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Crossing The Pond – Martial Expo 2010 Review
The inaugural Crossing The Pond Martial Expo was held last weekend in West Seattle. This seminar brought together five six well-known and highly skilled instructors of martial arts and self-defense...
View ArticleBeyond Martial Arts: 3 Essential Steps Towards Personal Security
by guest author Lucas Gregson Most adults feel incredibly capable of functioning in their day to day activities. They have bought insurance, put locks on their doors and generally adhere to the...
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Wang Zongyue’s Taiji Boxing Trademark
All characters and events in this post–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. The following page contains coarse language and reasoning and due to its content, it should not be read by...
View ArticleWhy Are White Belt Fighters So Dangerous?
Many experienced martial artists believe that, of all the different categories of training partners, absolute beginners are the most dangerous. To outsiders, this sounds like a paradox. Shouldn’t those...
View ArticleThree Questions About Submission Grappling
If you knew someone was trying to kill you in a fight, at what point would you give in, and allow them to succeed? If you wanted a competitor to submit to your authority, would killing them instead...
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How to Win at Kickboxing (The Wrong Way)
By Tim Ferriss, no-holds-barred cage fighter, kick-boxer-pusher, and the author of the bestselling book The 4-Hour Workweek… In 1999, sometime after quitting my second unfulfilling job and eating...
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The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers: Martial Arts Study Guide
This article is intended as a companion piece to The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers series. It will provide additional information on the martial arts themes that frequently appear in The LXD. What...
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Seattle MMA “Superhero” Fights Street Crime
First reported by KOMO News: Phoenix Jones is a superhero. He has a day job but wears a costume underneath his street clothes in case he encounters crime. He carries a “net gun” and has a sidekick...
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A Letter to Zangief Kid, the Bully Crusher
Hey, Zangief Kid. Millions of people are talking about you these days. They are talking about that final bullying event, captured on video two weeks ago, that made you Internet famous. Reporters,...
View ArticleAre Action Movies Ruining Martial Arts?
In New York Magazine, Kyle Buchanan laments the decline of the modern action movie: …Actors often brag about how much Krav Maga or karate or capoeira they had to learn for their roles, but to judge...
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Charles Manson and the Many Faces of Tai Chi
Writer and Tai Chi expert Scott Meredith recently made this keen observation about Tai Chi marketing: This graphic shows the unconscious cultural bias that affects internal training. What do all these...
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Crossing The Pond – Martial Expo 2010 Review
The inaugural Crossing The Pond Martial Expo was held last weekend in West Seattle. This seminar brought together six well-known and highly skilled instructors of martial arts and self-defense from...
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