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The Five Most Important Mental Aspects of Martial Arts
As many great fighters know, a hand-to-hand combat situation isn’t always about speed or strength. It’s about one’s own beliefs, courage, skills, and discipline. If you’re looking to succeed in any one of the martial arts, or even a more popular sport like mixed martial arts, you have to win the interior battle before you [...]
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What Strategies Do Each of the Martial Arts Employ?
Many people who are interested in the martial arts often find themselves asking what kind of martial artist they would like to be. Do they enjoy striking, such as punching or kicking, or are they more of a grappler? Do they want to incorporate both in the form of Mixed Martial Arts, or do they [...]
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Understanding Confidence, Not Cockiness
In the world of martial arts, as with many other pursuits that involve a skill, people want to know the “tricks” right away. They want to know how to punch, how to block, and how to put their fist through a plate of wood. This is similar to an investor who’s just starting out and [...]
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Five Facts About Martial Arts You Didn’t Know
We’ve come to associate the phrase “martial arts” with a certain type of fighting – usually the styles that originated in the Far East. But when it comes to this unique field of study, we might not know as much as we think we know. The popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) today has brought [...]
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How to Fix a Potential Fight Before It Happens
There’s a general principle that seems to stand the test of time, and it goes like this: prevention is better than repair. Many of the disciplines within martial arts take on this attitude – in order to cultivate a true method of self-defense, the wise person lives a peaceful life of confidence and calmness. But [...]
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How to Read a Potential Combat Situation
Learning the martial arts doesn’t only teach you how to better understand your own body, it helps you to understand both your environment and your situation. A good martial artist is always keen on the situation he’s in, and being able to read things like body language and the lay of the land will help [...]
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What Does “From Within” Mean in Martial Arts?
For the beginning martial arts student, many of the concepts related to martial arts seem difficult to grasp. The value of self-discipline and self-confidence seem vague and unimpressive; if they were so great, couldn’t they be taught, like a technique? What’s more, one answer that seems to keep coming is that these are the types [...]
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What is the Point of Breaking Boards in Martial Arts?
If you’ve ever seen a martial arts competition or testing event on television, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a martial artist try to drive a fist or a foot through some ice, wood, or even concrete. This is one of the hallmarks of martial arts training and one of the most recognizable ways to [...]
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How to Fix Your Martial Arts Woes – And Where!
You’ve heard it said before. “If you want to learn to speak German, there’s no better place to be on the Earth than Germany.” Why do so many people say this? Because it’s true! If you want to get fully immersed in a new skill, it’s often simple smarts that tell you that you should [...]
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How to Survive: A Portrait of a Modern Martial Artist
The term “martial arts” generally refer to the study of war. But for many people, the martial arts mean more than simply fighting. Martial arts, to them, mean “the art of survival.” One way to learn how to survive is to learn how to defend yourself. But many martial arts were developed back when conventional [...]
