What makes a martial art effective. This is from Scott Sonnen a Sambo practitioner. • Sustainability: In order for a training method to be useful, it must be non-destructive to the practitioner. If you cannot sustain the ability to practice it because it destroys your body, it will not be of any use when you […]
The oldest Mixed Martial Art system
This martial encompasses stand up techniques as well as a good ground game. Also addressing the transitions between the 2 ranges with very solid practical applications. Pankration dates back further than most martial arts. There are few older, but they don’t have anywhere close to reality-based techniques required for self-defense. Depending on the reference Pankration […]
The watering down of all martial arts
I love America and the free market for sure the issue at hand of course is that a lot of cutting corners happen in the pursuit of the almighty dollar.It affects all areas of industry. Everything from the food we eat to the water we drink. America has created some of the most unique inventions […]
How the belt system came to be
There are a lot of myths about the belt ranking system. The most common being is you wear your white belt until it turned black and that is how you obtain a black belt. Jigoro Kano can be credited with bringing the belt system into modern day martial arts. He is accredited with bringing not […]
which way is correct
There are many healthy ways to eat for optimum performance. Many will argue on their way being the only way. There are just to many success stories from each diverse way of eating. So for me to tout any certain method as the right way would be foolish. Keto, Atkins, Vegetarian, Vegan, The Gracie diet, […]
the evil leg
Don’t let these warm days make you sit at home. Get to the gym. Getting a good group of people together who show up and have their skills improve. Even if you never want to compete there are upcoming opportunities to get on the comp team. It will sharpen your skill sets 10 fold. below […]
Eat clean
There is a great plan that is based on earth foods and proper combinations on www.americanfistlaw.com