In 3 weeks, I will be joining a great fundraiser at Combat Arts Institute of Australia. It is a challenging and fun event that will help raise funds for diabetes research. The event consists of 100, 1-minute rounds of sparring, with only a 10-second break in between each round. Participants [Read More]
Martial arts has many different sides to it. On one hand, you have the most obvious, purely physical side to it. And let’s face it, the physical component of the art is probably the initial draw for almost everyone. However, for most of us, that would not be enough to [Read More]
Senseis Dustin Wagner and Michelle Chock Talk About Bringing Their Dreams to Reality Hot off the heels of the Martial Journal spotlight on UND Hisshou Karate with Sensei La Royce Batchelor comes another! This time it is with two of Sensei Batchelor’s students. Dustin Wagner Sensei and Michelle Chock Sensei [Read More]
I won’t bore you with the mundane of how I became interested in the martial arts I will just get to the story. The year was 2002, I was a 30-year-old, married man with a 6-year-old son. I decided that I wanted to do karate. After talking it over with [Read More]
Kids Content at Martial Journal A few months ago a parent reached out to me asking about stuff for kids on Martial Journal. It seems they’d found the website and their young daughter was asking if there was anything on the site she might like. Well, there wasn’t. Honestly, as [Read More]
You Can’t April Fool With My 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]
A Bridge Too Far: Book Reviews for Herding the Moo by Joe Smith and The True Believers by Louis Martin Martial Arts has always been a positive influence in my life. Has it led to me forgoing certain social opportunities in order to train? Of course, and in fact overall [Read More]
“What’s the best pressure point to strike during a fight?” That was a recent question posted in a karate forum. It wasn’t the question that bothered me but rather the flurry of replies: driving knuckles into the throat, finger strike to the eyes, and a litany of recommended vital point [Read More]
Paint Those Eggs With 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 [Read More]
Ego is at the root of many issues that plague the martial arts world. Bad attitudes, unethical behaviour, ‘sensei worship’ and the ever-present and so-hard-to-avoid constant trash talking that goes on between different competitors, styles, instructors and schools. Martial Journal writer Daniel Hartz recently wrote on ego in the martial [Read More]
How Do Non-Martial Artists Develop Their Perception Of Us? Recently I had the absolute pleasure of recording a two-part podcast episode with Senseis Jeremy Lesniak of Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio, and Jaredd Wilson of Martial Thoughts. We talked about comments you often hear from non-martial artists when they find out that you [Read More]
I love talking about martial arts. All aspects of martial arts. I recently got the chance to talk with Jeremy Lesniak from whistlekick Martial Arts Radio and Scott Bolon (frequent author here) to talk about martial arts and how the rest of the world sees us and our weird little [Read More]
Bracket Busting Amounts 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 are doing good [Read More]
In my (albeit limited) experience, martial arts books can generally be grouped into one of three categories: (i) instructional; (ii) biographical; and (iii) philosophical. Instructional books are those whose main use is to teach the reader techniques of a certain art, and generally, contain a good number of pictures illustrating [Read More]
Put Some Positivity in Your Brackets! 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 [Read More]
Spring Forward with 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]
No Time Like The Present! It would be very hard to argue that today’s globalization and technological advancements have made the world closer and more connected. What does this mean for the martial arts? Three words; communication, community, and information. We can now communicate and make connections with pretty much [Read More]
I Can Feel Positivity Coming In the Air Tonight! 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 [Read More]
First of All, The Vision Establishing a large and well-maintained community is a necessity in not just the survival, but also the progress of any field. It is basic human instinct to find some place where they belong. It’s the same in the martial arts community. This is the reason [Read More]
I am sitting at home, watching the halfpipe event in the Winter Olympics. One of the athletes goes down the slope, knowing he has to put on an excellent display in order to get a podium position. He drops into the pipe. He speeds up towards the other end, catapults [Read More]
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