How to apply ideas to sport fighting. Integrate techniques from other martial arts to inform and enhance your fight game. How to work with fighters to expand their horizons, train safely and effectively.
There is no style without sparring When people hear you do martial arts, the follow up question is usually, “what style?” Generally people mean what style you practice, and you could answer “clover poisoning sheep style,” and they wouldn’t care. But something we should be aware of is whatever style you practice is only somewhat[…]
Speed training while sore is not only frustrating, but less beneficial Can’t triple parry? Maybe you’re too slow. #fasthands #wingchun #jeetkunedo #jkdconcepts #kali #panantukan #dirtyboxing #martialarts #boxing #fitness #karate #muaythai #savate #kickboxing #getyourrepsin #shadowboxing #kungfu #kickoflegend A video posted by Kick Of Legend (@roywangf) on Mar 31, 2016 at 8:24am PDT So another totally unscientific[…]
If you want to be the baddest motherfucker on the planet, you should spend more time fundraising than shadowboxing We come to martial arts for many reasons, not the least of which is control over ourselves, over fear, and some modicum of influence over our destinies should a hand-to-hand combat situation arise. However both the[…]
Develop 2-3 go-to moves for each art you practice They’re famous–Ronda Rousey’s arm bar, Mirko Cro Cop’s left head kick. Go-to moves that are unstoppable even when you know they’re coming. There are 2 main benefits to having go-to moves aside from winning. First, it will quickly give you some measure of success and therefore[…]
Body hardening is like buying volcano insurance–if it turns out you need it, you’ve already lost Still on the tail end of sickness, this seems like an apt topic. Like many kung fu enthusiasts, in my youth I explored ways to mimic what we saw on film and those secretive masters behind their red doors[…]
Freestyle pad holding is the pinnacle of skill, but not always the summit of benefit to the hitter I just released a video on basic Thai pad holding addressing the most common error now in vogue, hitting into the strikes with the pads. Part of the roots of this problem comes from freestyle pad holding,[…]
Getting through intermediate level is perhaps the biggest challenge I just released a video on how to mix up the attacking and probing jab for maximum effectiveness, but noticed that I was teaching from the perspective of a little league coach. This was dismaying as I was reminded of how my own development stalled through[…]
Carlos Condit and Kenny Florian are cerebral fighters that strike creatively, finished fights, and have heart. I’ll often describe them as who I would want to be if I had a fighter’s disposition along with their mental and physical toughness. It’s hard to be a thoughtful person and do what they did/do, so I personally[…]
New techniques and how to add them to your fight game. Here is a flow chart that we intuitively use when adding new techniques to our arsenal, but is useful to write down explicitly: I’ll write more on this below, but recall my video on using hubad training from Filipino kali as a quick way[…]