‘I would kick the groin if I run into a boxer.’ ‘I would just eye jab or even eye gouge a wrestler or the BJJ guy.’ ‘I would simply bite the better grappler to get him off.’ I would box a wrestler and bjj the thai boxer….’, and so on. How many times we have […]
You want to be a good fighter? Then work on courtesy. You want to be a focused and determined individual? Start with courtesy then. You want to build on your killer instinct? Then focus on the virtue of courtesy. You want to be more calm? Then increase your capacity for courtesy. You want people to […]
Students should be exposed to variety of possibilities, and thus being prepared for the likely events first. The virtue of honesty would put us on the most urgent and needed path first; then follows the virtues of trustworthiness and confidence which are essential derivatives—-born directly from honesty itself. As you train rigorously and systematically, your […]
Few days ago a genuine person asked me a question and had wondered whether we have a “Manual” for our Training. I admired this person’s sincere inquiry, but had to tell’em the truth: Human beings are not put together as inanimate machines or objects that one can design an operational manual for them. The only […]
Distance kept in a fight is a relative phenomenon. In fact, how far we stand from others under any circumstance (boxing, stick-fighting, Muay Thai, etc), is a relative concept. Generally speaking, those who we are friends with, we [naturally] stand closer to than those we don’t know. Animals experience similar instincts, emotions, and behavioral patterns […]
Many different systems of martial arts teach weapons, but rarely they teach [proficiency] or a set of practical skills that one can honestly acknowledge as relative to the present day world. The reason being that most of their rational and logical arguments are based on solutions that were meant to deal with problems of a […]
Much of what we have anxiety about can fade into nothingness by first immersing ourselves in physical activities of martial arts. I mention martial arts, and not basketball, or baseball, because it deals with solving real life-threatening situations. If you are able to deal with that, then you more likely can deal with other difficulties […]
