As with every question and answer on martial arts… it always depends on the school and instructor. Add in kids and the selection becomes even more important because the school and instructor(s) are likely to have meaningful imprint on their developing personalities. Training for kids is not the same as for training teens where the […]
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I would recommend that you think less about the destination and more about the journey. You should treat belts as a by-product of improving, rather than the end-goal. Having said that, it isn’t a bad thing to want to train efficiently. Drilling at home could help, but the main thing is to get in as
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Kicking relatively soft baby trees make for cool YouTube highlights but not practical for regular training. Never once have I seen fighters hitting their shins with sticks or kicking poles. If you have a nation of fighters training, how many acres of banana tree plantations would sacrifice their crop for boxers? Probably none. So to
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In my opinion Brazilian Jiu Jitsu wins by a fair margin when it comes to sports for children. Especially for kids who seem to have more violent tendencies than others… The problem with Karate and TaeKwonDo and similar striking arts for kids is that they teach either techniques in the air or against a compliant
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Michael Bisping has promised a homecoming that’ll be remembered when he defends his UFC middleweight championship in Manchester. He will be facing Dan Henderson – a man who has scored a knockout victory on Bisping before, in 2009… Things will be different this time around as Bisping, from Clitheroe, will have around 20,000 adoring Manchester
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Firstly – As has been stressed repeatedly, it is not the Art, but the teacher that matters, at least for young children. Good teachers have the ability to connect with children. They respect them and do not expect them to be adults. At the same time, they understand that children have different needs. Conrary to
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6 Things I Learned From Conor McGregor VS Nate Diaz [divider style=’split’] 1. Never rule out McGregor Prior to last evening’s UFC rematch, the majority of pundits, fans and fighters ruled out McGregor out saying that there was no way he could defeat Diaz who this time was coming in on a full training camp.
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Recently, Welterweight contender Carlos Condit had a few things to say on fellow 170-pound’ers Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz’s bottle/can throwing episode at the UFC 202 Press Conference… “Honestly man, it wasn’t a good look. I thought it was childish. I think a fist fight would’ve been better than throwing a bunch of water bottles
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Conor McGregor is on the road to redemption after a shock defeat in his first fight against Nate Diaz. The Charismatic Irishman will have his chance to exact revenge at UFC 202 next weekend in a packed out T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Ahead of the Nate Diaz rematch, the UFC have released a timeline
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Recently the 28-year-old Conor McGregor was asked about how he felt about his teammate Charlie Ward’s most recent fight, in which Ward’s opponent, Joao Carvalho died only 48 hours after the bout… ‘How do I feel?’ he replied. ‘How would you feel?’ ‘It’s f***** up,’ he says, finally. ‘I wasn’t just watching that fight. I
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