Martial Arts and Modern Life
a blog by Dan Prager
- What's your motivation?
- Great advice for beginners
- You can start at any time
- You can stop at any time
- A bit about my class...
- A solid foundation
- Putting martial arts training to use
- The dojo, its purpose and meaning
- Cool stuff in the martial arts
- Do try this at home!
- A great groundwork game to play with kids
- The "Steven Seagal" technique
- Flying practice
- Jiu-Jitsu in pictures
- Jiu-Jitsu is adaptable
- What is the format of a typical Jiu-Jitsu class?
- A Jiu-jitsu demo from the 1980s
- What is Jiu-Jitsu good for?
- FOOSH!
- Jiu-jitsu according to Wordle
- Self-defence technique meets 1920s chic
- E.J. Harrison on Judo
- What is Classical Judo?
- Judo as organized by Kawaishi
- Kyuzo Mifune: God of Judo
- More Mifune
- Captain Kirk teaches Judo
- Sword vs stick, fists vs throws
- The Three Levels of Judo
- Is there such a thing as a complete martial art?
- Defending the cows - with judo
- A fun judo kata
- Bartitsu: Sherlock Holmes's martial art
- There's more to it than that
- What is Super-Efficient Learning?
- An example from Jiu-jitsu and Judo
- Short course: Super-efficient learning and application (December 2006)
- From Karate to Jiu-Jitsu
- Japanese Jiu-Jitsu or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?
- Brazilian Jiu-jitsu from the 1950s looks like ...
- Mastery Learning or Spiral Learning?
- Where does Jiu-jitsu come from?
- Jiu-jitsu vs Aikido terminology and techniques
- What's Om got to do with it?
- Elite selection or elite training?
- What on earth is that technique?
- Slow, like a snake
- Female exemplars in taijiquan
- Do black-belts have to start their own class?
- Wax on, wax off
- Hip throws or loin throws?
- Complexity vs Simplicity
- Body skill
- Cross-training in multiple martial arts?
- A few reliable techniques, or a smorgasbord?
- How do we defend against kick-boxers and armed attackers?
- Wushu vs Chen village
- Throw or takedown?
- The broader meaning of kuzushi
- Cooperative combinations
- Evening up
- Some notes on come-along techniques, and a follow-up
- Smile, breathe and go slowly
- Taking notes
- Are there any questions?
- Creating a Kata
- Influx! (When lots of newbies turn up)
- Patrick Parker's teaching tips (and more)
- Bored!
- Left-handed training
- Groundhog day
- Short-term vs long-term thinking
- Efficient use of strength
- Heard around the dojo
- Do what I do, not what I say
- Oh for the springiness of a flea or kangaroo!
- Kuzushi with an invisible partner
- A sneak technique
- Go slow vs The need for speed
- You don't have to be great all the time
- Superficial teaching, Real teaching, and Inspired teaching
- How mixed level practice can work in judo
- Big class / hard mats
- If it doesn't work ... change it
- Hooray for hip throws
- Variations
- Don't do this (Kani basami) in a judo competition
- One of my kung fu teachers is nine feet tall
- The secret of a great turn-out?
- Evolutionary movement
- Theme of the month ideas
- February 2009: Juicy kuzushi, First class back
- March: Beautiful breakfalls, How to develop them, Do they work?, Tips from throws, Don't drop people on their heads
- April: Push and Pull, Ways to push and pull, Tips on learning to throw, Small circles - all in the wrist?
- May: Minimum effort, maximum effect, Don't just crank it on!, Distract, distract, distract!
- June: Chaos and Control
- Theme of the month is making a comeback
- October: Handy hand throws, Some Judo hand-throws and their Jiu-jitsu relatives, Hand-y hints
- Ideas for theme classes
9. Inspiration
- Mastery and practice
- Wise words
- The power of example
- Trying to do great things?
- Urban training: Part I, Part II
- Structure and chaos
- Feldenkrais's recipe for genius
- If you could choose just one technique ...
- Mastery is ...
- Humor: Ti Kwan Leap / Boot to the Head!
- Stay out of trouble ...
- Beyond technique
- Chess!?
- Kate's Martial Arts Journey
- Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
- Seminar Reactions
- Go on: Put me in a lock!
- The road to wisdom
- Pushing your boundaries
- The only comparison that matters
- An amazing transformation
- Astonishing tiger footage
- 10 favorite sayings of Confucius
- Practice
- Coach Wooden: Definitions of Success
- RIP Kancho
10. Demonstrations and outreach
- Introductory self-defence class
- What appeals to you about Jiu-jitsu?
- Where to train in Perth?
- Tans' Unite and Fight Cancer (2009 footage)
- Australian Martial Arts Hall of Fame (August 2009, in Melbourne)
- Self-defence Kata (December 2009)
- The Kata of Possibility (December 2008)
- Monash Open Day (August 2008)
11. Appreciations
- Leonard Kong (former student)
- Mark Cook (martial arts blogger and cartoonist)
- Featured in Aikido Journal Blog
I'm on it :-)
ReplyDeleteI have to make some time to think about the structure and trawl through the tags to see what sort of structure is 'offered' to me by what I've already written.
I think it's a great idea as it'll make it more accessible but ALSO it will help give myself focus when writing the blog- the contents/structure will show back to me what's going on my head.
Very neat. Watch this space.
But don't hold yer breath
:-)
I have added a link at the bottom of the post about how to provide this structure for your own blog. I hope it catches on; it will make the better blogs out there more accessible.
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