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George Donahue
Kata, Bunkai And Calligraphy
By George Donahue
Should
karate kata applications should be practiced outside karate kata
exactly as they are performed in the kata, or whether they should be
modified to meet variations in the situation
Some Personal Observations On Dealing With Dog Attacks: Part 1- Prevention
By George Donahue
A dog attack can be dangerous and terrifying, but if you know what to do it can often be avoided before it begins.
Some Personal Observations On Dealing With Dog Attacks: Part 2- If Attacked
By George Donahue
When
attacked I have defended myself when I needed to and at times I had no
choice but to harm the dog, but, I've never caused them more harm than
was necessary.
The Martial Craftsman - An Introduction
By George Donahue
FightingArts.com
is pleased to introduce this new article series by this knowledgeable
and gifted martial arts teacher, writer, editor and researcher.
Making A Fist
By George Donahue
You
would be surprised by how many martial artists make the same basic
mistake in forming a fist, a mistake that could hurt them more in a
fight than their opponent.
Martial Mania: Some New Year?s Resolutions
By George Donahue
Here
are some New Year?s resolutions that you should find easy to carry out,
rather than to ignore, in part because they are mostly stuff you can
stop doing.
Martial Mania: All Blocks Suck
By George Donahue
This
doesn?t mean that all blocks are worthless, but it does mean that
blocks done the wrong way are less than optimal and some truly indeed
are worthless. What we?re really getting at, however, is that blocks
should draw the opponent?s attack toward the defender, deflecting the
path of attack only by from 5 to 15 degrees, if at all.
Martial Mania: Ikkiri J?giri
By George Donahue
As
I?ve grown still older, I?ve realized more and more that the simple
initial interpretation of ikkiri j?giri is far from the best. It has
been a good motto all these centuries because it has been so complete.
Martial Mania: Shut? uke vs. shut? uchi
By George Donahue
Too
often when doing kata practitioners execute merely a shut?, and neither
uchi nor uke. That means that they are just posturing and not really
doing anything that useful.
Martial Mania: Uso Kumite / Yakusoko Kumite
By George Donahue
Much
of what we practice in our martial traditions is the art of deception.
It?s a paradox we tend to ignore for a while but which we eventually
have to deal with.
Martial Mania: Split the Difference
By George Donahue
The
whole point of martial training is to make ourselves smarter and
stronger and faster and better armed (if not with physical weapons then
with technical knowledge) than we were when we started.
Martial Mania: Acquired Stupidity Syndrome
By George Donahue
You
see Acquired Stupidity Syndrome (ASS) too often in martial arts. From
an outsider?s perspective, it seems as though whole martial systems or
organizations are mired in ASS. In general, however, it?s not the system
itself that is afflicted but its adherents, who somehow have managed to
embed themselves into its fabric and thus retard its expression and
development.
Martial Mania: The Class Cork
By George Donahue
I?ve
finally realized that what keeps us from developing to our full
potential as martial arts students are our internal corks, whether we?re
aware of them or not.
Martial Mania: Five On One
By George Donahue
When
a stronger person attacks you with a grab you have to quickly decide
where you can use your strength optimally and where you can afford to
let your attacker keep in control for a while.
Martial Mania: Reciprocity
By George Donahue
"
If you are looking at a martial arts school, if there is no true
reciprocal courtesy, too little kindness, too little consideration, you
are better off going somewhere else to train.
Martial Mania: Gator Mouth
By George Donahue
When
an alligator or crocodile has clamped down on its prey, there is almost
nothing the prey can do to break the grip of the jaws. That?s the bad
news, but the good news is that the gator can?t swallow, either, until
it releases.
Martial Mania: Defrag Yourself
By George Donahue
Just
as we need to defragment our computer hard drives regularly to keep
them effective, we need to defrag our mental hard drives to remain
effective as students and teachers of martial ways.
Martial Mania: Martial Paranoia
By George Donahue
"
Are you vigilant or just paranoid? Just as there is a fine line between
love and hate, there is a fine line between paranoia and appropriate
defensive awareness.
Martial Mania: Nippon Hamu
By George Donahue
Sometimes, ham is just hamu.
Martial Mania: The Vocabulary of Self-Defense
By George Donahue
I
like hanging out with martial artists and karate ka. There is a lot of
nobility in their hearts, a lot of wisdom in their heads, however humble
they are. On average, too, karate practitioners and the martial artists
I've met have tended to be more generous than usual and one of the best
interventions we have within our power is to make living conditions
better, or at least more hopeful, for those who are doing without.
Balance Beam Training
By George Donahue
A balance beam is a simple, easy, and effective karate, taekwondo or other martial art training tool for home or dojo.
Towel Makiwara
By George Donahue
Sometimes, when you want a little makiwara practice, a traditional makiwara won?t do. Maybe a towel will.
Koshi / Yao: An Introduction
By George Donahue
All good technique in karate, taekwondo, judo and most other martial arts arise from the koshi.
Koshi / Yao: Basic Development Exercises
By George Donahue
All
good martial techniques arise from the koshi, or yao, but you can?t
effectively use the koshi/yao without proper training. Here are a few of
the basics.
Koshi / Yao: Sad History, Bright Future?
By George Donahue
The
koshi/yao body segment(combined waist, lower back and upper thighs)was
used in old Okinawan Shorin-ryu karate to develop power but the basics
of its use has been lost to most modern practitioners. If koshi / yao is
so important, however, why did it nearly completely disappear from
modern karate?
Three-Dimensional Mittsu-Tomoe: A Koshi Visualization Tool
By George Donahue
For
those trying to understand proper use of the Koshi/Yao or body center
within their karate this three dimensional tool of three inflated
balloons within a larger one can be used as a good visualization tool.
Dynamic Arches
By George Donahue
Modern
karate and much of sports-oriented martial arts do not incorporate the
powerful body mechanics found in old Okinawan karate. One key to this
power is the use of dynamic arches.
Change the Altitude to Check Your Kata and Technique
By George Donahue
Feel like your stuck, not improving in your kata and technique in karate, taekwondo or kung fu? Here is how a partner can help.
How to Get Faster, Without Trying
By George Donahue
When
practicing kata or forms in karate, taekwondo or kung fu here are a few
simple methods to dramatically increase the speed of your response and
technique.
The Martial Grip - Introduction
By George Donahue
Karate,
kung fu, taekwondo, jujutsu and other martial arts use a variety of
methods of gripping the attacker in self defense, but they all are based
on the same principles: maximum leverage and efficient use of
power?your power and your attacker?s power.
The Martial Grip - Washite, the "C" Grip
By George Donahue
One
of the most useful gripping techniques in the martial artist?s arsenal
is called in Japanese washite (wa?shi?te, rhymes with ?laundry day? and
means, literally, ?eagle hand?), which is substantially the same as the
?eagle claw? found in Chinese kung fu. In karate it is also found as a
primary application in numerous karate kata, including Rohai, Wanshū,
and Passai.
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