Talks About His Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gym The time of year is here where most of us will have more daylight and extra energy for new activities. Allowing yourself the extra time for a new activity to keep you busy is sometimes harder than expected; you must continuously [Read More]
Build Your House On A Foundation Of Positivity This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who [Read More]
The dojo has always been a place of profound wisdom, incredible perseverance and some of the best life lessons that I’ve ever learned. I believe that the true power in martial arts comes from reading between the lines of your training and learning the metaphors for life. Challenges in life [Read More]
(Edit from author: thank you for all the interest in this article. If you’d like to see more data driven articles on fighting and training, I had a new website called highpercentagemartialarts.com) In a former life, I was a data analyst at a college. I spent a lot of time [Read More]
Are The Incredibles Using The Power Of Positivity? This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who [Read More]
What does legacy mean? Maybe it’s the fact that I am rapidly closing in on 50 and having to not only accept my mortality, but having to admit that I’m almost certainly closer to the date of my death than the date of my birth. Either way, I find myself often [Read More]
Breaking Down Cobra Kai, Season 1-With Spoilers! It is no secret that I really enjoyed the first season of Cobra Kai. I was thrilled to see that they not only brought the original characters back but also made a flat-out fantastic show! You can listen to a spoiler-free discussion I had [Read More]
Breathe In The Positivity This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are doing good things [Read More]
I know I said that the Jackie Chan film Skiptrace would be the next film that I reviewed. But I had a strong urge to rewatch one of my favorite martial arts movies: Mortal Kombat. I’ve been a fan of Mortal Kombat, from the games to the movies since childhood. [Read More]
Everyone wants to be included into a group. It’s part of human nature. Even those who don’t fit into the “mainstream” society create their own groups to belong to. It used to be (way back in the 90’s) that comic books weren’t considered cool. I hid my comic books from [Read More]
Today’s world is full of strife and difficulties. We cannot always control what happens around us. What we can control is what happens inside of us, and martial arts play a significant role in allowing us to live positive, powerful and productive lives. Here are three ways that martial arts [Read More]
It’ll Do The Positivity Run In Twelve Parsecs! This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who [Read More]
How Much Tradition is in Your karate? Back in December, Ron Amram wrote a wonderful article titled “Traditional Martial Arts – What is ‘Tradition’?” If you haven’t read it yet, click the link and do so now (or after you read this). His article got me thinking about what tradition [Read More]
Ms. Samantha Lunsford Talks About Personal Growth and Perseverance In Her Journey A while back, I came across this particular story that I knew had to be in a Positivity Post. It was about a young woman, Samantha Lunsford, who had recently competed and won a competition. That may not seem [Read More]
Life is busy. It doesn’t matter whether you’re busy with kids, work, family, social engagements, overtime or trying to find time to clean the gutters… which you were supposed to do last April, but Aunty Susan came to town for Michael’s 50th birthday and stayed with you for a week, [Read More]
I Don’t Hear Yanni Or Laurel…Just Positivity! This weekly post highlights positivity in the martial arts from around the world. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to find negative stories on the internet. Positive ones, however, are harder to find. Let’s recognize and celebrate those martial artists and schools who are [Read More]
42 seconds in combat. Wow. More on that in a moment… Welcome to Karate Combat and Inception Miami April 26 in Miami saw the inaugural fight card for the newly formed Karate Combat league. Aptly named #inceptionMiami, the league promised top karateka engaged in full contact sparring. And they delivered. As [Read More]
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