Being A Martial Arts Dad and Teacher Health and Nutrition MABM Opening Monologue My First Day As A Martial Arts Teacher My First Day in the Martial Arts Oh, For the Sake of the Children Our Recent Travels Prenatal Breathing Professor Ed Malley a 1987 Article Respect The Awakening Traveling About With Every Breath You Take Women Taking Precautions Health ...
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Martial Arts Video:Chi Internal Energy
I present to you a video on training your Chi Internal Energy. I did an intimate training course with a small group of martial artists way back. Thought to be lost forever, I happen to come by this old recording!
Read More »THE TRUE GOAL OF THE MARTIAL ARTS – KENSHO – SEEING THE LIGHT
In 1447, Iizasa Choisai Ienao dedicated his life to worshipping at the Katori Shinto Jinja (shrine). While worshipping there one day, engaged in martial arts training, which was an aspect of his Shinto discipline and purification, a divine being appeared to him and presented him with a book on strategy, written reportedly by divine hands. This book, called the HEIHO ...
Read More »THE REAL SECRETS OF JUJUTSU
THE REAL SECRETS OF JUJUTSU Jigoro Kano was a young man, already seriously involved in education, and he saw the trend of his nation. Things were changing. The emperor was leading a charge into the next century, trying to modernize Japan as quickly as possible. This was causing Japan to disregard it’s indigenous arts in favor of Western culture. While ...
Read More »The History of Teaching Methods used in the Martial Arts
Too many times it is easy to assume that the martial arts have always been taught the way they are now. But this is highly unlikely, in that it is modern conveniences and attitudes, that have caused the martial arts to metamorphosis into the forms that they are now. Modern medicine has allowed the practice of the martial arts to ...
Read More »Tachi: Stances for a Reason
In the Okinawan martial arts there has always been a great emphasis on stances. The reason for this, is that, through proper stance training, a small person can generate maximum power, which can then be used to effectively defend against a larger opponent. When Karate was first introduced into the Western world, one of it’s attractions was the power which ...
Read More »Kempo no Ritsudo To Nagare – The Rhythm and Flow of the Fist Law of Fighting
James Masayoshi Mitose was the first person to teach Kempo in the territory of the United States. His training in Kempo combined the Mitose family art of Kosho Ryu Kempo Jujutsu which was very Japanese in orientation and included training in the Koga method of Ninjutsu. He also received training in Shorei Ryu Kempo Karate of Okinawa, it is believed ...
Read More »Kata Ido: A Complete Training Method
Kata Ido, literally translated, means form movement_. It is used by many Okinawan stylists to develop the turns utilized in Kata. Many of the Goju Ryu Karate systems use Kata Ido, as does, Kiyojute Ryu Kempo. Basically speaking there is a formal method of practicing Kata Ido, which utilizes the three basic turns. First of all, there is the one ...
Read More »Taxes and Your Martial Arts Studio
Taxation and Your Business In my first business class in college the teacher pointed out that nothing was ascertain as deathand taxes. This unfortunately is very true and your business is certainly no exception to the rule. You will be taxed it will seem to the point of exhaustion from the local, state, and federal levels. You as a business ...
Read More »Startup Marketing Tricks for Martial Arts Studios
Small Business Marketing You don’t have to spend a lot of money to have effective marketing… Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â One thing every business can’t live without is marketing. It is the life-blood of a business and many people in business lack the know-how to be successful. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A business-person has to be innovative, open-minded and have a defined knowledge of his/her market ...
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