Martial Monday
Our latest edition of Martial Monday is from the History Channel's series Human Weapon. This edition focuses on the principles and practices of escrima. The best thing about this history channel series is its attention to science and detail as each technique is broken down step by step and moment to moment. Escrima is a wonderful art whose princliples allow the individual to channel it's technique to any weapon in hand. Sit back and enjoy the science of this art!!
Martial Monday
Our latest edition of Martial Monday is a showcase of arguably the best Krav Maga practitioner in the world. Krav Maga, a style which has techniques borrowed from other styles, prides itself on the ability to dispose of a threat as quickly and efficiently as possible. See if you can identify these borrowed techniques and guess where they came from.
Motivational Monday
Our latest edition of my Motivational Monday blog finds us with a video entitled 'Lost....but Won'. Here motivational speeches are edited together with clips from Cinderella Man, Beautiful Mind, Million Dollar Baby and one of my favortie bodybuilders and Brooklyn native Kai Greene. Sit back, listen to the words and let the images move you through this week. Never Give Up!!
Legacies
Greetings all, this is my first blog for Legacies, a project that I am currently working on written by Meron Langsner. Legacies is a play about the tradition of martial arts, the predjudices associated with it and a family's ability to heal and forgive. Though still a work in progress and originally a staged reading, excerpts from the play will be staged at this years' one act festival at Brooklyn College on May 8th, 9th and 11th. Katherine DeCoux is directing, while I will b
Martial and Motivational Monday
Today's Martial and Motivational Monday video is from my idol and inspiration to become a stage combatant, actor and martial artist, Bruce Lee. Here we have some clips from Bruce Lee showcasing his ability and craft at the infamous Longbeach International Karate Championship in California in 1967. Edited on top is an interview with Bruce where many of his famous motivational sayings have been taken from. Watch the magic and allow Bruce's words to speak through you. If that do
Martial Monday
This latest edition of Martial Monday focuses on the art of pressure point fighting. This video showcases the basic pressure points of the arm with potential applications when dealing with an attacking assailant. Very similar to the Torite Jujitsu system that I study, this pressure point system revolves around the un-working and reversal of the Chinese accupuncture system or the 'Constructive' and 'Regulatory' cycles. Scott Rogers has a whole series of these videos addressing
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