There are three phases that majority of students go through to reach an optimal and expected state of what I call mental and emotional maturity. These three phases are: 1) Ego-centric phase, 2) Team/Tribal phase, and 3) Hyper-spatial phase——an individual with “a very broad and unusual scope of sensitivity and hyper-awareness” to everything that goes […]
The amount of time dedicated to PTD depends on your martial arts system(s), life-goals, marital arts goals, and few other variables. If your martial arts system is Muay Thai, then you need to spend a lot more time on increasing your threshold, because the system demands it and you can’t go far if you are […]
1. Technique-interception (ex: intercepting a heavy sucker punch) 2. Encroachment-interception (ex: intercepting a person walking up to you in order to knock you out) 3. Intent-interception (ex: intercepting a person while he is [thinking] about knocking you out just a second or two prior to their actual attack Since [intent] is the root of all […]
Control is the measure and quality of applying different degrees of an ever-evolving force in a given situation and at a given time. When we apply too little or too much force, we say there is lack of control. Absence of control results in poor techniques. Control or the lack thereof, does not begin in […]
To us at Phoenix JKD, self-Defense in its totality consists of several objective (kicking, punching, clinching, and ground-fighting), yet relative ranges. Objective, because they are observed consistently and physically; and relative, because they have an overlapping nature and should not be looked at as merely several distances [stitched] together haphazardly. We used to think of […]
Physically, gangrene refers to the death of body tissue due to either a lack of blood flow or a serious bacterial infection. Gangrene commonly affects the extremities, including your toes, fingers and limbs, but it can also occur in your muscles and internal organs. Your chances of developing gangrene are higher if you have an […]
“That once you have been forced to initiate contact .. it’s on. There is no stopping till the threat is neutralized.” Under real life and death situations, everything becomes reflexive or instantaneous i.e., everything is directed or turned back on itself (the past). This means a two part component: 1) Philosophy of life (life-convictions, ethics, […]
The word meditation is derived from Old French (meditacioun) and in turn from a Latin Verb (meditari), meaning to ponder, to think, and to reflect or contemplate. There are so many different kinds and methods of meditations. Here is short list of them: Transcendental meditation, Zen meditation, Mantra mediation, Taoist meditation, Mindfulness meditation, Guided meditation, […]
We are not solitary creatures; we can’t be like that lonely tree in the middle of nowhere. And even if you could do that as a human, it wouldn’t be healthy at all anyway. There is something very unique and special in being in contact with another being; and this is why, during your martial […]
Proper mental attitude has three parts to it: 1) confidence , 2) composure, and 3) killer (survival) instinct which more appropriately, it should be called “justice instinct”. A martial artist from the very first day to the end of his or her life should seek the balance between the three! This balance is relative in […]
