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4 09, 2020

Myths and Misconceptions of Martial Arts: Size and strength are of no importance in martial arts or self-defense

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You may have heard it in passing. Maybe you’ve watched movies in which you see a tiny but skilled martial artist taking down a large man. You may have even had a martial artist tell [...]

27 06, 2020

Myths and Misconceptions: That technique is useless and would never work in a real situation

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I’m not going to lie, there’s some seriously stupid techniques in many, probably all, martial arts styles. My fellow martial artists and I have joked about techniques in our arts that we just can’t take [...]

26 05, 2020

Myths and Misconceptions: Breaking a Board is Just a Trick

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Everyone has seen boards being broken by martial artists. It’s in nearly every demo ever made in the history of martial arts. It’s a crowd pleaser and many Taekwondo and Karate styles make use of [...]