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Martial arts is not flower arranging. Injuries happen. If you are studying martial arts there is a risk of an injury happening to you. If you are injured keep on training even while the injury is healing.

If you rely on your hands to make a living, just understand and accept the risk of injury if you sign up for any martial arts. No complaining, it is a risk you assumed.

This hand belongs to a professional musician.…

If you teach martial arts, and don't offer quality supplements, you are doing a disservice to…

This reminder is from an old friend and fellow martial artist, John Mariotti (aka Shark Bait). His weekly blog is almost always a nudge to myself to be better. This weeks missive is a poke we all need from time to time. …

Playing with a new implement.

Master Wieczerza will be building a new curriculum in the coming weeks/months based on the flashlight. Her inventive mind will certainly make the results interesting to say the…

            It was a large school in a local shopping center, with a full class of students, children and adults, working out on the floor. The owner had been in the arts for quite a number of years and was eager to answer…

A brief thought about the importance of knowing some healing techniques, then a detailed explanation of maybe the most powerful healing technique there…

Videos on kicks - Check.

Videos on sparring - Check.

Videos on weapons - Check.

Videos on flow - Check.

Videos on drills - Check.

But if the martial arts schools have had to close their doors, then it doesn't matter.

Schools close because of mis-management. Plain and simple. If the school owner doesn't spend as much or more time on the business as they do on training, that is mis-management.

This video (a bit of a parody) describes one of many…

Great drills to improve your kicks for…

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I've put on the white belt again in the Machado BJJ class at West Coast Martial Arts in Gardnerville, Nevada. School owner, KJN George Fujii (center of picture), started a BJJ Executive Class for those of us who are 50 plus - I barely made it under…

Do's and don'ts when using a cane on someone to throw or…

            The bad guy has picked his spot carefully; the hallway between the restaurant and the bathrooms is unusually narrow, the lighting dim, the noise from the crowded restaurant and piano bar will effectively drown out any sounds of struggle, or calls for help.  You, the good guy, cannot swing the cane you are carrying, as you normally would, because of such close quarters.  Also, your mobility is severely limited by the narrow confines, as well as the stacks of extra…

This is a fantastic drill to strengthen the hip flexors. And it is painful so thank Master Larry Kooyman, Director of Goju-Shorei Karate, for this leg…

A re-visit of a cane kata performed by Master Larry Kooyman, Director of Goju-Shorei Karate. Master Kooyman is also a 4th Black Rank in Goju-Shorei Weapons.

This kata demonstrates the 14 hand grips of the cane, and how to use them in…

Master Larry Kooyman, Director of Goju-Shorei Karate, demos a basic pad drill using a Yellow Belt…

This video shows examples of how to apply the concept of Control, Avoid, Destroy. Thanks to Master Andy Tourin, Jujitsu Director of Goju-Shorei…