In holding to the kaizen or continuous improvement tradition, our school adapts techniques established in feudal and Edo periods to modern circumstances. It’s reasonable to think that traditional, ancient martial arts wouldn’t be very effective in the modern world—and that may be true if they don’t evolve. While most schools work to identify the best…
Some of the benefits seem more obvious—like fighting skills, but martial arts offer us a wide variety of expected and unexpected outcomes. Let’s look at some fundamental skills that grow through the study of martial arts. Physical skills Cardiovascular health. Training increases cardio capacity the same way interval training does, by increasing and decreasing your…
What exactly is self-defense? From my experience teaching thousands of people over the years, students who take self-defense and martial arts classes typically want the same thing: the ability to defeat an attacker in any situation that might cause harm to them or their loved ones. If this is the goal, only continuous, regular martial…
Is Regular Martial Arts Classes better than a Self-Defense class Regular martial arts classes vs self-defense classes In our experience, most people want to defend themselves—but it can be hard to commit because of popular misconceptions about the experience. Many people imagine a scary drill sergeant barking commands and swaggering around intimidating everyone. Let’s clear…