I am a sales clerk at a local mall. Even though I go home at 10 pm, which is still quite early, I must be able to protect myself at any time. I looked for a total protection pepper spray on the internet and came upon the Pepper Shot Tri-Pack.
My parent’s summer residence in sun-soaked Florida is an eagerly anticipated family destination every year. This time, I was concerned for Sadie who was old enough at 3 to meander to the pool area on her own.
Boddhidharma brought Kung Fu to the Shaolin Temple some 2500 years ago, and the world has been learning ever since. A hundred generations of religious fanatics perfecting themselves through fantastic, rigorous exercises. Interestingly, the five animals of Kung fu stand for a series of steps in the progression of fighting tactics and strategy.
I’m going to tie some different things together here, but it’s the straight goods. Follow what I say, work your way through it, and you’ll be able to fix your body using the martial arts, and this means virtually any art. Karate, Tai Chi Chuan, taekwondo, aikido, Hapkido, any art, and I recommend looking into a discipline such as Yoga.
This is one of those stories that really should be passed around. Wing Chun Kung Fu, one of the best of the old gung fu systems, was created by a (sniff) little girl! And, if that isn’t bad enough, the Sticky Hands drill, after several hundred years, still represents high tech state of the Martial Arts!
There is a lot of false information out there about knife fighting. Most of this can be figured out with a little smarts. Some of the stuff is going to take a bit of learning in a martial arts system that utilizes real life knife self defense techniques.
You don’t need such arts as Karate, Taekwondo or Aikido if you need a good gun defense. Though, to be sure, grin, it would help. That said, let me tell you an interesting tale of a friend of mine in Mexico City.
I have said that the Eight Catchers are the epitome of the Martial Arts. And, I have said that you should study extensive fighting disciplines, Karate, Tai Chi Chuan, Shaolin, whatever, before you begin your minimum of two years of practice on solely the Catchers. That said, here is a description of the Sword Catcher, which is an Aikido based technique, and images of it can be found in Monster Martial Arts newsletter X-5.
Death to the US marines, hmm? Sounds like some pretty grim stuff. Still, we have to peruse some unpleasant hijinks before we get to the killer Kung Fu Toys.
Today many different methods of combat instruction are practiced all over the globe, many far beyond the borders of the communities in which it originated. These generally either lean towards approaches that are internally based and soft, or the external and hard forms. Following below are some major differences between internal and external martial arts techniques and fighting styles.
