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Trust but verify. This is a phrase I quite often use. We often place a certain amount of trust in people. Most of the time you trust your family and close friends and then there are the people you'd like to trust. I expect most students trust their Instructor, otherwise, they wouldn't be training with him or her. But […]
Sparring and wrestling in the martial arts can get quite intense especially with novices who might rely on strength because lack of knowledge and technique. It can get quite competitive just for the sake of satisfying egos. The experienced martial artist should be past this stage but it may take years for most people to really understand […]
Sorry for the blogs which have been coming one after another but here's a change from my regular which I am sure you will find very interesting. Most people have heard the phrase, 'Graveyard Shift'. This is how it originated: In the 1500's England was running out of places to bury people so they would dig up […]
Put a Martial Arts Instructor in front of an orchestra and there's your Meistro. An Instructor and a Meistro compare quite similar; both viewed as gracious characters who have control and instruct musicians/students. They also have the power to change and control the mood and pace in the room. The musicians would be lost without a Meistro and the martial arts […]
I'm always up for a challenge. It doesn't matter who walks in the door, a good Instructor should be able to take on anybody! We welcome male or female, young or old, fat or thin, strong or weak, tall or short, disabled, mentally challenged, deaf or even blind. It doesn't matter what religion, race, culture, […]
It would be ridiculous for Matial Arts Instructors to think they can teach students to defend successfully against all types of fighters in different situations. How would that be possible considering the many variables in these predicaments. The type of outcome will be dependent on the environment (eg street, pub), type of fighter (martial artist, street fighter), calibre of opponent etc. […]
People would like to jump at the chance of earning a reward($). Let's face it, if it's too hard then most people will probably not bother. Not so, for many martial artists. They have to work to get rewards which usually have nothing to do with money. A reward could be as simple as a pat on the back […]
If Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) has a shape, then it would have to be a sphere because of the almost endless directions and angles the techniques are executed from. Coincidentally, BJJ students use the word 'roll' when they wrestle which fits that description perfectly. The thing about BJJ & stand-up Jiu Jitsu is you need a partner […]
Great seminar this past weekend with my pal John Will (I call him the QC of BJJ) and I am truly amazed with the response we are getting from people turning up to these seminars lately. Not forget to mention a special thanks to our ACT Instructor, Damien, who has a following and brought a whole bunch […]
Development is basically change which occurs in all aspects of life and technology. Something good today, will one day in the near future, be improved or superseded with another. It’s called progress. This is a better word because the word 'change' can be quite negative to many people. This does not negate that some things need, or […]
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 […]
