Relax and Enjoy – The Way to Avoid Injury During Training
I just had the pleasure of training with a Sensei who was visiting Canada, and who has been training many years in the Bujinkan Dojo, both in Canada and Germany. What I found stands...
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MMA Champions Near You
As a lot of you know, the lady on the left is a one-time “Face of Women’s MMA” Gina Carano, who was happily playing basketball until dragged to a Muay Thai class by her boyfriend....
Right to be forgotten – new step in personal data protection.
Hmm, where is this going? Very, very interesting development. A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called “right...
Critical Thinking and the Martial Artist
If someone tells you that martial arts training is about Truth, transcending or destroying one’s Ego, and perceiving Ultimate Reality, you should at first be a little suspicious. Not because those words can’t be...
Cheap Umbrella for Self Defence
I bought my first umbrella today. I finally need one in Montreal, where the rain consists of water coming down and not of a whimpy Okanagan drizzle or Vancouver soggy “not sure what”. It...
How to save lives with a purposeful conflict
The speaker talks about special “open conflict” classes for for kids and adults – perhaps martial arts training in schools should be compulsory?
Knowing Your Opponent’s Mind
(Disclaimer: Don’t try this at home!) “Soft skills” are a part of real Martial Arts too. You mean it’s not all about punchin-n-kickin, throwin-n-chokin, cuts-n-strikes? “Soft skills” don’t really apply to competition fighting (see...
Hip Show: MMA+Parkour+Gladiators
It’s all good and fun until someone breaks their neck falling off of one of those platforms. Not like regular MMA fighting, not like a free-for-all ghetto fight, and not like battlefield combat. So...
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