March, 2008
Those Evil Atheists…
Or, using a martial arts metaphor: I wasted a lot of energy and time on this journey with not much to gain from it. To be perfectly honest I don’t care what you believe as long as your belief does not harm other people and is in …
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Riding the wave - Malaysia Star
Riding the waveMalaysia Star, Malaysia -22 hours agoDuring the workshop, the BRATs also participate in a self-defense session, led by Aikido instructor Loke Yin Hoei. This session was organised in line with …
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Tehelka 1: “Tel Aviv Tango”
He describes the martial art in clipped phrases: “Combat fighting — a system which is quick — easily retained.” Kapoor himself came to krav maga after decades of experience in karate, judo, and other martial arts. …
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The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts
An academic book by an amazing scholar, and a must read for anyone serious about learning the in-depth history of Shaolin, and martial arts, as he traces the history back 1500+ years. Scholarly, well written, [...]
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Rest Day or Skill Work
Rest Day or Skill Work.
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Center of martial arts found new home - Times of Central Asia (subscription)
Center of martial arts found new homeTimes of Central Asia (subscription), Kyrgyzstan -18 hours agoThe center of martial arts unites 22 federations cultivating wushu, kickboxing, universal fight, real-aikido, taekvondo and many other kinds, …
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Advanced Military Technology In The Martial Arts
Martialarm Martial Liberal arts Scheme Martialarm Martial Humanities Kung Fu is a total control system integrating scientific body weapons with unconditioned workability in both onrushs and defence. Expression Struggling permits a …
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MMA For Kids As Young As Six?
The sport, which is also known as mixed martial arts or cage fighting, has already spread far beyond cable television. Last month, CBS became the first of the Big Four television networks to announce a deal to broadcast primetime fights …
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Aikido Metaphor, Language, DBT
I haven’t had any conscious, pseudo-literal applications of aikido principles for a long time now. Recently at a DBT training, the trainer challenged us to stop using the word “but” altogether and instead use the word “and”. …
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Better Aikido Continued……
OK, if you were in class for the past two weeks you got a deep understanding to my 5 steps to better Aikido, if you couldn’t make it, it’s OK, because I’m in the process to writting a book about it. This week we are focusing on Tenkan. …
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