Monthly Archives: December 2013


UFC 168 2

This past Saturday, the UFC held their 168th pay-per-view event, and it was a very good one! While there were many spectacular moments, there were two that stood out when all was said and done–Ronda Rousey’s rematch with Miesha Tate, and Anderson Silva’s rematch with Chris Weidman. The Rousey-Tate fight was exciting, with fiery exchanges of strikes, slick grappling, and […]


My Interview with Sensei Eddie Bethea

During Sensei Bethea’s most recent visit to our dojo, I had a chance to sit down with him for a bit and ask him some questions. It’s taken me quite a while to get the interview video edited and uploaded, and I forgot to zoom the camera in before we started, but I don’t think it turned out too bad. […]


Kusanku and Wansu Applications, Plus a Lock/Throw Combo

I did some video recording last Saturday, and finally got a few clips edited and uploaded to share. The first is an application for the one-legged turn (a jump, in some styles) in Kusanku/Kanku. The technique is a throw found in Okinawa Shima (a grappling sport in Okinawa that descended from tegumi) and Sambo. This video simply shows the throw […]