You stand at the edge of the mat. Bouncing from toe to toe, keeping your bloody moving, your pulsed raised. You throw a few shadow punches. You test your weaves. You hear you heart beating. You crack your knuckles. Sweat slowly drips down your back. You look up and hold your opponents gaze. Your eyes give…

So you have been practicing one of the types of martial arts for some months or years now and you are itching for someone in a bar or in the street to pick a fight with you so you can show them some moves. Sadly, while lethal punches and kicks look great in the movies,…

What is it? Aikido. Who started it? Morihei Ueshiba Where is the place of origin? Japan When was it developed? Late 1920’s-1930 Why should I learn it? Because is it the most simplest form of martial art that uses the opponents strength against them. Aikido For Self-Defence   The style itself consists mostly of grabs…

No matter what type of martial arts you do, you’ll know how special martial arts training is. Martial artists are known for their athletic ability and renown for their advanced level of all-round complete fitness. In this post I’m going to give you some tips on how to spice up your martial arts training and…

Always in our martial arts training, we strive to be our very best.  We want to improve our technique.  We want to discover better fighting strategies.  We want make sure that, by the end of the day, we are better than when we started.  How does one achieve this, however?  How do we measure our…

The mental side to martial arts training How the student approaches martial arts training, and with what mind-set, is as important as any complicated series of throws. Most martial arts encourage and develop a certain mental state of mind. To be fully successful in any and all types of martial arts, and to gain the…