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The ultimate goal for any martial arts student has to be getting the black belt. When a student may lose motivation and feel 'it's quitting time', any excuse will do to justify it (it may be a disguise for failure). Sure, there are those who feel martial arts might not be for them in the long term, and that […]
Returned from the ACT after a 3 day weekend training with Shihan Richard Norton. Seminars included Reality Based Self Defence, MMA and 2 sessions of BJJ which were hosted by our ACT representative, Damien Philpott. John and Timothy Ellis also attended, and from Qld, Darren Grieve, Dean Taylor and Lee Bird. My body is a […]
My weekend started off Thursday morning by picking up my buddy, Richard Norton, from the Airport. We went straight to the PCYC (police citizens youth club) where we got on the mats including Dr Chris for about 3 hours. Then off to Jordan Micakovski’s school at Austral for a BBQ with overseas visitors here for the […]
The journey to obtaining a Black Belt is usually an adventurous one and can also be long. What the Black Belt symbolizes will vary from style to style, and from school to school but generically it represents ‘technical excellence'. To be successful at attaining this level depends on the expectations of the school and Instructor but they all have one […]
I often look and think about what people teach in the martial arts and I wonder whether it is going to make any difference in the real world. This is not a criticism of any Instructor or style but the need for a reality check when it comes to self defence. Then there is another side […]
Thirty five years ago when I first started training, usually the physically strong took up martial arts and only the elite got their Black Belts. Now martial arts is for everyone and the Black Belt is given to the strong-hearted not necessarily the physically strong. Everybody comes in all shapes and sizes and there are […]
We martial artists are not very good as patients and can get quite impatient when it comes to injuries. So I thought I might go and see the sports doctor specialist, who I had been consulting for my back. Although my back seems to be fine the root cause of it is still pestering me when I do […]
You see it and hear quite often such as a team having home advantage or a boxer fighting on his home turf with most of the crowd cheering him on. What about a football team on a winning streak because they have one of the best coaches, and a couple of good strong players; and […]
An Instructor has to be many of these things to some extent or more. They include mentor, teacher, coach, leader, manager, supervisor, first aider, public speaker, accountant, counselor, office administrator, website administrator, philosopher, (bored readers, Alt F4 now), decision maker, problem solver, examiner, staff trainer, time manager, staff supervisor, motivator, networker, social worker, social organizer, consultant, observer, time manager, equipment vendor, […]
The martial arts is not just about what happens in the school but what happens outside the school . So the challenge is on again! Richard called me, ‘this is the challenge to end all challenges, so you better get yourself in shape, Adams', and hanged up. We're both recovering well from our injuries so there are […]
That is something my wife taught me many years ago when my children were growing up whilst doing the martial arts with me. She said, ‘what better way to keep everybody together in the family and share the same interest’. She also believes kids should not be readily afforded free choices when parents know they […]
How often do students switch off when the instructor shows a technique they have seen many times before? It’s because the student has a mental blue print of what is about to be shown and some of them have a tendency to switch off. The end result being no improvement or being worse off. When […]
