Being in Flow
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water." Bruce Lee "Life is a series of natural and...
Common Sense Filters and Critical Thinking in Martial Arts
Life constantly provides us with information. As a premise, this seems irrefutable and logical. For example, if we study a subject, we...
Are you listening to your body?
Ensuring longevity in the traditional martial arts The BBC recently posted an article on their news pages concerning the prevalence of...
Introducing The Martial Arts Training Matrix! A Cure for the “What ifs…?”
Traditional views of the martial arts would have us believe that what the Master says, the student does. Unquestioning and conforming to...
Student Development? What is the "BEST" approach?
“You only had one job!” “Yeah I did...but which one was it...Instructor? Teacher? Coach? Mentor?” In many cases the four titles of...
Should I Stay, Or Should I Go Now? Is A Comfort Zone Such A Bad Thing?
“Comfort Zone” is a greatly overused and cliched phrase, coined by psychologists in the 1980’s. From its inception, it was grabbed up and...
The Value of Sparring Systems In Taekwon-do
#renegademartialarts #taekwondo #martialarts #martialartist #palmamartialarts Within traditional martial technique application and...
Improving your Defensive Game: Understanding head slots (aka frames)
Combat Sports are games of attack and defense.....
Are you not entertained? Retaining customers in the fitness industry...
The fitness business is a big one. Big commercial investments, big commercial returns. The “2018 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report”...
Holistic Taekwon-do - What is the composition of “real” Taekwon-do
Social media boards and online forums are seemingly full of contentious discussions concerning the identity of “real” Taekwon-do. There’s...
