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The route from learning a new skill to pulling it off in combat is not a simple process. Though you can take many skills immediately into combat and make some progress, it is more effective to follow a formal process that targets the skill in a focused manner at each stage of its development.
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One of the first major workshops I ever taught internationally was entitled “The Art of Not Sucking”. This workshop ended up being so popular that it has become one of my most delivered (at well over a dozen). I would bring students through concepts I have honed over years of practice and teaching about how…
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Anyone can get caught in a dark place in terms of how they view themselves and their progress in a skill. Making demands of ourselves to be at our best can be a powerful motivating force, but it can also be supremely destructive. In my own growth as both a swordsman and a dancer I…
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Parries often get a bad rap. Yet it's mostly because people suck at them. In today's post I am going to teach you how to make a strong and efficient parry that will allow you to defeat the most powerful of attacks and counter-attack like a wizard.
Devon Boorman ·
Though winning can be thrilling, I recommend setting your sites on different targets for the best long-term success in becoming a master of these arts.
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Great performers are recognized because of their consistency, so get consistent in your warm-up so you can always show up fully.
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Sometimes you just need to allow your body/brain to figure things out through exposure and repetition. Your unconscious mind is far better at identifying patterns (positive and negative) than your conscious mind.
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You know that person who stands across from you and just can’t seem to do their part correctly in the exercise? Perhaps they feel compelled to outsmart every exercise with a counter, or maybe they have their own ideas of what the exercise should be, or don’t care to listen to what’s offered, or perhaps…
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In the past I have written posts about posture and my journey to build it in myself. How we hold, carry, and move our bodies is essential to our practice as martial artists in two ways: Effective Martial Arts Requires Effective Mechanics. The heart of martial arts is body mechanics. Every technique you can perform…
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Not every training day is a brilliant one. Not every tournament is your best. Not every performance shows all that you’re capable of. Sometimes things are just plain crappy.
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