You might as well change my middle name to “Honky Tonk” because I did some honky tonkin’ this week while I spent a few days in Nashville for a marketing seminar. I know, I know… I’m shocked, too. My cousin lives there, and she took me to some fun places to eat delicious Southern food… Continue reading Road Rage, Hand Postures, Dead Karate and More: This Week in Martial Arts
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Episode 08 – Jim Price: Karate Is My Way of Life
“Karate is a way of life, and it has been for me,” says Jim Price. “It’ll always be that way until the day I die.” Mr. Jim Price is a black belt instructor with more than 40 years of experience in the martial arts, having trained since he was 20. He teaches Mr. Matthew Schell, who… Continue reading Episode 08 – Jim Price: Karate Is My Way of Life
Karate in the Olympics, How to Defend Against a Chainsaw and More: This Week in Martial Arts
It’s fun producing a podcast, but it’s hard to squeeze all the great martial arts content I see on there. That’s why I’m introducing my new feature, This Week in Martial Arts. In case you missed them, here are a few cool – and fun! – martial arts videos and articles I found this week.… Continue reading Karate in the Olympics, How to Defend Against a Chainsaw and More: This Week in Martial Arts
There Needs To Be a “Tai Chi Chin Na” for Each Karate Form
Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming’s Tai Chi Chin Na Revised: The Seizing Art of Tai Chi Chuan is exactly the type of book that Okinawan karate needs for its forms. Over the past several years, I have been working with my karate instructor to develop extensions on the basic applications of each of the forms in my… Continue reading There Needs To Be a “Tai Chi Chin Na” for Each Karate Form
What It’s Like To Practice a Form Every Day For a Year
Most martial arts feature forms. Kata. Poomsae. Patterns. View image | gettyimages.com Whatever you want to call them, these prearranged series of movements exist to serve as libraries for self-defense from which we can draw. As a way to get myself ready for my next promotion in karate, and to continue developing in tai chi… Continue reading What It’s Like To Practice a Form Every Day For a Year