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Intensity is an extreme degree of strength, force, or energy. Bruce Lee called it “emotional content”. It’s an important aspect of martial arts, and one that is typically overlooked. It is NOT something you can just have, Intensity needs to be worked and developed. Intensity is one of the major differences between a professional athlete and [...]

Defense is important (just look at the Raven’s SuperBowl win), but alot of people give it second fiddle. Don’t believe me? Think about how many times you’ve seen a “karate guy” demonstrate his awesomeness by breaking something. Now think about how many times you’ve seen one demonstrate how well he can avoid being hit. Hrm. [...]

When I was just a wee Kenpo laddie, I got to take a seminar or two with Frank Trejo (http://www.franktrejokarate.com). If you’ve never trained with Frank Trejo, you are missing out, and should do whatever it takes to train with the man. If you have trained with Mr Trejo, you know what a knowledgeable and [...]

Why does Kenpo karate flow so much better than traditional forms like Shotokan, Tae Kwon Do, etc? How does Kenpo allow for so much more speed? Major and Minor moves, that’s how. Put simply, you can’t always be hitting as hard as you can…unless you want to move stiffly and slowly. But you don’t want to move like [...]

What people call Power in martial arts is actually Force in physics, and it has a simple formula (which I may have discussed before). Force is Mass times Acceleration. Alot of people short-hand it down to Mass x Speed, but that’s not exactly accurate, nor would Weight x Acceleration be right. Acceleration is the rate [...]

When I see a lack of power in certain techniques, it’s almost always due to a lack of understanding of this Principal. It’s also been referred to as Path of Motion, changing the name doesn’t change the principal. Ed Parker created Kenpo to be a scientific martial science, not an “art”, but a way. One that [...]

New Zealand TeamTest squad Jamie How, Aaron Redmond, Ross Taylor, Daniel Flynn, Jesse Ryder, Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum (wk), Gareth Hopkins (wk), Grant Elliott, Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Iain O'Brien, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin. ODI squad Jamie How, Brendon McCullum (wk), Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Daniel Flynn, Jesse Ryder, Jacob Oram, Gareth Hopkins (wk), Grant Elliott, Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Mark Gillespie, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin.

Just in case you didn’t believe me in my last post about Bela Karolyi, this man truly gets hyphy while watching gymnastics. I was unable to watch this as it aired on tv this morning, because the gymnastics final didn’t happen until well after midnight. What human being with a job is going to [...]

SriLanka again prove that Megastars may be useful to win lucrative business deals but cannot a cricket match.

Australia Matthew Hayden, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (capt), Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, James Hopes, Cameron White, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken.Wrist problem hurts Ponting while Hayden battles heel injury. Lucky for Bangladeshi Bowlers. Is not it? Michael Clarke will be a captain. Ha! Ha! another Ashraful :)