Self Defence |
Most people believe that good self defence means good fighting skills. This is misguided! Good self defence skills should give you the ability to completely avoid fighting at all in most cases... |
| Dave Toward (02/01/09) |
Awareness |
These are my ideas on awareness, I hope you find them useful. Lots of people don’t pay attention to the world around them, they have a tendency to live in their own world... |
| Andrei Simagin (02/01/09) |
Ma-Ai and Range |
The concept of Ma-ai, or range, is important in all martial arts and combat. Range predominantly implies distance from one’s opponent, however, timing is also important in determining the effectiveness of techniques employed within the range... |
| Naomi Winn (22/05/07) |
Bushido |
Bushido is the combination of the two words; Bushi meaning warrior, and Do meaning art or way. Therefore Bushido can be literally translated as The Way of the Warrior. It was devised during the 9th to the 12th century as a code for the way of life... |
| Steve Ferguson (17/12/06) |
The OODA Loop |
Col. John Boyd was a student of tactical operations and observed patterns in battles. He noticed that often if one side provided a series of surprises and threats at a speed, which the other side found hard to keep up with, the faster side would eventually win... |
| Graeme Milligan (18/02/06) |
Personality Types |
Throughout the ages various personality models have been developed in order to help people better understand each other. One such model is the Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator (MBTI), which this article aims at delivering a basic outline... |
| Rachel Broadbent (14/04/05) |
Teaching Philosophy |
The philosophy of the Hokutou Ryu is of success through skill rather than physical superiority. Since greater skill cannot be gained without proper study and practice, we must first examine how and what we teach... |
| Paul Herron (07/06/04) |