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Five Reasons Your Should Encourage Your Children to Take Martial Arts Classes
Every good parent wants to see their child grow, take on healthy habits, and find a level of self-respect that will help them succeed at higher and higher levels. For many parents, the only question is how this can actually be achieved. Here are five reasons you might want to consider martial arts as a [...]
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Three Ways Sparring Improves Your Confidence
In the martial arts, one of the most frequent ways to practice your technique is to introduce real-world fighting in a controlled situation: it’s called sparring. Maybe sparring isn’t always fought at the same intensity that a real-world situation might occur, but sparring is one of the most direct ways that you can simulate an [...]
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The Most Dangerous Opponent is NOT a Human Being – It is the Concrete Jungle
Contrary to popular belief, the most dangerous element in any street fight or self-defense situation is not going to be that of a human being. Instead, the most dangerous element in a realistic self-defense situation is going to be that of your environment. Take some time to imagine a movie fight scene with people flying [...]
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Should You Take Up Kickboxing?
When most people think about kickboxing, they don’t necessarily view it as a martial art, but virtually any type of active, physical fighting skills that are developed do indeed count as “martial arts.” So what exactly separates kickboxing from the other popular martial arts you’ve heard of, such as karate or kung fu? The more [...]
