A popular tactic of mcdojangs is to claim they have “accredited” instructors. Or that their instructors must study and take a test every year to make sure they have all the latest teaching methods and techniques in order to make sure their instructors stay skillful and up to date. ThisRead More →
Arguably the second most notorious BJJ fraud of all time, David Lang has made the following claims over the years: he is a Brazilian American who moved to the U.S. at 19 as a BJJ brown belt, he served two tours in Afghanistan with the 101st Infantry Division, and heRead More →
You go online, and you read the comments. You see their profile pictures, and you think to yourself ‘are they actually any good?’ The truth is that you will never know, the only way to tell is if they fight, and let’s face it when was the last time youRead More →
Brief introduction from the Author: It is quite fortunate for me to get a chance to interview Christopher Sensei (5th Dan), I met sensei about a year ago and Chris Sensei is a very serious when it comes to training, a very humble person and at the same time someoneRead More →
The mixed martial arts (MMA) style of fighting is the latest martial arts fad; following on the heels of other fads, such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Taebo, and Aerobic Kick Boxing. The original concept was based upon the martial arts, but it has become just another contrived moneymakingRead More →
American Ryuku kempo karate master George Dillman has been a successful figure in the American martial arts scene since the ‘60s. He’s taught Muhammad Ali (or at least shared some awkward photo ops with Ali) and joined Black Belt magazine’s Hall of Fame as Instructor of the Year in 1997.Read More →
These idiots thought it was cool to pretend to be black belts, until the real martial artists exposed them in front of everybody… The sports world as we know it today is full of pretenders. People want to swim in the wake of true stars in all walks of lifeRead More →
I suspect that everyone reading this blog will be familiar with the legend of Ng Moy and Yim Wing Chun. Wing Chun’s creation mythology asserts that the former was a nun who survived the burning of Shaolin, while the later was her student and the first disciple of her newRead More →
Even if your role models don’t include Jackie Chan or Jean-Claude Van Damme, the stars of many martial-arts movies, you may have a hankering to try some of the moves yourself—ratcheted down, of course. Before you do, here’s a look at the different types of martial arts, their possible healthRead More →