14th October 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
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 so much information...
26th February 2013 | Black Belt Research Project 2013
The main element to my research project, as part of my 2nd dan grading, is to compare and contrast 5 “hard” and 5 “soft” styles of martial arts – looking at their key underlying principles and methods of power generation and also looking at how these different styles...
3rd January 2013 | Coaching
“Stronger” “Faster” are two of the most overused words in Karate and usually without a correct understanding of the meaning behind the words. Some of the best Karate-ka I have ever seen have come from a ballet or dance background. Sure the flexibility that is...
7th January 2012 | Coaching, Martial Arts skills
On the wall in our martial arts centre in Basingstoke facing the students when they train is a list of 8 words, these 8 words represent the 8 principles that we need to fully understand to make our Martial Arts work. The first of these words is ‘Feet’. Our feet is...
