Like many of the previous myths and misconceptions, this myth depends on the context in which it’s stated. Does your fitness level determine whether or not you can learn self-defense? Absolutely not. Does a low [...]
This myth is false in nearly all scenarios. I will address the one scenario where this can be true later on in this blog. This myth is false due to one important statement on how [...]
Talk to most any ex-martial artist about martial arts and the conversation will undoubtedly go to the subject of, “we trained so much better back in the day…the training just isn’t the same today, everyone [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Much like my last Myth (registering hands as lethal weapons), this myth doesn’t seem to want to go away in spite of zero proof whatsoever, and seems to thrive due to an unfortunate knowledge base [...]
