Update: Well, I joined the group … and unsubscribed a week later. It turns out the Martial Arts Writers group on Facebook is too general for me. I wanted a group that focused on martial arts “writing” … publishing, getting...
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I’m often asked why I don’t record what I know onto video. After all, isn’t that the best way to learn?
I have lots of reasons for NOT recording all of my martial arts into a visual lesson. Are you interested in my reasoning?...
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Take eleven-and-a-half minutes and watch a video with an important lesson on how to improve in the martial arts. Here’s the new parable in video format. It’s about a teen who is frustrated in the martial arts. He just can’t...
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Escaping The Bear Hug
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by Keith Pascal
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I think the key to making any of the following suggestions work is the timing … then when of trying to counter a bear hug. Keep that in mind as you read these tips.
Imagine that a big hulk (minus...
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I often ask, “Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to read your opponent’s mind?”
Getting clues and learning to “read” your opponent is probably the closest we’ll come to mind-reading, at least in the near...
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Imagine that some bad guy, the enemy, has crept up behind you, and now has a knife at your throat.
What do you do?
Well, many martial artists are now dealing with the knife in what they deem a more “elegant solution.” Unfortunately,...
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Every Fall, someone comes out with, what they think is, an amazing revelation; we gain weight between the end of summer and the end of the year. This year, Dr. Oz reminds us of what I think is fairly obvious.
It doesn’t take a genius to...
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Do you ever have difficulty getting the oomph to train? Is it sometimes a hassle to practice martial arts? Do you with you had a training motivation tip that worked?
Not to brag, but some call me the master of martial-arts motivation. At least,...
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Recently, we spent an evening at the county fair. A Friday evening with crowds of people means that you have to be especially aware. Believe it or not, I saw what I would call an error of attitude ready to fight attitude.
Let me explain …
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Several martial artists have written me recently asking about timing in their stop kicks. For some reason, their kicks aren’t very effective to stop a low-line attack.
My response was to create the following how-to-fight tip video. I posted...
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