Kids, Martial Arts, And Self-Defense

Parents instinctively know that the safety of their children is under constant threat. More kids than ever before are abducted and victimized by predators each day. Plus, playground bullies, older children, and others prey upon the young, thinking them defenseless. By enrolling your child into martial arts classes, you can equip them with the skills [...]

3 Critical Differences Between Self Defense and Martial Arts Fights

If you’ve taken self defense training classes, then you probably know that there is a difference between the strategies you’ve learned and practiced in class and a real fight or self defense situation. There is also a big difference between the staged fights you see in movies and what actually goes on if you are [...]

Self Defense: Why Most Adults Drop Out Of Martial Arts Classes

The most surprising statistic that most karate and martial arts teachers discover is the one that tells them “why most of their adult students quit shortly after enrolling.” In fact, the greatest percentage of adult dropouts from martial arts classes occurs within the first 100 days! This has sparked some groups to investigate the reasons [...]

Martial Arts And Self-Defense Training Without Self-Control

What happens when you train in the martial arts or study self-defense, learn techniques designed for damaging human beings, but never develop the master’s trait of self-control. This story is true and highlights how, through our own lack of self-discipline, we can cause more damage to ourselves than we ever feared from an attacker in [...]

Self Defense – Few Things To Remember

Self defense training is a skill, which has become quite essential nowadays. You can acquire the training for your self defense from any local community center. You can also opt to take the karate or martial arts classes. However, if you are leading a busy life and you are unable to find time to go [...]

Self-Defense – Will You Be Able To Use Your Self-Defense Training When You Need It Most?

Every day, millions of people – young and old – children and adults, attend martial arts classes and participate in self-defense training. They train to be able to survive a dangerous situation should they ever come face-to-face with a brutal attacker. And yet, after speaking with more than a few of these people, I’ve found [...]

Can You Really Learn Self Defense From a DVD

With crime on the rise, people everywhere are looking for ways to protect themselves from assaults, robbery, rape, and theft. The options for self defense are countless, from pepper spray, to stun guns and TASER devices, to kubotan batons or even unarmed martial arts moves. Once you’ve chosen a strategy, your next step is to [...]

SELF DEFENSE- Just A Thought.

SELF DEFENSE- Just A Thought… If not only for piece of mind, self defense is also very beneficial for gaining a positive mindset in every day life. Not to mention increasing hand-eye co-ordination and an understanding of body mechanics. Understanding how we move, and when and why we move is an interesting and vital part [...]

Review of Martial Arts Games for Kids

With both a martial arts background and a degree in Physical Education, I admit to being skeptical when I read Martial Arts Games for Kids by Aaron Perry. I found some excellent games for education and maintaining student interest, loyalty and promotion of your martial arts school. I also found some points in the [...]

Violence Awareness, Prevention, and Self Defense ? Part 3

Overall, the most common reason that a woman would need to defend herself is in the case of violent sexual attack. According to George Mason University research, 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced sexual assault or rape! One-third of all women in the world seem to be an extraordinary number. In some countries [...]