I am not talking about drill repetitions where everything is planned, I am talking specifically about repeating scenarios during push-hand practices as well as any random play. Towards such goals, I recommend working in 3s and taking turns where possible
Moneyball – the movie
Moneyball is a sport movie about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. Billy Beane himself was a talented baseball player that never reached his expected potential. This story is about how he reads statistics differently
Samurai and kendo
Kendo is sportified Japanese sword bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu). Samurai uses real sharpened swords. In the following videos, you can see how they are related and yet different. Scrub to 1 minute 26 second to see the
Medieval Battle
The following clips are from a full contact sport that is hosted yearly – Battle of Nations. Actual fight starts 3m26s. http://youtu.be/u3jV93rNils?t=3m25s Exercise Share your observations, did you learn anything? What is the first video showing that you cannot see
Stick fights
We use stick for gymnastics. Stick can be used as tools for conditioning – grip, reflex, speed, hardening of forearm and much more. In the Phillipines, stick fighting is their art – Arnis and Kali. Fight Quest is a TV
“Music is space between notes”
Most people think of music as just the notes. However, the pauses between notes are equally important. If you are talking about punching and kicking, most focus on the exertion phase and take for granted the pauses/connections in between hits.
Interviews
Whether it is job interviews, press interviews, interviews to get into med school, application for rentals, you can’t escape it and you want to be the last person standing. I made my own share of mistakes fresh out of university.
Catch up week
This is the week to catch up with signing waivers and completing the registration if you haven’t already done so. Some of you did not complete some of the exercises from previous blogs. Please pick any old one that you
Praying Mantis, dragonflies and more
A lot of kung fu systems try to imitate the movement or spirit of different living things. Most popular ones are tiger, monkey, praying mantis, dragon, eagle, white crane (personally, I don’t know why it has to be white but
MartialGym coaches workshop
I was in Edmonton over the weekend to conduct a 2 days martialgym coaching workshop. Given the limited time – 12 hours in total, I really had to prioritize the workshop content. The following were considerations for the workshop: Know