Eric Cressey has a great post and video on improving hip mobility. I’ve been adding in a bridge-type movement to warm up exercises and this looks like a pike sit-up position for your leg before moving it out to the…
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sidekicks
This blog was nearly called learning sidekicks, perhaps in some way I will be learning sidekicks for ever. I have improved a lot since beginning them but the below I am not. Yet. I can jump a little and propel…
training
I’ve started training every day in some shape or form and also nice timing with CookDing’sKitchen Lenten Challenge too. Also catching up on some Korean terminology on the train in the mornings, so was interesting to see a post on…
taekwondo training – don’t panic!
We’ve had three great fun sessions over the weekend and tonight. Yesterday we practised stepping back and other movements. Master Mark Worsfold found an old sliding metal pole from somewhere and managed to attach a training knife to it and…
Martial arts instructors for Martial Arts Summer Camp 2013?
If you are around / available / would like a week by the sea in Cornwall Saturday 10th August – Friday 16th August Photos of 2012 and previous camps Feel free to get in touch via this blog, direct to…
Reverse kicks practice
It was really a interesting session (they are all interesting in their own way and always challenging). We practised reverse hooking kicks in training today following a series of other combinations and drills. They are not easy kicks as you…
Cook Ding’s Kitchen and Practical Daoism in Everyday Life
Cook Ding’s Kitchen was one of the earlier martial arts blogs I found when I first started looking several years ago. He has recently released a book -Cook Ding’s Kitchen – a kung fu carry out – Practical Daoism in Everyday…
Females and jumping kicks
Michele at Just a Thought has a really interesting post & link from research studying how female athletes jump / land and how they can get injuries. Now being 40 – even with flexibility, it is very difficult to manage…
online violent intelligence?
pdf of this mini-series Steven Pinker in his books and interesting talks describes how war and violence have declined. I have not consulted statistics for this, however I think new forms of violence mediated through technologies are emerging and whilst it…
Tagged with: learning, martial, martial arts, technology, violence
Posted in failure, learning, martial, Technology, violence
Posted in failure, learning, martial, Technology, violence
Defence mechanisms
it was generally the case that those who refused to co-operate were in less danger of seeing their defence systems swept away; those who showed the slightest sign of giving into their captors were doomed. It was often at that…
Online violence and hatred
Hatred is an art and the weapon is identity1 As background for this post, in addition to reflecting on personal experiences and trying to learn martial arts (the majority of blog posts can be found on learn4kicks here between approximately…
Tagged with: learning, martial, martial arts, violence
Posted in failure, learning, martial, Uncategorized, violence
Posted in failure, learning, martial, Uncategorized, violence
Violence series: introduction
This will be a 4 part mini-series including this post – may get all the posts out by the end of the weekend, hopefully but will see. Just wanted to add briefly by way of an introduction that in addition…
Tagged with: health, martial, martial arts, physicaltherapy, psychiatry, psychology
Posted in learning, martial, violence
Posted in learning, martial, violence
Would you like to learn martial arts with Liam in Brighton?
If you are in / around Brighton area and would be interested in learning taekwondo or tai chi from a jedi knight, Master Liam Grange is opening a new club For further details and some incredible photos, please see Musul…
Fitness, nutrition over the next few months
Nutrition have drastically reduced salt intake over last 3 months (2 minor lapses this week but that was the first time since end of September) It has been especially difficult wandering around supermarkets with gigantic packs of salt-infested produce in…
Tagged with: fitness, health, martial, martial arts, taekwondo
Posted in fitness, HealthyLiving, martial
Posted in fitness, HealthyLiving, martial
Cyberaggression and bloodless violence
Several years ago I tried to reflect on some martial arts I have done in How violent am I – parts 1, 2, 3 and various other posts. I have experienced different levels of violence too as in beyond a 1:1…
Tagged with: connectivism, learning, martial arts, physicaltherapy
Posted in connectivism, experiments, HealthyLiving, learning, martial
Posted in connectivism, experiments, HealthyLiving, learning, martial
evening seminar with Master Liam Grange – 28th November and some other bits
Will start either 6.30 or 7pm, Leatherhead Leisure Centre – map I came to the stunning realisation a few days ago that even if I do take my black belt grading in April, what it will mean is that I’m…
Learning how to undo poomsae and the heart of martial arts
We were very privileged today to participate in a poomsae session led by Master Liam Grange who very kindly came up from Cornwall. Liam and his father Niall have led a range of sessions at the martial arts summer camp…
Taekwondo club update – new Saturday and Sunday sessions
Sport Taekwondo We have been privileged to have Master Mark Hayward of Spitfire Taekwondo recently join our sessions in Leatherhead who has a wealth of expertise in fight science and sport taekwondo. We have been practising different movements to prepare…
Training and other updates
Plank Challenge – there were only about 8 of us in the end, we all expected a hall full of hundreds. However, everyone managed at least a minute and the longest was over 6 minutes. One lady had never held…
