Combat Hapkido’s founder, John Pellegrini, gave a seminar in the basics of combat hapkido this past Saturday in Fishkill, New York. He did not disappoint his audience, most of whom were adult martial artists. Self-defense training is what they came for and self-defense training was their reward for attending.
Combat Hapkido: What GM John Pellegrini and TS Eliot Know About Self-Defense Others Forget
March 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Self-Defense Techniques: How Many Do You Need?
March 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Kelly McCann—a former U.S. Marine Corps officer with 25 years experience behind him— has a brilliant article in his Mil-Spec column for Black Belt’s April 2011 issue about just how many techniques a martial artist needs to know.
Among the many insights McCann offers includes:
- It’s not who knows the most techniques who typically wins in a violent encounter but which combatant has mastered the fundamentals. Of course, that doesn’t mean that one shouldn’t expand one’s horizons and learn as many techniques as one can
- Still, mastery of the basics is what ultimately matters and drilling in them until they become second nature is the only way to do that. According to him, the majority of victories in MMA, for example, are won with no more than 10 submission holds.
- What you can do under duress counts more than how large your martial arts repertoire is. To put it another way, if you have to think about which techniques you’re going to do, you have probably already lost the battle.
- The average person—that is, someone who isn’t a regular reader of Black Belt and other martial-arts related literature—doesn’t want to know the myriad of techniques available. He or she wants to know just enough to get home safely.
Speaking of reality-based self-defense training, Black Belt also has a nice article on Grandmaster John Pellegrini, founder and president of Defensive Services International Inc entitled The Mercedes of Martial Arts. Martial-arts training is ultimately about quality, not quantity. When it comes to quality, GM Pellegrini has it and teaches it. Period.
And if you want to see GM Pellegrini in action this weekend and you’re in the New York, then register for his Combat Hapkido seminar on Saturday, March 26 beginning at 10am. You won’t be disappointed. I’ve attended more than a few of these martial arts seminars and I can assure you they are worth every penny. (Besides, they’re fun.)
Self Defense Training: Why W. Hock Hochheim Rocks
March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Self-defense training videos abound. Adult martial artists have an immense variety of martial arts DVDs from which to choose. Perhaps too many.
W. Hock Hochheim’s Force Necessary! Dynamic Self-Defense: The Science of Unarmed Combatives, however, belongs in the media library of every serious adult martial artist.
Martial Arts News Briefs
March 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Adult martial artists who take their self-defense training seriously will find MartialForce.com’s recent interview with Grandmaster Miguel Ibarra to be informative and inspiring. In 1982, Ibarra founded Yamabushi Jujutsu/Aikijujutsu Ryu, a synthesis of MiYama Ryu Jujutsu and Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu techniques designed for a realistic, street-oriented approach to self-defense. He continues to teach his martial arts system today in Bronx, NY. Hanshi offers an array of useful insights regarding the importance of situational awareness, women’s self-defense, the characteristics of a competent instructor, and what it really means to be a good practitioner of the martial arts. Definitely worth reading.
Judo gold medalist Denis Douillet claims to have lost 75 pounds in six months following the latest diet fad, the Dukan Diet, according to a New York Times article this past Thursday. Pierre Dukan, its originator, is deemed by some to be the French Dr. Atkins. No need to go hungry or count calories. Just break out the protein and watch the pounds disappear instantly. Haven’t we heard this before?
Adult martial artists looking to drop some weight and stay healthy without chasing the latest food fad may want to giveThe MediterrAsian Way: A Cookbook and Guide to Health, Weight Loss, and Longevity, Combining the Best Features of Mediterranean and Asian Diets and Lifestyles
International Combat Hapkido Federation founder, Grandmaster John Pelligrini will hold a Combat Hapkido seminar at the Ramada Inn in Fishkill, New York on Saturday, March 26, 2011. His seminars never disappoint. For more information, contact the event’s sponsors, Bernard and Cristine Tripi of the Family Martial Arts Studio in Billings, New York, at 845-227-3308 or e-mail them at MasterTripi@FamilyMAS.com.
The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman—described by The New York Times as a film that “ricochets in a breakneck delirium from ham-fisted comedy to solemn revenge drama to antic martial-arts thriller, a crazy quilt of energy and style”—opened yesterday across the nation. The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times panned it, but—who knows?—perhaps it will entertain you.
The Samurai Mind: On Culture and Warriors
March 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“Fundamentally culture and warriorhood are a unified character, not separate things.. Just as the creative force of the universe is one energy distinguished into yin and yang, the sensitivity and efficacy of human nature are a single quality with distinctions of cultural and martial. Culture without warriorhood is not true culture; warriorhood without culture is not true warriorhood…”
The Japan Catastrophe: What Adult Martial Artists Can Do to Help
March 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Adult Martial Artist.com provides the following as a public service announcement:
As we all know, Japan was struck by an earthquake last Friday. Its magnitude was 8.9, one of the worst in history. A major tsunami followed. Many coastal towns and villages were decimated. Some even vanished forever into the vastness of the Pacific Ocean.
The death and missing persons toll now stands in excess of 10,000. Food and water are in short supply. If the damaged nuclear reactors continue to deteriorate, the destruction to property and, worse, human life may prove to be far greater than it already is, perhaps far greater than anything the world has ever witnessed. The threat of subsequent aftershocks from the earthquake only serves to make the crisis that much more precarious.
The courageous stoicism of the Japanese is being sorely tested. Their patience and discipline in the face of overwhelming adversity must make their samurai ancestors proud.
But the Japanese need our help.
What can you do? Here’s one suggestion:
The Network for Good is a nonprofit organization that makes it simple, easy and affordable to donate to your favorite charity and help others in times of crises such as now.
The Better Business Bureau recognizes them as an accredited charity. Its partners include a diverse army of charities, corporations, and government agencies all working toward the same goal: to make the world a better place to live. To see a list of their partners, click here.
You can go to its home page and click on the Japan Quake and Tsunami Relief banner to donate immediately to your favorite charity or charities, including: The American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children, Americares, Operation USA, Convoy of Hope, Global Giving, International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, Lions Club International and other humanitarian organizations.
You can make a difference even with a small donation.
In the Japanese tradition of the martial arts, the way of the warrior is known as Bushido: Honor, Obedience, Duty, Loyalty, Filial Piety and Self-Sacrifice.
As adult martial artists, we are committed to the code of Bushido and what better way to demonstrate that commitment to its virtues than to donate today?
Self-Defense Training: Avi Nardia’s Kapap (Israeli Special Forces Hand to Hand Combat) Seminar
March 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Adult martial artists in search of serious self-defense training who attended Avi Nardia’s Kapap seminar on Sunday, March 13th were not disappointed.
Self-defense training is the focus of Kapap, the hand-to-hand combat system taught to Israeli Special Forces units and the predecessor of the self-defense training program known as krav maga. Major Nardia trained these units and was later selected to be the hand-to-hand combat instructor for Yamam, one of the top Israeli counterterrorism units.
Self-defense training styles like kapap and combat hapkido go beyond traditional martial arts. It’s not about belt ranking or becoming a master or grandmaster or great grandmaster. Neither an original nor a mainstream martial arts system, Kapap endeavors to be an interdisciplinary martial art. Its goal is to create a bridge by which each of the various martial arts can contribute what they have to offer for real-world self-defense training.
Hapkido Management
March 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“I used to do a lot of martial arts. I was toying around with a martial arts philosophy in business practices. I call it Hapkido Management. Hapkido is one where you actually join with whatever’s attacking you, become one with it, and redirect it. I’ve noticed some companies are successful and able to do that sort of thing.”
Allen Wastler, Managing Editor of CNBC
Hapkido Cane Self-Defenses for Adult Martial Artists
March 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Hapkido cane self-defense techniques are especially useful for the injured, the handicapped, or the elderly as I pointed out in Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick.
Apparently, I am not the only one who thinks so.
A recent article in the San Jose Mercury News, Martial Arts Self-Defense An Option For Seniors With Canes In East Contra Costa, reports how senior citizens are taking can self-defense classes to protect themselves.
But, you ask, where does an adult martial artist go to learn how to defend himself or herself with a cane?
Walk Softly And Carry A Big Stick
March 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Self-Defense Training: Hapkido and Cane Self-Defense Techniques
You’re recovering from surgery. Or you sprained your ankle while rock-climbing or sliding into third base during the weekend softball outing. Maybe you just twisted your knee as you descended the staircase or mowed the lawn.
You find yourself unable to walk. Heck, just standing up is proving to be an ordeal. The doctor recommends that you get a cane.
Just what the street predator ordered.
There you are a couple of nights later hobbling with your walking stick across the parking lot of your favorite supermarket or watering hole. The pain is driving you to distraction. Whether you care to admit it or not, you’re extremely vulnerable. A mugger is waiting in the shadows watching you. You’re the perfect prey.
What can you do?
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