The book of five rings by Miyamoto Musashi 新免武蔵守藤原玄信 is a book I read about once a year. The excellent version I have on my lap is the one translated by William Scott Wilson. For those who don’t know the book, it is understood that it comes from Pamphlet by the same author. The contextContinue reading “The Book of Five Rings – Book Review”
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Enhance Your Martial Arts Training with KORA
This blog’s primary goal is to talk about the training we are undertaking in our KORA class and help people with their training journey from afar as best we can. The idea is to be positive and promote the benefits of martial arts. One of the reasons I started a blog was that I realisedContinue reading “Enhance Your Martial Arts Training with KORA”
Knife Attack Self Defence
One quick look at the UK news gives you a good indication of where the knife crime statistics are going. In South London, the local social media is littered with knife muggings, gang-related knife fights, and stabbing games. “Data gathered and analysed by the BBC found there had been 55 fatal stabbings so far this year (10Continue reading “Knife Attack Self Defence”
Understanding Different Types of Martial Artists
I guess the answer most regular readers of this blog would give is, yes, martial artist. I would say it depends on what I am doing and its context. When I was growing up, I had easy access to Boxing, grappling (Judo/Wrestling) and fencing tuition. I did not consider myself a martial artist, mostly aContinue reading “Understanding Different Types of Martial Artists”
The Hustler- Book Review
The Hustler – Sword play and the art of tactical thinking is a beautiful book written by Maija Soderholm. A lot of the book focuses on deception in combat, and it’s funny because this book slipped onto the market quietly, and just how good it was has spread by word of mouth among the FMAContinue reading “The Hustler- Book Review”
Effective Grip Training Methods for Martial Artists
Fangs for the memory… Most of history’s warriors accepted that you needed skills in stand up, clinch and ground to be successful. It’s been a core concept in my KORA curriculum since it was a mixture of Combatives, Muay Thai and Judo over thirty-five years ago. Whether we seek it or not grappling happens, andContinue reading “Effective Grip Training Methods for Martial Artists”
Traditional Dances of the Labourdin Carnival
From this blog: Le carnaval labourdin (patrimoinepaysbasque.com) The kaskarot are the main characters of the ploughd carnivals. They wear hats adorned with flowers, ribbons and colorful decorations on their costumes, and hold two sticks in their hands. Organized in groups of eight, they perform makila-dantza (dances of sticks), as well as danced jumps, marmutx (dance of small sticks), xinple, kontra-dantza (contredanse), soka-dantza, fandango andContinue reading “Traditional Dances of the Labourdin Carnival”
Boost Your Sparring Skills with Lonely Dog’s Instructional Downloads
Tired of getting walloped by your training partners in sparring? You may like to invest some coin into Lonely Dogs instructional downloads. Benjamin is a great fighter and coach. Go here for instructional downloads go here: Lonely Dog (gumroad.com) Lonely Dog in action
Boxing Meets Rugby: Learning from Teddy Thomas’s Performance
I trained people for Boxing, Thai Boxing, full contact stick fighting and MMA but the greats always had something special. Its not only doing their job well but also with flair. It’s not enough to just win, it’s about doing so whilst demonstrating amazing skill. Teddy Thomas is a great example of this on theContinue reading “Boxing Meets Rugby: Learning from Teddy Thomas’s Performance”
KORA Virtual Reboot
It’s been over a year since my research group, and I got together to train. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, face to face training is still not on the table for a while, but I had the idea that we should start slotting in regular zoom classes once a week. The purpose is toContinue reading “KORA Virtual Reboot”
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