Can you Even Throw a Punch?

The danger today - You!mistakenly believe that all martial arts are Asian in
When the World Turns VIOLENT! I bet you run.origin. In fact, diverse cultures throughout history from
What to do if someone wants to fight you!Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East
Help me, Im fat, lazy and afraid of a bully.have also given birth to their own martial art forms.
The enemy may be next door - afraid to look?Or a combination of triangles with small circles as can
Can you even throw a punch?be seen in chinese trapping, wrist locks or Aikido entry
Are you martially in danger?and endings.
All titles to bring on that chilling fear inside and solicit aDespite the array of martial arts and styles, most of
response - so read on..them share common techniques, and so they can be
ITS DANGEROUS OUT THEREorganized into broad categories that facilitate
Its dangerous out there and especially for you..understanding. The primary way of classifying martial
The enemy may be next door and you dont know itarts is by the basic physical technique they use: striking
but you got to have the guts too look. What can youor grappling.
really do once you see some violence or get scaredIf you've never studied a martial art, your awareness
or worse because you receive a bashing or king hit -of them most likely starts at Bruce Lee movies and
do you hide in your room?ends with the stylized theatrics of The Matrix. If that's
Were are you on the scared meter of life? Are youthe case, you may not realize from what you've
out there amongst it or a bit of a shy body or housegleaned onscreen that there are an estimated 200
mummys boy?unique kinds of martial arts, and within these, thousands
You know that given a situation to be a hero and stopof different styles. Karate, judo, kung fu, and tae kwon
a crime, terrorism or violence you'll be able to step updo are among the most popular and well-known of the
or chase after them etc - or maybe you'll cower or bemartial arts in the U.S., but there are numerous others.
the victim.MARTIAL TRAINING TO LIVE
TV today scares the shiit out of many people as itTraining is hard..really hard. The most hard is to get
promotes violence and turns the meek yellow andstarted and its down-hill easy from there. What you
nervous.need is a martial arts machine - something new and
The danger today is maybe not too obvious to youexciting to get you off your fat ass.
but you better hone your sensors or youll get hitSearch for it - martial arts machine -
without seeing it coming.Whats important now is to do something, start with
PHYSICAL COMPETANCEbrief excercise, get into stretching, shadow box, then
Have you ever seen raw assault or someone gettingstep up and train hard.
'owned'? Just search google for "martial street fights" -Or find a martial arts school in your area -
"martial owned" Watch those movies and cringe!!!GO to the local phone book and look up kung fu or
Kung Fu, Boxing, dancing, balley, incompetance? Whatkarate. Then give them a call, go along or take your
will you present to your attacker?kid.
Today we are lazy, probably fat too.. Go look in theEveryone knows someone who knows how to fight -
mirror and skip for ten minutes, then check your imagewith fists, knives, weapons, guns, tactical, sensless,
again and what do you see?whatever but START!
Can you throw a punch or even stand steady on oneCONCLUSION IS ACTION
leg? can you do a round-house or even give a kick toLife is not scarey but maybe your lack of skill, self
the knee? Ever heard of a combination?confidence and personal competance is making you
I can judge I am probably half the strength andscared.
endurance form 10 years ago, how about you?Be pro-active and look, then choose and participate in
MARTIAL KNOWLEDGEa martial art is defined as - 1action whether alone with a martial arts training
: of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior 2 : relatingmachine or go to a dojo.
to an army or to military life 3 : experienced in orIf you are not liking what you see in the mirror, afraid to
inclined to war : WARLIKE martial art is defined as:go down a dark street, scared of a potential
various forms of self-defense, usually weaponless,confrontation then train now.
based on techniques developed in ancient China, India,Be pro-active and look, then choose and participate in
and Tibet.action whether alone with a martial arts training
Do you even know the diffference between kung fumachine or go to a dojo.
and karate? Do you think wing chun is a chinese dish?Life is not scarey but maybe your lack of skill, self
The different styles can even be related to shapes orconfidence and personal competance is making you
geometry - squares, triangles and circles.afraid.
Because karate, judo, kung fu, and tae kwon do haveWe cant all be Bruce Lee but you also dont want to
been more prominent than other forms in popularbe an emotional and physical punching bag do you?
culture, from film to sporting events, many people