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What Makes Karate Karate?
Many of us have heard of martial arts films. We’ve seen them, we’ve heard of fighting styles like karate, kung fu, and tae kwon do. However, if we were ever asked to differentiate between the styles, how many of us in the west would really know how? We throw out the term [...]
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Why It’s Important to have a Personal Code
In martial arts, one of the thing many students appreciate is the self-discipline that comes from trying to improve yourself. Many disciplines of martial arts work to instill this kind of self-respect in its students. But why is that so important, and why is having a personal “code” so great? After all, [...]
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Three Tips for Better Self-Discipline
One of the primary reasons people take up martial arts is because of the promise of more self-discipline. Usually, it takes a little bit of discipline simply to make this decision and follow-through, but taking a class usually isn’t enough for you to gain the self-discipline you seek. Instead, you have to realize [...]
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How to Increase Your Self-Discipline Through Martial Arts
One of the primary reasons many people take martial arts isn’t necessarily for the self-confidence, but for that other hyphenated phrase, self-discipline. Self-discipline is one of the foundations for success: the ability to get yourself to do something you don’t necessarily want to do because of the desire for comfort can be very [...]
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How to Defend Yourself from a Grab
There are a variety of reasons to take a martial arts class – but one of the most frequent is to learn the art of self-defense. Even with all of the self-discipline you learn, being able to defend yourself can build up a great deal of self-confidence that doesn’t come through reading about martial [...]
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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 [...]
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The Karate Primer: Understanding the Goals of Karate
If you’ve ever seen a movie fight sequence, there’s a good chance you already know what the public perception of “karate” looks like. A hand chop here, a punch and block there; essentially, it looks like choreographed dancing. But in reality, Karate is more than fighting well enough that you look good; it’s about [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Finding the Right Martial Arts Discipline For You
So you want to take up a martial art. Great! You’re already on the road that can promote greater self-confidence, physical fitness, and discipline. But there’s just one thing: which type of martial art do you want to take up? If you’re interested in breaking boards, an art like Tae [...]