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Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 16:20 in articles, ground game, self defence personal protection, stand-up
**This is a guest post by Matthew Apsokardu. A student of Okinawa kenpo Karate and Kobudo for over 13 years, Matthew has become best well known for his writings at Ikigai | Blogging the Martial Way** The dojo is a wonderful place isn’t it? Brigh...
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Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 09:11 in brazilian jiu jitsu, closed guard, ground game, half guard, karate, stand-up
The Arm Drag is a ridiculously simple move, so simple that I don't even like thinking of it as a technique in itself! To perform it, you just need to grab, pull and guide your opponent's leading/attacking arm (yes, with more finesse than I've describ...
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Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 08:52 in articles, karate, stand-up
The Ki/Chi debate is all over online messages boards. Personally, I've never bothered to comment on any but I do very much enjoy reading the arguments from both parties (believers and non-believers). The debates do tend to get unnecessarily heated ...
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Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 07:01 in articles, boxing, brazilian jiu jitsu, ground game, karate, mma, stand-up
One of the earliest posts I wrote on this blog was The Triangle Hypothesis, which talked about three facets key to improving as a martial artist or fighter. For those of you who've read it, you may remember that I chose to add 'C' to the 'triangle' t...
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Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 14:14 in brazilian jiu jitsu, cranks and chokes, ground game
Also referred to in BJJ as the "Mata Leao" The RNC is a peculiarly named but highly effective submission. To understand its somewhat dubious-sounding title, we have to go back to its usage in classical ju-jitsu and/or judo where the techn...
Nice blog, even better if it was content I was interested in. Pretty basic design, doesn't really appeal to me. You might consider making your page a little more lively. Right now it's just words on a page. You want to draw your readers in and keep their attention. Also on the right had side bar, there are 3 lines, that seem out of place. They look like unused items. Might want to clean that up a bit too.
Keep up the good work
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