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10 Questions With Brad Nordquist (by Darrick Patrick)

Brad "The Carbomb" Nordquist is a professional mixed martial artist who has competed in various organizations such as King Of The Cage, Desert Extreme, Gladiator Challenge, and Alaska Fighting Championship.

Darrick: What path led you to fighting professionally in mixed martial arts?

Brad: I got into a lot of trouble street fighting.  This is safer too.

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I am in the Naval Jr. Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC), and for this program I have signed up  for a four day period of Basic Leadership Training (BLT)  also known as mini boot camp.This will be at Newport RI This will last from Thursday till Sunday, I will be having a graduation ceremony around noon. Then I'm going to a friends house, so I won't be on the site until monday. I have been going to the gym at least once a week every Saturday or Sunday since December, I've gone... Read More

I continue to see "sport karate" and "self-defence karate" as 2 separate things. You can do them both, and they can look similar, but one is a very much pared back version of the other. It's like comparing classical music with pop.

Sport karate is like a demonstration one might prepare for an expo or festival - quite artificial and in many respects largely irrelevant to training for self-defence/combat. But does this mean it is worthless? Absolutely not.

Firstly the sport aspect i... Read More

    I have read sme of the blogs by ICC Kiser and been thinking about them. His ideas for having "laws of combat" and "paradigms" of a real fight are very useful and prompted me to write down my own thoughts. Whereas Kiser enjoys adressing the more technical concepts of sef defense, I wanted to focus on simplicity. It important to note that I AM NOT A STREET FIGHTER AND CLAIM NO EXPERTISE, but I have experienced violence and self defense. I welcome your comments and feedback. I... Read More

Introduction

In recent years various prominent martial arts researchers have postulated that goju-ryu kata fall into 2 groups that come from different sources:

The first is “cluster H”, being kata that were taught to Chojun Miyagi by Kanryo Higaonna and consisting of:

sanseru
sesan
suparinpei
sanchin (Higaonna style)

The second is “cluster M”, being kata that Chojun Miyagi acquired, or developed from material acquired, from a different source and cons... Read More

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