I’ve had torn and pulled muscles. Strains and sprains. Bumps and bruises all over my body. Scrapes and cuts. Tore up my shoulders. Slipped vertebrae in my back and neck. Tilted and twisted pelvis. Concussions. [...]
Who needs martial arts and physical self-defense? We have firearms, wars are fought from afar, and this is the safest time in history to be alive. Therefore, there’s no reason to train martial arts anymore, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
