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 [...]

Self Defense Tactics For Women- Top 5 Personal Safety Techniques

Don’t take your personal safety for granted. Take charge with these five easy to learn self defense tactics to help keep you safe.   Every day the news is filled with horror stories involving women as victims of violent crime. We worry about ourselves and female friends and relatives. While no one can guarantee your [...]

Self Defense and Martial Arts Tips – the Importance of Structure in Maximizing Striking Power

In a self defence/self protection situation, once conflict becomes physical, you need to get the job done very quickly (within 30 to 60 seconds). The objective of every strike is to incapacitate the opponent. To produce an injury that fundamentally changes the normal functioning of the body. To cause such an injury, you need [...]

The Lines Of Balance

The Lines of Balance. When a lot of Martial Arts and Self-Defence coaches teach this, they usually refer to your  ‘centre of gravity’.   I personally prefer to break it down by using the ‘Lines of Balance’.  There are two Lines of Balance: The horizontal line The vertical line. As we know, a standing human [...]

Self Defense – Confidence, Perception and Prevention

Training and studying self defence can lead to greater self confidence. But, can this greater self confidence lessen the chances of you being selected as a target ? Two researchers, Grayson and Stein did a study in New York where they filmed random people walking down a busy street. The people being filmed were [...]

Identifying an Abusive Relationship: the Power of a Diagnosis in Ending Domestic Abuse

The value of the diagnostic label has more to do with the way it impacts the person with the condition than anything else. Can you remember a time in your life when you had a medical condition and you received a diagnosis that immediately lifted the weight off your shoulders and sent you to [...]

Why Tai Chi in America is So Weak

Most Tai Chi practiced in America is very weak, not at all like the art that was created 350 years ago by the Chen family in China. Recently, I read an Internet article listing 10 concepts you need to know to practice Tai Chi, but the teacher writing the article is teaching a weak [...]

Career Advice: Insecure Bosses Destroy Careers and Organizations

Few things are more destructive to a career than a boss who is insecure. Unfortunately, it is a near certainty that most people will encounter one or more such persons along the career path Employers are also adversely impact by the actions of an insecure boss because he or she will eventually create an [...]