I always warn my students that there are no techniques that are guaranteed to work, it depends on quite a few things: Your body dimensions relative to your opponent, the environment, surprise factor, skill of your opponent and much more.
Watch fights from a technical perspective
Watching a fight for entertainment is different from watching it technically. Some of you are turned off (or attracted) by the violence and blood but not all fights are just a matter of slugging it out. The following are two
Providing information
Those of us who are not writers are not trained to describe in detail we saw or experienced. To just say “It was a beautiful sunset” is not going to cut it. Novelist can describe scenaries in such details that
Post-fight interview UFC193
I am sure a lot of you heard about the huge upset of Rousey vs Holm where Rhonda was TKO’d on the second round. (If you search twitter using #ufc193, you may still see the few moves before the KO).
Physics
One thing great with physics is that it behaves the same regardless of your age, gender, race, culture, style, religion. It is very repeatable as long as you stay within parameters and assumptions. While almost everyone can explain what is
Field-of-vision for martial arts
I posted on the “Functional Fitness blog” why Field-of-Vision (FOV) is important for seniors. However, the topic is totally applicable to martial artist! For example, When you go into a restaurant, do you always find a seat facing out so
Lesson from snooker
I am not a cue-sport person but that doesn’t stop me from appreciating the game. (If you wonder about the difference between pool/billard/snooker, click this link). The simplest way to explain the game to a novice is that you use
Important past articles
Each of you picked articles that explain in different ways what LHBF MartialGym is, what we do, who we are and how we see/do things differently. The following were your choices. What is LHBF MartialGym? More on the LHBF name
Catch up week
I actually got a thank-you from one of you about not having any homework. Lol, is it really that much pressure? There is a difference between assignments versus homework. Assignments mean that it is work from the teacher and you
Opportunities
“Good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.” ― Thomas A. Edison “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ― Winston S. Churchill Some opportunities repeat itself every so often