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
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Episode 07 – The Karate-Kung Fu Connection
Get ready to listen to us eat pizza and talk martial arts on this edition of The Martial Arts Podcast. Listen now! This podcast features the Karate-Kung Fu Connection of Eddy Parker and Michael Brand. Sifu Eddy Parker and Couri Fu represent SOCA (School of Combative Arts) in Peoria, Ill., plus Sensei Michael Brand from Brand’s Martial Arts in… Continue reading Episode 07 – The Karate-Kung Fu Connection
Episode 04 – Joe Walker
Listen now! Mr. Joe Walker is a multiple-time world champion martial artist with more than 54 years of experience. In this podcast, we talk about his start in judo, why judo teachers had more students than karate teachers in the early 1960s and how karate took over, his experience training with Grandmaster Robert Trias, how… Continue reading Episode 04 – Joe Walker
3 Reasons Why You Should Learn More Than One Martial Art
Any martial artist should have experience in more than one style. Last week, I attended a combat hapkido seminar led by Mr. Donald Moore. I have no formal training in combat hapkido, so I was apprehensive about making the hour-and-45-minute trip to Moline. However, as I found out during the course of the four-hour seminar,… Continue reading 3 Reasons Why You Should Learn More Than One Martial Art
Taekwondo Grappling Techniques: An Eye-Opening Read
Over the past couple months, and for the past several summers, I have been working with my karate instructor either individually or in small groups to decode some of our karate forms in order to find their hidden applications. Our katas, he says, are our libraries of knowledge. Only recently has it dawned on me… Continue reading Taekwondo Grappling Techniques: An Eye-Opening Read