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  1. Sun 07/25/10 Grandmaster Wang Xian, San Ti Shi
  2. Sun 07/25/10 Fumigomi practice
  3. Sun 07/25/10 No reprieve
  4. Sun 07/25/10 The Seven Tenets of Budo
  5. Sun 07/25/10 A Bronx Tale…Of Street Self Defense
  6. Sun 07/18/10 Understanding Karate Jargon
  7. Sun 07/18/10 Progressive Relaxation Training for Martial Arts
  8. Sun 07/18/10 Why Self Defense Works!
  9. Sun 07/18/10 The Controversy Continues: Chris Dow Weighs In
  10. Sun 07/18/10 Like Fighting at Night
  11. Sun 07/11/10 On Being Ready for Combat
  12. Sun 07/11/10 Kyuzo Mifune: God of Judo
  13. Sun 07/11/10 Shihonage
  14. Sun 07/11/10 Okinawa, Ikigai, and the Secrets to Longevity
  15. Sun 07/11/10 Martial arts and their misinterpretation
  16. Sun 07/04/10 age, rank, martial arts and respect
  17. Sun 07/04/10 CONDITIONING SPOTLIGHT: CAVEMAN TRAINING
  18. Sun 07/04/10 Martial arts in every day life
  19. Sun 07/04/10 Bring Your Deepest Concerns
  20. Sun 07/04/10 The Super Six!
  21. Sun 06/27/10 How to use Martial Arts for fitness
  22. Sun 06/27/10 Martial Fitness: Are Wii Fit?
  23. Sun 06/27/10 The Importance of Self-Belief in the Martial Arts (or Anything!)
  24. Sun 06/27/10 Owaza Jupon, Kondo style
  25. Sun 06/27/10 Review: "Chinese Medical Qigong"
  26. Sun 06/20/10 Symposium on Teaching Children
  27. Sun 06/20/10 Why do we......need to breathe in martial arts?
  28. Sun 06/20/10 Contact Improvisation
  29. Sun 06/20/10 Deashi down, okuri up
  30. Sun 06/20/10 Bo Sparring Tip – How to Use Variable Acceleration
  31. Sun 06/13/10 Basics are Hard
  32. Sun 06/13/10 What's to Gain from Pain?
  33. Sun 06/13/10 The Power of Breathing
  34. Sun 06/13/10 Flight Attendants Learn Karate! Fight Back
  35. Sun 06/13/10 Core throws of Judo
  36. Mon 06/07/10 New instructional video: The leg kick
  37. Sun 06/06/10 The first and second rules of judo
  38. Sun 06/06/10 Girls Elbow – Kick Attackers; Get Away!
  39. Sun 06/06/10 Continuum of Force and other fun stuff…
  40. Sun 06/06/10 Exploring the Value of Naihanchi Kata…and Putting It Into Action
  41. Sun 05/30/10 Testing and Test Fees
  42. Sun 05/30/10 If You’re Comfortable, You’re Not Learning
  43. Sun 05/30/10 From drill to martial skill
  44. Sun 05/30/10 Martial Arts Belt Rankings; Are They Worth Anything Today ?
  45. Sun 05/30/10 Exploring the Value of Naihanchi Kata…and Putting It Into Action
  46. Sun 05/23/10 Martial Arts Addiction
  47. Sun 05/23/10 Let the body learn
  48. Sun 05/23/10 Look Mean; Avoid Fights?
  49. Sun 05/23/10 Interview With A Zen Master
  50. Sun 05/23/10 Gojushiho Kata Step-Toss Bunkai
  51. Sun 05/16/10 Don’t Drop Your Guard when Striking!
  52. Sun 05/16/10 Sensei’s Secret Techniqe
  53. Sun 05/16/10 learn something new every day
  54. Sun 05/16/10 My judo kids warm-up with locomotion
  55. Sun 05/16/10 Layers of Bunkai (with Pinan Shodan Example)
  56. Sun 05/09/10 That's why we practice aikido!
  57. Sun 05/09/10 Learn Mixed Martial Arts
  58. Sun 05/09/10 Martial Arts For Real
  59. Sun 05/09/10 Funny Karate Weapon; A Magazine
  60. Sun 05/09/10 Fighting with Tonfa – Techniques and Handling Methods
  61. Sun 05/02/10 Do Karate and Grappling Mix?
  62. Sun 05/02/10 All Teaching is Temporary
  63. Sun 05/02/10 Shoulder Ram for Martial Artists
  64. Sun 05/02/10 Paradoxes in aiki; to attack or not?
  65. Sun 05/02/10 Moments to Strike: How Does Your Style Say It?
  66. Sun 04/25/10 Thinking By Year, Training By Day
  67. Sun 04/25/10 Why Do We Fear Knives?
  68. Sun 04/25/10 Clinch Fighting For Self Defense
  69. Sun 04/25/10 Martial arts and their misinterpretation
  70. Sun 04/25/10 "On Guard" Stance: Raise Hands vs. San Ti
  71. Mon 04/19/10 Recommended Read: Pummelling as a form of judo dance
  72. Mon 04/19/10 On Being Ready for Combat
  73. Mon 04/19/10 Adventure and risk
  74. Mon 04/19/10 Why only 10 ura waza?
  75. Mon 04/19/10 Bring Your Deepest Concerns
  76. Sun 04/11/10 me centerdness
  77. Sun 04/11/10 Complexity X Efficiency
  78. Sun 04/11/10 Kung Fu Grappling and Submission Techniques
  79. Sun 04/11/10 Speedy Senses
  80. Sun 04/11/10 The Karate Tournament Match; Make Your Strategy Work !
  81. Sun 04/04/10 Fancy Kicks
  82. Sun 04/04/10 Pinan katas and Itosu's legacy to karate
  83. Sun 04/04/10 All Teaching is Temporary
  84. Sun 04/04/10 Why 17 fundamental techniques?
  85. Sun 04/04/10 Gojushiho Kata Step-Toss Bunkai
  86. Sun 03/28/10 Sword Play
  87. Sun 03/28/10 On Being Ready for Combat
  88. Sun 03/28/10 Techniques and principles
  89. Sun 03/28/10 Dan-gun: Stepping Aside for an Oncoming Attack
  90. Sun 03/28/10 Kata Ichi Go
  91. Sun 03/21/10 Speed Training
  92. Sun 03/21/10 All Teaching is Temporary
  93. Sun 03/21/10 What is Classical Judo?
  94. Sun 03/21/10 Martial and Dance Arts Flexibility, Agility, and Coordination
  95. Sun 03/21/10 Eku Bo Fighting Theory and Application
  96. Mon 03/15/10 Exploring "Shen Fa"; Body Method
  97. Mon 03/15/10 What is Yin Style Baguazhang
  98. Mon 03/15/10 A Closer Look at the Budo Charter Pt. I
  99. Mon 03/15/10 How to choose a martial art
  100. Mon 03/15/10 Even Funakoshi Got Caught Off Guard
  101. Sun 03/07/10 The KARATE Ground and Pound!
  102. Sun 03/07/10 How mixed level practice can work in judo
  103. Sun 03/07/10 Zen Meditation for Beginners
  104. Sun 03/07/10 recognizing fraud in the martial arts
  105. Sun 03/07/10 Aikido is unrealistic
  106. Sun 02/28/10 Xingyi And The Myth of The Defensive Martial Art
  107. Sun 02/28/10 Eku Bo Fighting Theory and Application
  108. Sun 02/28/10 What is an Evolving Martial Artist?
  109. Sun 02/28/10 Chen Practical Method – No Weight Shifting, Only Turning
  110. Sun 02/28/10 Show your opponent some love!!!
  111. Sun 02/21/10 Bad guys don't hit back
  112. Sun 02/21/10 Driving from the feet
  113. Sun 02/21/10 Calligraphy and Sumi-e: Art, Discipline and the Samurai
  114. Sun 02/21/10 Posture facilitates relaxation
  115. Sun 02/21/10 The Perpetual Need For Self Defense
  116. Sun 02/14/10 Perspective
  117. Sun 02/14/10 Karate Is Like Fishing...Or Not
  118. Sun 02/14/10 The offensive spirit
  119. Sun 02/14/10 How to fight with martial arts!
  120. Sun 02/14/10 How to Counter Joint Locks, Arm Bars, and Body Controls
  121. Tue 02/09/10 Book Review: "Bagua Linked Palms"
  122. Tue 02/09/10 Self Defence Tactics – Taking the Back
  123. Tue 02/09/10 Martial arts and their misinterpretation
  124. Tue 02/09/10 Awareness in modern life
  125. Tue 02/09/10 Name that atemi!
  126. Sun 01/31/10 Kashiwazaki Ne Waza
  127. Sun 01/31/10 Why Tai Chi...Why Now?
  128. Sun 01/31/10 JF allows two athletes per weight/nation in all World Championships
  129. Sun 01/31/10 Kenpo History and Discussion
  130. Sun 01/31/10 Okinawa, Ikigai, and the Secrets to Longevity
  131. Sun 01/24/10 Unlucky ukemi video
  132. Sun 01/24/10 Bad Behaviour in Combat Sports
  133. Sun 01/24/10 How to Fight with Martial Arts!
  134. Sun 01/24/10 Fundamentals: Structure!
  135. Sun 01/24/10 Bring Your Deepest Concerns
  136. Tue 01/19/10 Precision is a fool's errand anyway
  137. Tue 01/19/10 What’s the Big Idea?
  138. Tue 01/19/10 Nerve Motor Points vs. Nerve Pressure Points
  139. Tue 01/19/10 Know your pre-attack indicators
  140. Tue 01/19/10 Could MMA Be Saving Karate?
  141. Mon 01/11/10 Ten No Kata
  142. Mon 01/11/10 Another Boring Example of Nonviolent Self-Defense
  143. Mon 01/11/10 How to Train in a Martial Art When You Already Have Experience in Another Style
  144. Mon 01/11/10 Speed Training
  145. Mon 01/11/10 Could MMA Be Saving Karate?
  146. Wed 01/06/10 Training Ahead of Rank
  147. Wed 01/06/10 Interactions: shikaku and relaxation
  148. Wed 01/06/10 Martial and Dance Arts Flexibility, Agility, and Coordination
  149. Wed 01/06/10 The Adaptable Art
  150. Wed 01/06/10 Speedy Senses


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