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What is Fear?
Fear as described in the dictionary is: An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat, but what does it actually do when we feel it? The brain structure that is the center of...
The differences between Judo and Tai Chi What is Judo? ‘
The differences between Judo and Tai Chi What is Judo? ‘A sport of unarmed combat derived from jujitsu and intended to train the body and mind. It involves using holds and leverage to unbalance the opponent.’ The word Judo means ‘the gentle way.’...
Soft and Hard Martial Arts – Aikido vs Kendo
REPORT 3 – SOFT AND HARD MARTIAL ARTS Aikido and Kendo Part 3 of my project is looking at Aikido and Kendo. Both of these are Martial Arts that I had heard of, but really had no knowledge of. It has been a tough report to finish – there is just...
Children’s Exercise
Karate Black Belt Grading Essay. by Oliver Andrews It’s important for children and Teenagers to exercise because otherwise the world would be overly obese and that would be bad, because the people who are obese would consume a lot more food and the...
Competition update – Italy Day 3
Day 3 – Italy Competition Another long day, we all made it for breakfast at 7:00 and I’ve just back to my room at 22:26. But must say it’s been a great day for all of the squad. Another good day of high standard competition and of...
Competition update – Italy Day 2
End of Day 2 and just got back to our hotel after dinner, it’s now 21:22 and we started training at 9:00 this morning with Ed and Jess wanting to work through their top two katas for about 90 minutes. We started training outside the local indoor...
Competition update – Italy Day 1
End of the first full day in Caorle in Italy for the Cadets and Junior's World Karate Championships. Fair to say that the five of us are a little tired. As a recap to yesterday, we arrived in the resort at around 12:30, quick lunch and then...
Coaching Communication
Coaching Communication Following on from methods of communication we use for learning martial arts, the next area of my research project involves communication used by martial arts teachers to coach – b) As a martial arts teacher, what methods of...
Sometimes things go really well and sometimes they don’t…
Question A: The first question I will answer is: When we practise a martial art, sometimes things go really well and sometimes they don’t go well at all. How do you encourage someone when things aren’t going so well? First of all I will explain how...
SOFT AND HARD MARTIAL ARTS – Judo and Taekwondo
REPORT 2 – SOFT AND HARD MARTIAL ARTS Judo and Taekwondo This is part 2 of my 2nd dan research project – comparing and contrasting 5 hard and 5 soft Martial Arts. This report contains research on judo and taekwondo – hopefully there should...
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