Christian Martial Arts, Rank and Promotion
What I do want to discuss is the difference in rank and promotion between a Christian martial arts organization and a secular one. The...
Baranta
Baranta martial arts involves both armed and unarmed techniques and is based on the martial training forms of the old Hungarians, who lived between...
Peter Lorge The History of Chinese Martial Arts By Dynasty Part 1
Peter Lorge on Chinese Martial Arts: From Antiquity to the 21st Century Part 2
In the beginning of 2012, Peter Lorge, an Assistant Professor of...
A Band of Brothers and a Hall of Fame
In order to confirm how I felt about what I saw, I took a closer look at the purpose of the Hall of Fame...
Sensei Ryan’s Father and Son Time Fun
Sensei Ryan's Father and Son Time Fun pivots around another Fun Challenge Video where I ask my son questions about my childhood and he...
A Tribute To Dana Stamos
Dana Stamos exemplifies what being a woman used to mean. She’s kind and gentle. Loving and patient and she leans more toward redemption than reciprocity.
Tukong Moosul
Tukong Moosul gets its name from the elite Tu Kong (Special Combat) commando unit of the South Korean Army. The originators of Tukong Moosul...
Sensei Ryan Speaks Out About Inspiration
Sensei Ryan Speaks Out about Inspiration and how it is much more powerful than motivation. Motivation comes from the mere fact that you want...
Capoeira History
THE BEGINNING
In 1500's the Portuguese, led by explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral, arrived in Brazil. One of the first measures taken by the new arrivals...
Sensei On The Road: Avi Nardia
Avi Nardia has traveled all over the world in the last few years: Thailand, Canada, the United States, Africa, England, Italy, Australia, South America,...
Nine Healthy Eating Guidelines
I will be the first to admit that the whole subject of what and how to eat can be extremely confusing. There is much...
Setting Goals: Begin With The End In Mind
Sun Tzu wrote, "If you know yourself and know your opponent you will be victorious 100 battles out of 100 encounters.' The civilian comes...
Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kano
In 1882, Kano opened his Kodokan dojo in Tokyo, where he taught jujutsu to his first class of nine students. His choice of the...
Traditional Battles Effectiveness
Traditional Martial Arts Versus Reality Fighting
Back in the 1970s when I began kickboxing, I had to explain to people what that sport was. They...
Iai or Batto
The very word Iai is the subject of numerous grading essays and has many layers of meaning but its basic interpretation seems to be...
Positive Psychology in Martial Arts
I have had several jobs and careers as a physician, researcher, scientist, psychology professor, life coach, hypnotherapist, artist, and personal trainer. But first and foremost, I am a...
