Tag Archives: Training

Martial Arts Training Shoes – 4 Compelling Reasons to Wear Them

Martial arts training shoes are not generally worn by practitioners, especially those who train the various Japanese martial arts. It is much more common to see people training barefoot in the dojo while doing karate or judo. There are two main reasons. Firstly, removing outside or training shoes shows respect for the art and its traditions. The second reason is ...

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Training With Martial Arts Weapons – Karate Kung Fu Weaponry

There are opportunities in martial arts training to learn to use various weapons. Many schools, especially those that teach Japanese karate and Chinese kung fu styles have weaponry as part of their overall curriculum. Popular weapons from karate systems include the bo staff, kama, sai, sword, nunchaku and tonfa. Chinese kung fu styles have broadsword, 3 section staff, kwan do, ...

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How to Slow Down Or Completely Halt Your Martial Arts Training Progress

Over the years, I’ve seen very successful techniques in slowing down martial arts and self-defense training to an almost complete stop. I’ve listed some of these techniques below, perhaps you’re already practicing some of these…. Yeahbutts Note the double t. Now this is a very common highly used martial arts training slow down technique. I’ve seen tournament champions as well ...

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Martial Arts Training

Throw some soft punches, then do the job your way up until eventually you’re throwing tricky strikes and kicks, but aren’t unpleasant doing so. No make a difference how loud or forceful your instructor yells for you to “go harder,” pay attention to your internal voice. Following all, it’s you who will go home with bruises, not him. These are ...

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Martial Arts – Internal Energy Training – Ric Black – USPDTA

Martial Arts Training: Internal Energy training. The Video from The United States Police Defensive Tactics Association (USPDTA) Teaches how to focus your int… Video Rating: 3 / 5 An in depth look at basic Bunbu Ichi Jujutsu. From The United States Police Defensive Tactics Association. To See more videos from us on Self Defense, Check …

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Martial Arts Weapons Training – Bo – Sai – Kama – Tonfa

This Video from the United States Police Defensive Tactics Association covers the proper stances, attack, and defense position in using certain Martial Arts … Karate: Basic Kicks. USPDTA National Director Demonstrates Basic Karate Kicks. In this video from the United States Police Defense Tactics Association Ric Bl… Video Rating: 5 / 5

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How to Improve Your School Website

A website is a necessary tool for every business, and that includes your martial arts school. But not everybody is versed on the way of the internet. Some people, maybe even you, don’t know what to exactly put on their websites. Other post too little information, other posts too many. Some websites are confusing, and some are just ugly. If ...

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Referral Tactics to Increase Enrollment

The best source for new students is a good referral system. Having just one referral a month can drastically increase your yearly cash flow, as long as you also have good retention numbers. And one referral a month is not that hard, especially if you have a healthy student base. Another great thing about referrals is that, it’s very cheap, ...

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Signs Your Martial Arts School is in Trouble

Nothing is constant except change. That old saying is especially true to the martial arts business world. We don’t know what the future holds, or how the economy will change and what trends might pop up. We cannot be entirely certain that we can save martial arts schools from closing, what we can do is spot the early red flags ...

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How to Handle Competition

In terms of competition, there are two kinds of people. One that hates it and another one that loves it. Personally, competition is the spice of life. That’s the reason why I love playing sports and games, and a small part why I work hard professionally. People who hate competition, do have their valid points. Competition makes things harder, more ...

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