self defense

2015 Brotherhood of Veteran Warriors Gasshuku

This entry was posted in alternatives arizona blocking bunkai camp combat concepts disarms fighting footwork gun defense history inclusiveness kaizen knife defense kobo ittai law lop sau meetup organizations phoenix research respect role model self defense seminar sharing techniques traditional martial arts training and tagged camp gasshuku on by

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the 2015 Brotherhood of Veteran Warriors Gasshuku. The BOVW is an organization that was founded by US Military veterans with decades of martial arts experience, for the purpose of providing settings where martial artists from different backgrounds could come together to share and learn. They do not have any sort of curriculum, […]

Compound Movements and Cutting Lines

This entry was posted in basics blocking bunkai combat concepts hineri kobo ittai kusanku motobu muchimi naihanchi osae oyo passai punching self defense sport suidi te techniques ti tsuki uke-waza and tagged bunkai compound movement kobo ittai kusanku naihanchi oyo passai toudi on by

Karate is often described as being a linear art, especially when looking at modern karate, but it is actually more circular than it gets credit for. Both linear movements, and circular movements, work together in karate to function as compound movements. These compound movements allow us to do more than we might otherwise, because they exert force in unusual ways […]

The Specializations of Styles

This entry was posted in basics combat concepts fighting fraud mma pressure testing self defense tma traditional martial arts and tagged basics fundamentals mma specialization tma on by

  Over time, it is natural for a martial artist to narrow their focus of study to specific aspects of their art–I mentioned this in my recent article on the development of martial artists. There are also some martial arts which are narrow in focus, to begin with. It is rather likely that those arts and styles are specialized because […]