What martial art, or combat sport, is best for fighting? Do you have an answer to the eternal question: What is the best fighting art? Many, if not most, fighting arts are attempts at creating the universally best, the winningest, fighting skills. But yet so many fighting arts exist — if one is the best, […]
Self-Defense Tip 124 What Is the Best Fighting Art? Read More »
Fighting techniques in contact sports Good techniques cause you no discomfort. An example for strikes and kicks: Your technique is good if you can deliver knockout power without any discomfort on your part. Causing yourself discomfort when practicing and performing a technique is a sure way to an injury — it may take a while,
Self-Defense Tip 120 Fighting Techniques: How to Tell Good Ones from Bad Read More »
On a night burglary and on martial arts and combat sports vs. self-defense mind-set and thinking like a commander Quite a while ago, one of the Stadion Forum members wrote about his experience with night burglars that had him questioning his martial arts training (he practices Wu Shu). So, first I give you the essential
Self-Defense Tip 40 A Nightmare, or Why You Ought to Think Like a Commander Read More »
Question: I was reading your remarks on the knockdown karate and it’s effectiveness. Do you consider “Olympic” or WTF TaeKwonDo a form of knockdown Karate on par with Enshin, Kyokushin or San Da? I am not trying to start a controversy, I am only interested in your opinion. I have bought several of your videos
Self-Defense Tip 30 Effectiveness of Various Combat Sports and Martial Arts Read More »
Demonstrating fighting skills is not enough for teaching the right way to learn and practice them Most self-defense books and videos, and even many seminars and classes, demonstrate fighting techniques and tactics (set-ups) but not the methods or drills for learning them. Few people realize that repeating a technique many times is not always the
Self-Defense Tip 29 Learning Fighting Skills: Techniques, Tactics, and Drills Read More »
Why some fighters prefer defense and others counterattack or attack, and how to fit instruction and training to various personality types This self-defense tip deals with individualization of instruction. A competent instructor, preferable with university-level training in physical education and sports training, will make exercises “flow” during workouts, will know which games and drills are
Self-Defense Tip 23 Individualization of Self-Defense Instruction Read More »
Check workouts for safety, effective instruction, sound methods of developing fitness, a smooth flow of exercises, with each subsequent exercise building upon the previous one In this self-defense tip I continue the subject of selecting a gym or a martial arts school and instructor. The previous tip dealt mainly with the material factors that affect
Self-Defense Tip 22 Selecting a Gym or a Martial Arts School, Part II Read More »
Is the instructor competent, training area and its surface safe, showers clean, little children and grown-ups do not mix in one group? This tip will deal with selecting a gym or a martial arts school. The first concern is what precautions are made against injuries, whether sudden or gradual-onset. Ask the instructor if he or
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Can mental toughness training prevent a freeze response in a street fight? Mental toughness is more important in self-defense than in sports. The price of “freezing up” is much higher outside the competitive arena than inside it. Here are two questions from martial artists on mental toughness training and the answer from Dariusz Nowicki, author
Self-Defense Tip 19 Freezing Up When Physically Threatened Read More »
