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Transform and Change a Life by Jeremy M. Talbott Many years ago there was a kid who, for the most part, wasn’t on the right track to a good future. In fact an incident happened where he beat another kid so severely that he left him for dead. What saved this troubled child from being a statistic in our prison system, was one man who pleaded his case and took responsibility of him.&nbs... Read More
I have often been asked: "What is the correct alignment of your forearm to your fist in a standard punch?" Given that in karate and most Eastern martial arts (excluding arts such as Wing Chun) the standard punch strikes with the 2 big knuckles, you could be forgiven for thinking that the top of the forearm should align (be flush) with those 2 knuckles. Makes sense doesn't it? But actually this is not the case. Indeed, if you make a fist and then hold your forearm vertically, side on (s... Read More
I've run a blog for over 2 years now, so I don't really want to duplicate efforts here as that one is established. Lately I've been busy there, with posts about Cacoy Canete's recent seminar, a link to the trailer for the new Tony Jaa film, and morem, which you can read there. Tonight I got an email from Anthony de Longis, Hollywood weapons master (the swordsman in Jet Li's "Fearless", taught whip on "Batman Returns", "The Rundown", "The Legend of Zorro"). He'... Read More
Introduction
The concept of 2-person forms as an adjunct to training is not new: in China many schools develop such forms as an additional means of practising their techniques in a contextual environment and packaging their knowledge . In China these types of forms or drills are known as " dui da quan". This tradition is, by contrast, not well established in karate. In order to find 2-person forms in Japan you have to delve further afield into arts such as Doshin So’s Shoriji Kempo o... Read More
Cross referring the internal arts and goju has helped me discern not only a possible historical and technical relationship, but more importantly it has helped me understand the function of "formal" training, such as kata. I think that seeing how someone else does the same thing can give you a great deal of insight into what it is you are doing and why. Ultimately we all want to effect a natural, "no-nonsense" technique. However it seems to me that many “modern” stylists have thrown th... Read More
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