Posts Tagged ‘self defense’

The Last But Most Important Step Of The Martial Arts

Posted in Sports on April 30th, 2010 by Al Case – Be the first to comment

There are only three levels when it comes to mankinds evolution. These levels are precis and exact, but are not understandable in todays martial arts. When you Matrix the martial arts, however, even specific arts, like Tae Kwon Do or Jujitsu, then your evolutionary path opens up before you.

The first step is nothing more than learning how to survive in the world. We are born, and our parents educate us and help us, but at some point we all must enter into the survival jungle. Feeding and clothing our bodies, finding out what we really want to do, surviving.

Interestingly, many of our problems have to do with our fellow man. It is not just the struggle for survival of the body, but how to get along with a society which, lets face it, is a little cuckoo. If we survive the jungle, however, if we do not jump off a cliff or hang ourselves, then we become sane, though this is a relative state.

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The Secret Of How To Make Your Fist Law Into Power Kenpo!

Posted in Sports on April 28th, 2010 by Al Case – Be the first to comment

You can make your system of Chinese Karate into Power Kenpo fairly easily. Of course, you’re going to have to take a stand against the old school boys, but this isn’t always bad. In fact, if you do make your martial art into a Power Kenpo system, you will be following the footsteps of Ed Parker more closely than the old school boys.

The concept of Power in the Fist Law art is something I made up many decades ago. It actually grew from an incident in 1968 in which I asked my instructor to take a look at a kata I had been polishing. My instructor stepped on to the mat and I took a position and started moving.

The form was actually out of a series of books on Japanese Karate, and the name was Heian Five. It is a traditional form, with solid stance and large, significant movements. As such, it seems to stand opposed to the fast whirling arms of Parker art.

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Three Reasons Tai Chi Works Better Than Any Other Martial Art

Posted in Sports on April 24th, 2010 by Al Case – Be the first to comment

I love writing articles like this, because artists who study other arts blink and trifle with a bit of an inner snarl. Tai Chi ain’t so bad! What about my art!

And, of course, there is nothing wrong with other martial arts, it is just which art has more data, more information. Information, after all, is the heart of the art, it is like a lever to move the universe. Give me enough information and I’ll topple the universe, and that’s the first reason as to why Taiji is so ultimate.

The second reason Tai Chi works better than just about any other art, and this is a bit more mystical than just simple quantity of data, is that tai chi works backwards. Eh, maybe I should say it makes people learn things in reverse. Or, perhaps it is more accurate to say that the Ultimate Art enables people to absorb the motion of the universe backwards.

Look, when a fight starts, people shove, and people shove back, and…you have a fight. In tai chi, somebody shoves, and somebody gives way, and the shover is face to face with his face on the ground. Forgive my snicker, but that is just smarter.

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How I Used Karate to Get Out of My Body!

Posted in Uncategorized on March 5th, 2010 by Al Case – Be the first to comment

Control the horizontal and the vertical, burn a mystic for Christ, we are about to get out of our bodies. Oooo, floating motes of intelligence, able to waft invisible into bedrooms and bank vaults everywhere! And it is all going to happen through an ordinary martial arts drill, common in systems of Karate and Kung Fu, and especially wudan arts.

If you can lower the volume of the spooky music for a moment, I’ll explain. The out of body experience I am talking about is possible through Horse meditation, what we used to call Kima Chasie. In this article I am going to tell you exactly how to do that exercise, and what is going to happen

Back in the early seventies I was working on my black belt, and I was frustrated with this horse meditation thing. We would stand in the horse stance, one hand in a high block, the other hand in a horizontal, hooked back beak hand. We would concentrate out awareness on our clenched fingertips until our legs shook and sweat burst forth upon our innocent foreheads.

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Airsoft Guns And Associated Accessories

Posted in Sports on February 10th, 2010 by Anthony Carter – Be the first to comment

Airsoft guns and associated accessories — when considering taking up the use of such toy replica guns that fire soft plastic or rubber BBs — can be fun and exciting pieces of equipment to own when taking up their use as a hobby. These toy weapons have quickly come to match paintball guns as a fun and exciting way to engage in shooter-type games.

Usually, airsoft guns are available as extremely detailed replicas of some of the most popular handgun, shotgun or military rifles in the world. Coming in all shapes and sizes, most folks who buy them usually start out with a military version such as the M4 carbine.

For some reason, most enthusiasts seem to gravitate toward the rifle versions of these airsoft guns. The most popular model of replica gun sold is currently that M4 carbine with an under barrel grenade launcher. Usually, most manufacturers of these kinds of replica guns include a brightly colored tip at the end of the barrel or muzzle. It’s there for a reason.

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Airsoft Guns Are Safe For Children To Play With

Posted in Sports on February 9th, 2010 by Anthony Carter – 1 Comment

When you find your child writing their wish list about what they want Santa to bring them and they mention airsoft guns you should not be alarmed. Air soft guns are harmless as long as the proper safety precautions are adhered to.

Airsoft usage is probably one of the safest means that children can use guns today. However, there are still many people that wish that airsoft guns were simply banned. Before you come to an assumption about the guns, it helps to have a little background knowledge about the guns.

Airsoft guns are toy guns that look a lot like a real gun. They fire off pellets at a rate of 25m to 45m. The guns are not like the old BB guns that many people consistently keep comparing them to. They will not fire out windows or anything of that nature.

The guns are actually not new to the gun market either. In fact, they have been sold for over 30 years. The guns are designed to be used for different recreational activities such as paintball, for target practice, and also be used to emulate war.

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