As a Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist, you need to be at your game. This is because you can start by learning but once you have perfected your technique the only best thing you can do is to stay in the form and keep practicing to polish your technique. You need to make sure that you are […]
What does it mean?
Translating the Martial Arts can be a nightmare. What does it all mean. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Cantonese, Mandarin. Then there is Russian, Israeli, Vietnamese – the list goes on. Let us stick to the basics here and just look at the names of the styles and what country they are generally considered to be […]
Zazen – Zen Meditation
It was about 2004 and I decided to try some serious meditation. I wanted something that related in some way to martial arts and Reiki. I chose Zen meditation as it is Japanese and further back in time Chinese in origin. Zen meditation is known as Zazen. Zazen is the primary practice of the Zen […]
Reiki
I had been fascinated for years about the vital energy known as Chi, Qi or Ki that is evident in many far eastern martial arts and health beliefs. Translated as vital energy or life force energy. Much could be discussed about this but I want to focus on myself deciding to pursue a Reiki path. […]
A taste of Karate and Jiu Jitsu
Karate I have had very few experiences of Karate, I have probably attended 3 or 4 lessons, the last one about 20 years ago in Banbury. As far as I recall I went to about two different clubs. I was heavily into Taekwondo at the time so I wasn’t serious about taking up Karate, more […]
Torite Jutsu
Pressure Point Seminar In 1999 several articles, interviews and advertisements in Combat Magazine caught my eye. A Grandmaster Rick Moneymaker from the USA was holding training seminars in the UK. He had developed a pressure point syllabus of techniques and theories based on the Chinese theory of Chi, the meridians and the five elements using […]