A recent back injury with pain now affecting her leg has taken Olympian Jade Jones out of action until December 2013. She is expected to have a full recovery. However, Ms. Jones was devastated for missing out on the World Championships in Mexico last July. Speaking about her back Ms. Jones said, “It started before [...]
Two time Olympic taekwondo gold medalist suffers bitter defeat at China’s National Games
Two time Olympic taekwondo gold medalist Wu Jingyu suffered bitter defeat at China’s National Games Monday. She claims she didn’t lose the weight she needed in order to compete at the level she is used to. She also admits being very out of shape since working hard at her college studies. “But the result is [...]
Rwanda, the highest ranking nation in its region, has a new Taekwondo Tech Director
The Africa Taekwondo Union (AFTU) has appointed a new national taekwondo technical director for Rwanda: Martin Koonce. “This appointment has allowed Rwanda taekwondo to become a potential leader in the game for Africa both from a competition and technical perspective. I say potential because it is an opportunity we in Rwanda must take full advantage [...]
Tae Kwon Do turning youth into self-confident and respectful adults
Instilling self-confidence into your child or teen is no easy task. Parenting doesn’t come with a hand book. So what can parents do? One way is to enroll them in a Tae Kwon Do class or other form of martial arts. Tae Kwon Do, for example, teach young people to respect themselves and those around [...]
Bullying alert: Training begins at home with parents as role models
Children learn how to handle conflict and bullying from their siblings. How brothers and sisters relate to each other can serve as a “training ground for bullying, deviancy and aggression through social learning processes or behavioral patterns that can be reinforced across contexts.”How kids interact with each other at home, positvely or negatively, carries over [...]
How do you handle a double wrist grab with karate?
Sensei John has students Chris Morris and Mark Moore demonstrate the double wrist grab. Chris has studied karate 5 years, Mark has studied 7 or 8 years. When your opponent grabs both your wrists, you stomp between his feet with your right foot, lift the knee up high, step back while throwing your hands up [...]
Improve your karate Oizuiki hip rotation
If you have been taking karate for awhile and are having trouble with Oizuiki hip rotation, this one minute instructional video might help. The instructor first shows the correct movements. Then he shows the hip rotation with the strike. Notice the care he takes to demonstrate the movement and position of his shoulder while striking. [...]
School girls of India take back the streets with mandatory karate lessons
Somewhere in the Dekkan Plateau of India, one of the states have passed a mandatory regulation for school girls by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI): all government high schools must teach martial arts training to all the girls. This bold move has come about as a result of increasing reports of sexual predators committing [...]
In defense of bunkai
Jesse Enkamp tires of hearing people put down bunkai because they don’t see the purpose of it anymore. His philosophy is “Bunkai should be easy.” He has designed a simple framework to learn by: The Core Premise: Karate was originally meant for self-defense; kata is a mnemonic template; the techniques of kata govern successful self-defense. [...]
Jesse Enkamp shares his favorite karate quotes
He’s says he’s a sucker for quotes. Jesse Enkamp shares of his favorite “awesome” karate quotes with his readers. He likes quotes for the human connection across time, sharing thoughts and feelings we’ve all experienced. Here are a few: “To all those whose progress remains hampered by ego-related distractions, let humility – the spiritual cornerstone [...]
Karate instructors to highly avoid
Without any overseeing body demanding accountability from karate instructors, karate schools, a highly personality-driven business, can attract the wrong kind of instructor, the kind who has an unhealthy addiction to power and control. Jesse Enkamp, a best-selling martial arts writer, has made some astute observations of the kind of instructors to avoid. He calls them [...]
The release of “The Grandmaster” shows stunning display of martial and cinematic arts
Released in the U.S. on Friday, August 23, 2013, the new film “The Grandmaster” is a stunning work of art of staggering beauty. It’s the tale of Ip Man the martial arts master who near the end of his life trained the legendary Bruce Lee. The photography is rigorous and exquisite. The fight scenes are [...]
Karate ground fighting (ne-waza) technique for civil self-defense
Sensei Lori O’Connell, Canada-based chief instructor in jiu-jitsu, gives good advice and tips in ground fighting. “On the street, the ground is a dangerous place to be. Size and strength advantages are harder to deal with,” says O’Connell. She goes on to explain the ground fighting is not about submission grappling. Defending yourself from the [...]
Nepali junior international taekwondo champions honored
Nepal Taekwondo Association honored Nepali junior athletes who won the Seventh Malaysia Classic International Championship. One silver and two bronze medals were won by the athletes. The silver winner received a cash prize of Rs. 10,000, and the bronze winners received Rs. 5,000 each. Each athlete honored was between 7 and 10 years old. Read [...]
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