JKD is NOT MMA by Keith Pascal I keep reading how Mixed Martial Arts got its roots from Bruce Lee’s JKD. Before you click away when I tell you how much I disagree with the implied connection, why don’t you conduct my little experiment and really prove or disprove the link, once and for all…. ...…
Which style is best for street fighting? That’s the question that I am occasionally asked by Martial Arts Mastery subscribers. So, which martial-arts style is best to learn to street fight? I hope that people ask this from a self-defense point of view. In other words, I want to believe that subscribers are asking about ...…
There are a lot of martial arts, combative, and self-defense programs on the Internet. Books, ebooks, and DVDs abound. Which of these martial artists are promoting scams? In other words, how do you tell if your martial-arts purchase is bogus? Bogus Martial-Arts eBooks One of the main ways to tell how good a program is ...…
Recently, I have written several articles on the flaws of patting your opponent. Many think that I am criticizing Filipino martial arts; not so. I am just not a fan of these excessive taps, that aren’t strikes. Many guros claim that in a real confrontation, the touches would turn into hard strikes. (I’m skeptical; how ...…
If you have read about Bruce Lee’s style of JKD, then you probably probably know that he advised leading with your best. That means that if you are left handed, you’d have your left side forward, and if you are right handed, then you’d have your right in the lead orientation. Note: This is the ...…
Martial Arts Definitions This really isn’t a blog post about a Jeet Kune Do fighter taking on a MMA fighter; rather, it’s about the confusion of ‘mixing martial arts” with “Mixed Martial Arts” (MMA). Mixed Martial Arts is a sport, a competition with rules. It just so happens that the sport — and it is ...…
How fast, powerful, and efficient is your straight blast? Can you fire off a series of very short, fast punches, where each fist starts from elbow distance of the other extended arm? Can you unleash a barrage of punches with even less distance between each punch? If you make a few modifications (improvements) to your ...…
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