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Most of the people who learn self defense techniques through martial art training do so in order to be able to defend themselves. It’s a wild world we live in and self defense skills are important to prevent potential attacks and to give yourself enough self confidence to survive. Although people are looking for martial [...]

Chi Energy For Self Defense For many, Martial Arts and the Art of Self Defense are wrapped in a sort of self discipline and concepts that involve harnessing your center or Chi. But just getting yourself “centered” before a match or when you are  training should only be the beginning. You must realize the TRUE [...]

Many people choose Karate as their choice for self defense, both for themselves and for their children. Many soon come to realize that even though they have become black belts, they still get their butts kicked by non-trained fighters. Why exactly is this? Many people go on about how awesome Chuck Norris is. “Chuck Norris Facts” [...]

So you’ve decided that with all the news about random muggings or home invasions or whatever, that maybe it is time to learn martial arts, or at least get yourself some self defense training.  You’ve been looking at getting into better shape.  Why not get better at defending yourself at the same time. Now you’re [...]

It seems that martial arts is no longer something that appears in Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, or Steven Seagal movies (the latter squinting more arbitrarily than his nationality seems to actually provide).  It seemed that being a ninja or “karate master” was no more than something regarded as fantastical or else a childhood phase up [...]

Self defense instructors hear some variant on this question all the time: “Of all the self defense tactics you know, which one is the most effective?”  Extensive research into hundreds of answers from hundreds of instructors have led to two self defense tactics that cropped up over and over again.  Both appear in almost every [...]

There is a serious, even deadly problem in the world of martial arts and self defense. Most people assume that if someone has their black belt or competes in martial arts competitions that they already know how to defend themselves, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Having a Black Belt in any martial [...]

Courses in yoga, the union of body and mind, continue to increase in popularity in the United States. Many different yoga systems are available, although they usually share the features of stretching, posture, breathing, relaxation and meditation. While most Americans think of yoga as coming the Indian cultural or Hindu traditions, there is a [...]

Every country is home to criminals who simply enjoy harassing the innocent people. The violence is increasing each day and law seems to dwindle from the scene when it is most needed. In a scenario like this, self defense techniques are the best option for a common man. Moreover, at the time when criminal activities [...]

In today\’s situations you often find many criminals who may attack anyone with wrong intentions like to rob something, to show their power, to create fear, to abuse someone or even to kidnap and rape you. You can\’t guess what is going on in the criminal brains of such psychics who may assault you wherever [...]