A while ago we were taking a break for lunch at a Martial Arts seminar I was teaching for a group of Taekwondo black belt holders. I ended up sitting with a couple of Martial Arts masters and we started chatting while refueling for the next session. One of the Masters was looking around our...
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An Extraordinary Martial Artist
What do you wake up in the morning thinking about? What were you thinking about this morning? So often the day starts with what seems like a thousand things on the “To Do” list for so many of us that it sometimes seems like a mountain too high to climb. Well today was a little...
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The Power of the Stomp in WTF Poomsae
Got my WTF Poomsae Referee (IR) hat on today. Had some questions at the recent Poomsae judge seminar about the “stomp” in Poomsae, so here goes. The last WTF rules release update is from January 2014, so I’m referring to these rules and their interpretations as I chat in this article. And for now …...
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Child Fitness Lost in Day To Do Children’s Play
Having been teaching Martial Arts now since 1989, and teaching children since 1979, I cannot help but notice how soft children have become. Now I’m not having a right go at everyone’s child, it’s no direct sledge, just a real observation that children really do need to be stronger. Child Development experts are so concerned...
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