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• Self Defense: Why Most Adults Drop Out of Martial Arts Classes The most surprising statistic that most karate and martial arts teachers discover is the one that tells them "why most of their adult students quit shortly after enrolling ." In fact, the greatest percentage of adult dropouts from martial arts...

• Ip Man - the Man who Taught Bruce Lee Kung Fu Ip Man was the second son of a wealthy and influential family. His early years were set against a backdrop of civil unrest and conflict. A bloody conflict with Japan was lost and China was forced to cede territory and money to Japan A coup d'etat...

• Tai Chi Chuan – the ancient path to stress free living When I began practising Tai Chi in 1991 the thing that struck me about it was its power or at least the promise of its power. What I went on to witness and discover was that there was nothing mystical or particularly esoteric about the power of...

• Martial Art Equipment Martial arts equipment not only reduces the dangers associated with the fighting system but also aids in increasing the efficiency of a fighter. As martial arts can be a dangerous sport, it is recommended to buy quality safety equipment, preferably...

• Martial Arts - 5 Ways To Build Your Self-Confidence If you appreciate a strong, healthy self confidence that carries you through overwhelming times and drives you to achieving your most far reaching goals, martial arts is for you. A person’s self-confidence is like a muscle, it needs to be...

• Applying Law of Gravity to Judo In judo it is important to throw your opponent by making use of his loss of balance, the law at work here is the law of gravity. We know that Sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravitation by seeing an apple fall from a tree. All bodies in the...

• Self-Defense Gadgets And Gizmo's - Should You Carry A Personal Safety Weapon? It's sad to think that we have to consider arming or equipping ourselves to feel safe. The truth of the matter is however, that violence can happen to anyone. A Personal Safety Device can help you avoid or escape a sudden attack. Should you...

• AMAZING karate martial arts HISTORY The late Gichin Funakoshi wrote the following text from his book 'To-Te Jitsu' It offers a true insight into the perception of what Karate is and means according to one of the founding fathers of modern Karate. In Okinawa, a miraculous and...

• If You Think English is Difficult Try Mandarin – Part 2 Several factors make learning Chinese a considerably more formidable task than learning another Germanic or Romance languages. Studying a foreign language is an excellent way for English and other language teachers to improve their own teaching. It...

• 10 Greatest Martial Arts Movies Of All Time After hundreds of movies, thousands of eye-popping fight scenes and millions of punches thrown...which ones are the best? Which ones have I been missing out on my whole life? Which ones must I have in my collection in order to not bring shame upon...

• Martial Arts - Choosing The Right One For You So you've finally decided to take the plunge and take up a martial art. Maybe you're doing so as a hobby or maybe you feel the need to be able to defend yourself. To be honest with you, there's a myriad of reasons one can have for wanting to...

• Self Defense - Back to School As millions of wide eyed teenagers prepare to leave home for the first time and head off for their freshman year of college, the anticipation of exploring new things, experimenting, and oh yes learning too, fills the hearts and minds of those...

• Self Defense Education - Three Sure-Fire Ways to Teach Your Child About Safety Self Defense Education – There are three sure-fire ways to teach your child to be truly 'Kid Safe'. A child needs to know there are two types of self defense. Physical, which gives them the tools needed to keep them safe. And mental self defense,...

• Using Chinese Techniques For Your Health And Strength Chi Kung and T'ai Chi are only two of the keys to self trust and to physical harmony. With the use of these techniques you can succeed with many accomplishments, without having to put yourself through great psychological or physical efforts, violent...

• "10 Powerful Self Defense Tips For Women" In the USA, every two minutes a woman is being raped. A 1993 survey revealed that 50% of Canadian women have experienced an incident of sexual assault or physical violence. In Australia, 19% of women aged 18 to 24 experienced an act of violence...

• Tai Chi for Over Fifties And Under Fifties! Tai Chi is an internal martial art which can be soft and gentle. It can and should be practised in a flowing way for practitioners of any age. Particlularly, in China and the est nowadays, people ove r 50 are taking up tai chi whilst the younger...

• For Valentine's Day Give The Gift of Self Defense I received a mailer at the office, an attractive one that, in red and white, decorated with hearts and bows. It is pitching a gym membership for women, offering a Valentine’s Day Special. Of course, it’s a cute idea, and what can be a better way...

• This Popular Martial Arts Kick Can Get You Killed People often send me emails asking me why I'm so hard on traditional martial arts -- like karate, kung fu, aikido, etc. Only problem is, I'm not hard on them. In fact, I have nothing but respect for them -- as did Bruce Lee and all the other...

• Types of Self Defense Products You decided you need some kind of self defense device to protect yourself from possible crime situation. But with so many defense gadgets on the market it's not an easy choice. Read on to find out the difference between self defense products, how...

• Kubotan: A Self-Defense Weapon for All Martial Arts Styles One of the most popular self-defense weapons in use today by the average citizen and police officers alike is the "Kubotan" (pronounced: 'koo-bow-tahn'), or simply the self-defense keychain. The versatility of the this effective little item...

• The Benefits of Martial Arts Training As any martial arts practitioner will tell you, there are multiple benefits in martial arts training. Of course, the most obvious benefit is a knowledge of self defense which is one of the major reasons why the martial arts were developed in the...

• Achievements of Monks-Warriors from the Shaolin Monastery Many hundreds of monks gained outstanding results and brought fame to Martial Arts of Shaolin for ever. All of them attained such unusual abilities thanks to special secret practices traditionally called "72 Arts of Shaolin." They are the base and...

• Self Defense or Personal Protection? "What is defense? It is a countermeasure to aggression, an act of protection from danger". -Robert Anthony Bussey Self defense is a myth. I know. I’ve been studying and it for years. The false sense of security my sister might buy in the store or...

• Can You Really Learn Martial Arts and Self-Defense From Seminar Training Only? What do you do when, you want to pursue the study of the martial arts or learn real-world self-defense and there are no schools near where you live? What do you do even if there are martial arts schools or self-defense classes being offered in...

• 20 Reasons Women Choose Self-Defense At Home Self-defense is a necessity. Crime and violence is on the rise and no neighborhood is immune from this terrible onslaught. Why take years to learn the basics of self-defense when you can learn some highly effective, deadly accurate moves in just a...

• Overcoming Fear in a Self-Defense Situation How do you overcome fear in a self-defense situation? Basically you don't, you learn to use the fear instead. Making it a tool that you shape not allowing fear to control you. All fine and dandy, but how do you go about learning how to use fear? ...

• What Would You Do If It Happened To You? Thoughts About Thinking And Self-Defense In this article I want to share a few ideas about mental preparation and some correspondence I recently recently received from subscribers to my self-defense newsletter. I'm hoping it will provide some context to your "self-defense readiness" and...

• How to Study Karate or Other Martial Arts and Still Be Good at Self-Defense There are literally dozens of reasons to study the martial arts. Everyday, countless numbers of children and adults take up the practice and study of such martial arts as karate, judo, aikido, as well as many other mixed or ecclectic forms. And,...

• 4 Reasons Why Kicking an Attacker in the Groin is a Bad Idea During a Self-Defense Situation It goes without question that, within the realms of martial arts and self-defense, there are literally hundreds of things that you can do to debilitate an attacker. From the various methods of striking different body targets with punches and...

• Self-Defense Fighting Techniques; Part One: Kicking, Does It Work In A Real Fight Or Not? Being the author on several books that focus on the subject of kicking, I am often confronted by the following statement, “Kicking is ineffective at best in a real self-defense situation and is usually dangerously detrimental to the individual who...

• Martial Arts versus Self Defense I would never disrespect one fighting art over another. I would recommend that you look into the various types available to you and ensure the one that you choose satisfies your criteria, whether you want to be more involved in a traditional art, a...

• 7 Surefire Self Defense Tips Criminals Want Women To Never Learn. Self defense tips for women. Are you at risk? What makes a woman a perfect target? Here are 7 ultimate techniques and weaknesses criminals who were interviewed look for to take advantage of you. These tips aren’t just for the busy holidays either....

• In A Self-Defense Situation Control The Distance And You Control The Fight One thing that becomes painfully evident to anyone who has been studying the Ninja's warrior arts for any length of time is...the shear impossibility of being able to practice all that you've learned. After even a short time in training, the...

• Self-Defense For Modern Times Most people when they think of serious self-defense for their home and family think of acquiring a gun. The logic of such an acquisition is compelling; simplicity, easy of use, firepower and the finality of results. The role of guns in our history...

• The Bao Way offer Fitness and Self-Defense Nashville, TN -- The Bao Way announces the 2005 release of The Bao Way Self-Defense and Fitness Workout DVD series.  Until now, women have had no way to learn effective self-defense without years of training.   Despite its rapid-fire punches and...

• Self Defense - Why Pepper Gel is The Best Defense for You There is little doubt among professionals of the effectiveness of pepper spray. Even "DOG" the bounty hunter, and "Stephanie Plum" the femme fatale fictional bounty hunter of Janet Evanovich's best sellers use or carry pepper spray. More and more...

• In A Self-Defense Situation Fight Smarter, Not Harder If you've ever seen or been a part of a conventional martial arts program, one of the things you may have noticed is the level of activity of the students according to rank. It seems like the white belts do little to get results - they have the...

• Using Pepper Spray For Self-Defense Pepper spray is one of the best selling products for self-defense. When used correctly, pepper spray can bring an attacker to his knees almost instantly. Oleoresin Capsicum, or OC pepper spray, is the most effective pepper spray on the market today....

• Self-Defense, Safety, and The 6 Keys to Effectiveness When most people think of self-defense, what usually comes to mind is protecting oneself from the physical onslaught from a criminal attacker. And, while this is not, in itself, a problem, it is however, only a small part of being able to be safe...

• The Bizarre Self Defense Secret That Terrifies Violent Thugs Did you know that when you begin learning martial arts, self defense and how to handle yourself in a violent situation, you actually start to give off certain "vibes" in your regular, every day life, that tell people you're not someone to mess...

• Natural Self-Defense Against Breast Cancer Natural Self Defense Against Breast Cancer - Learning to Cope with Organochlorine Pollution What are organochlorines? Organochlorines are chemicals found in some herbicides and pesticides, in chlorine bleach and most chemical disinfectants,...

• Learning the Modern Dynamics of Judo You may have the erroneous idea that force is not necessary in judo, especially when you see a sixty-year-old instructor throwing many young- and strong men seemingly without effort. Dynamics, however, denies this illusion. A body begins to move...

• Self Defense - Pepper Spray or Stun Gun - a Comparison To be or not to be? In New Mexico, the question is red or green? (referring to the chile) In Chicago it's the Cubs or White Sox? Okay so maybe it doesn't rank up there with those lofty questions, but people ask me all the time which is...

• Self-Defense Reality - A Reason to Study Reality-Based Martial Arts & Self-Protection Imagine, if you will... A woman walking across a dark parking lot late at night. The lot, apparently occupied only by the vehicles parked there and the occasional cat hunting for an evening snack. Then, as if from out of nowhere, she feels the...

• What Practically Guarantees Success in a Self-Defense Encounter? It never ceases to amaze me just how many people have the same questions or ideas about self-defense and what works. Seriously. Almost as soon as someone finds out that this is what I do, I invariably get one of two responses. You can break...

• Naural Self-Defense Against Breast Cancer - Learning to Cope Successfully with Organochlorine Pollut What are organochlorines? Organochlorines are chemicals found in some herbicides and pesticides, in chlorine bleach and most chemical disinfectants, and many plastics, especially PVC (polyvinylchloride). Organochlorines are implicated in causing...

• Self Defense Life Saver-Auto Emergency Tool Have you or a loved one ever been in a situation where you needed something very simple to solve a problem but it just wasn't available? Last summer I had an example that was burned into my mind forever. I live in southern Colorado at 4500 ft...

• Kicking Techniques For Street Fighting / Self Defense Kicking Techniques For Street Fighting /Self Defense This technique will also allow a good clinch set up from a kick combination. With some practice this combination can be so successful as to stop the attacker dead in his tracks. Just remember...

• Self Defense - Why Tasers Have Become So Popular Tasers are now one of the most effective and popular tools in fighting crime in the country. Their growth in popularity is both phenomenal and understandable. The biggest reason is that they save lives. Let's look at how they got to be so popular....

• Self-Defense - Choosing to be a Survivor Instead of a Victim We've all seen the news stories. They fill a good portion of the evening news and the daily papers - both online and in print. Have you ever wondered... What if the victims in many of these stories had properly prepared themselves for the...

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