Beginners Self Defense Women – Calasanz Martinez – EzineArticles.com Expert Author Bio

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  The Instructor’s Perspective – Balancing Our Expectations
  
  Have you ever heard a parent say, “I love all my children equally?” Do not believe this statement! It is a lie!
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  Protecting the Head and Neck
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Protecting the head and neck in the martial arts and combat sports is critical. Headgear, mouthpieces and gloves are good, but they create a false sense of security. Evasion exercises, developing neck flexibility, keeping the hands in proper position and overall good physical fitness training are the best defense for this area.

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  Supplementing Your Martial Arts Training With High Kicks
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Many Wing Chun practitioners tend to dismiss high kicks as being “useless.” High kicks are not characteristic of the art. Wing Chun tends to focus more on hand movements. Lower body strikes in Wing Chun include low kicks, kicks to the midsection, leg sweeps and stomps.

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  Be Well Rounded and Balanced by Learning Other Styles
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  The United States has a great wealth of martial art talent. There are many schools, both traditional and modern, that offer excellent instruction in arts that we couldn’t have even imagined 30 years ago. If you have mastered the basics of one style, you may want to “round out” your martial arts training by learning a martial art that is totally different from your original style.

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  Review – Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method – Basic Training, Volume 2
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  What is it about a man like Bruce Lee that has made him a martial arts legend? While the fancy stunts of Jackie Chan and Jet Li provide us with heart stopping entertainment, most of these feats employ the use of trick photography, strings and trampolines. What is so intriguing about Bruce Lee is that the man was real and so were his martial arts.

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  Distance Learning and the Martial Arts
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Advances in technology have taken martial arts to a whole new level. The Internet and DVD’s allow you to train with the most accomplished martial artists in the privacy of your own living room.

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  Flying, Spinning and Jumping Kicks – Are They Practical?
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Martial art styles like tae kwon do, tang soo do, wushu and some forms of karate instruct their students on how to perform flying, spinning, and jumping kicks. A martial arts movie without a good number of these kicks is boring. Flying, spinning, and jumping kicks are what make martial arts movies fun and demonstrations exciting.

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  Get Out of Your Way!
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  In many martial art schools, you’ll see a sign that says “leave your ego at the door with your shoes”. What this really means is that if you want to be successful in the martial arts, you have to get out of your own way. Most martial arts instructors have experienced those students who enter the dojo bent on self-destruction.
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  Staying Tough in Tough Economic Times
  

  [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise]
  You can’t turn on the news without hearing about lay-offs, foreclosures and the plummeting stock market. You may even be experiencing these financial calamities first hand and know the stress and fear that being in this position can bring. It is especially during these times that I recommend sticking with your exercise program.

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  You’re No Good Unless You’re Fighting
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  “What’s old is new”, so goes the saying. The great Bruce Lee was accused of not being able to fight his way out of a paper bag because he didn’t fight in tournaments. Competent martial arts instructors have since been maligned if they don’t do tournaments.

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  Choosing a Traditional Or Eclectic Martial Arts
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  If you’re ready to study the martial arts, you have lots of choices. There are many traditional styles out there to choose from. If you choose a traditional martial art, you study one style where the techniques are taught in their original form. orm.

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  The Business of Belts and Ranking Systems
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  If you practice the martial arts, the color of the belt around your waist is used to signify your grade, level or ranking within the style. Colored belts, however, were never part of the ancient martial arts tradition. According to martial art folklore, a student was given a white belt to match his uniform and hold up his pants.

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  Seeing Through the Black Belt Mystique
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  The American public has long assumed that a black belt is a sign of expertise or mastery in the martial arts. In reality, all a black belt means is that a student has learned the basic techniques and principles of a specific martial art. It doesn’t mean that they are a master or possess magical powers.

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  Developing Your Natural Talent
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  I am writing on this topic to inspire you. Everyone has some type of natural talent. Some people are well aware of their natural talents and do all they can to cultivate them.

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  To Affiliate Or Not Affiliate
  

  [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue]
  We Americans love affiliations and endorsements; The Good Housekeeping Seal, Better Business Bureau etc. They lend credibility to a business or product. They assure us that our chosen product or service has received some type of validation from a higher authority.

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  Learn to Punch First!
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  In the old days, we used to say “make sure you learn how to fight standing up first, and then learn what to do on the ground.” Today, the proponents of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tell us that 90-95% of all fights end up on the ground, so because of this, martial art students should focus on ground fighting. As a martial arts instructor and proprietor of a large dojo, I meet many prospective students interested in ground fighting, because of the popularity of mixed martial arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championships.

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  Training the Street Fighter
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  An instructor must take a special approach when dealing with street fighters in their dojo. But if done right, it can be rewarding!

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  The Next Level – Making Progress in the Martial Arts
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  One of the goals of a good martial arts curriculum is progress. Regardless of the style you have chosen to study, all of them begin with the fundamentals and can take you to the level of mastery. Success however depends on two things: commitment on your part and a skilled instructor who not only teaches you the art, but also challenges you.

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  Physical Activity Guidelines For Americans and the Martial Arts – A Complete Package
  

  [Health-and-Fitness]
  Its no secret that Americans list low among the rest of the world when it comes to being healthy. Here is a suggestion for exercise in light of a new release put out by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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  Why You Should Avoid “Style Hopping”
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  A prospective student came to the door, interested in martial arts training. When I asked him if he had any previous experience, he replied “yes, I’ve studied for about two years.” His training history consisted of 3 months in aikido, 2 months of karate, 4 months of kung-fu, 3 weeks of tai chi, etc., etc. This is what we call “style hopping”; going from one style to another.

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  The Eyes Have It! Eye Contact and the Martial Artist
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  In The Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi admonishes Daniel-san for not looking him in the eyes. In Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee points to the moon and tells his student not to concentrate on the finger or he will lose all the heavenly glory.

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  Dealing With Troublemakers – Rival Schools and Street Fighters
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Opening a martial arts school comes with quite a bit of responsibility including dealing with rival schools and trouble makers. Here’s some suggestions on how to deal with them.

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  Don’t Empty Your Cup, Just Check Your Ego at the Door
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts
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  First you must empty your cup. What martial artist hasn’t heard this piece of Eastern philosophy at one point in his lifetime? Here’s how the official story goes.

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  The Fitness Alternative – Choosing Martial Arts For Your Exercise Routine
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Tired of the gym? Don’t like the atmosphere? Not making progress? Well then consider martial arts for your next fitness routine.

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  Martial Arts and the Perfectionist
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  I appreciate martial arts students who want to do everything perfectly. They are usually very committed and hard working. They sign up for classes ready to train and full of enthusiasm!

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  Training the Martial Arts Or Fitness Beginner
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Beginners want instant results. They’re used to getting what they want right now; microwaves, emails, fast food lunches, drive-through services, gastric bypass etc. So they expect the same results in their martial arts training.

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  Mixed Martial Arts Fight Readiness!
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Fighting preparation has come a long way since my days in the Dominican Republic. During the very first class, I witnessed novice white belts getting their butts kicked and enduring some of the most brutal training you could imagine. Kicks to the stomach, punches to the head, for what?

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  The Benefits of Personal Training in Martial Arts
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  When you explain to someone that you’re working with a personal trainer, the image they get is of you working out one-on-one with a traditional fitness instructor who specializes in weight lifting and cardio. With the increased popularity of the martial arts, however, more and more instructors are offering the personal training option. You may want to consider personal training with a martial arts instructor for a number of reasons.

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  Attributes of a Modern and Unique Martial Arts System
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  The basic and founding principles of some martial arts systems are extremely straightforward, intuitive, and logical, yet, unfortunately, they are almost universally ignored in traditional Martial Arts training. All techniques must have three fundamental components to be effective: power, speed, and focus (a technique that misses the target, is easily avoided, or that is simply brushed aside clearly isn’t very effective). In order to develop power, speed and focus it is absolutely essential that there be balance, flexibility, and strength throughout the entire range of motion.

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  Choose a Martial Arts School That Teaches You How to Survive
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  If you’re looking to the martial arts for self-defense, find a school that teaches you to survive from day. Don’t waste your time doing techniques that won’t save your life.

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  The Benefits and Considerations of In Home Personal Training
  

  [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise]
  In home personal training is convenient, private, and saves you time. Here’s a few benefits and some things to consider.

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  Martial Arts Schools For Law Enforcement Officers
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Law enforcement officers have no time to waste with useless techniques in their martial arts training. What they need is something that works and the conditioning and stamina to execute these techniques in a high intensity confrontation. I once enrolled a new student who possessed the characteristics of the ideal student: polite, respectful and willing to learn.

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  Develop Your Chi For More Power
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  True Martial Arts mastery is in the spirit, in the mind, in the heart. The true Master teacher, the Sensei, the Sifu, analyzes each individual’s potential and brings out the best he or she can be. Simply stated, Chi is the energy that powers life all life, human, plant, animal, everything in our universe that lives.

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  Beware of the Instant Black Belt School
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  The belt system in America in many schools has lost its meaning. It has become more of a marketing and sales scam then a representation of experience and skill.

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  Making Fitness Or Martial Arts Part of Your Life
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Fitness and/or martial arts needs to become a steady part of your life if you want to reach your goals. Believing what ads and the media feed you on how quick this or that can give you the body of their model on TV is driving people away from exercise. People are not seeing results quick enough, so they give up. A successful exercise or martial arts regiment must be continued with patients.

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  Women – Honor Yourself and Take Up Self Defense
  

  [News-and-Society:Crime]
  Since September 11, the word “terrorism” has permeated the English language. Turn on the television or radio, pick up a newspaper, book or magazine, eavesdrop on a conversation and we’re talking terrorism. We did not however have to wait to September 11th to realize that terrorism is alive and well in this country, as well as around the world.

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  Teaching Martial Arts Or Self Esteem?
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Schools often advertise that martial arts training helps develop self-esteem. This promise is directed to both children and adults. While this is true, I believe that it has been taken to extremes.
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  Self Defense – Learn to Discourage an Assailant With a Single Blow
  

  [News-and-Society:Crime]
  When it comes to self-defense too many students forget or don’t understand the effectiveness of a single blow. In a life-threatening situation, the goal is not to engage in a sparring match with your assailant. The best defense is to strike as hard as you can to the most vulnerable area of the body and flee the scene.

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  Blending Soft Style Wing Chun With Hard Style Martial Arts
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  I am one of those martial artists who have broken away from my traditional routes and have created my own system. It is not an easy road and there are many people who resent this breaking of tradition. But my love for the martial arts, and my drive to seek truth and find the most effective techniques available wouldn’t let me completely absorb myself into any one art.

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  MMA – A Fine Balance Between Brutality and Skill
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Martial Arts originated out of necessity. People had to defend themselves against humans and animals and the only weapons they had were their hands and feet. The battles fought by these individuals were for sheer survival, not belts or plastic tournament trophies.

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  Teaching Martial Arts in America
  

  [Recreation-and-Sports:Martial-Arts]
  Over the holidays, I had the chance to relax and watch one of those great Chinese martial art movies. You know the ones with the subtitles and great sound effects. The film caught my interest because it was about Wing Chun, my absolute favorite martial art. The actors displayed some of the most beautiful techniques I have seen that rivaled those of the late Bruce Lee.

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This workshop is open to all martial arts practitioners even beginners who are interested in self defense and grappling skills. In this Workshop, Master Xu will demonstrate traditional Chinese grappling & throwing skills and how to use …. In 2008 four students of Master Xu attended the Netherlands Tai Chi Chuan Tuishou Competition and ranked men's first and third, women's third. Also, two of his Dutch students performed his innovative Chen-style fashionable 24-style …

NEW Gun Owners In The US —-> – PC World Forums

The daylong beginner lesson starts with a morning in a classroom in which instructors teach such basics as gun safety, trigger control, shooting stance, sight alignment and how to load a magazine. The afternoon at the Rainbow Range just south of Temecula is … Instructor Larry Nichols, who is also range master for the Burbank Police Department, said the kind of training offered in these classes is essential for anyone who's serious about using a gun for self defense. …

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