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Hello martial art friends, I've been a passionate martial artist since my childhood, growing up with the Jacky Chan, Bruce Lee movies,... ;-) I accumulated over 20 years of practice and some years of teaching as well (mainly Taekwondo). Today with the pandemic we had limited or no-access to...

Hello, Tang Soo Do and GoJu Ryu practitioner here. Looking for a training partner to practice with. Don't care what style you are since all styles have something you can learn from. Really just looking for someone who enjoys body conditioning, bunkai and sharing/exchanging knowledge...

I have been training in MMA, kickboxing & karate for about 8 months. I'm 33 years old & had no prior experience. I'm not the most uncoordinated person but teaching my body entirely new movements has not come naturally to me. From my first class until about 5 months I felt like I just wasn't...

This is somewhat belated - a discovery I made on Monday before my POUND class, of all the places. Bear with me.... @gpseymour has been putting me through my paces with the weapons kata he devised, including the rattan stick kata with both single and double-stick. To improve my versatility with...

I just wanted to share my experience working with kata. Some styles have kata, some don't. Some that have kata only have short forms ("one-step kata", some call them). I've trained with and without kata. I don't see them as necessary (in fact, I seriously considered removing them when creating...

An instructor that's been visiting classes gave me some advice on my poomse, Won-hyo, and I am not sure if I want to follow it or not. Normally when I do the sidekicks in won-hyo, I do my best to snap them back as quickly as possible, because that is what I would do in a fight to prevent my leg...