Month: December 2017

Whether you intend to get into shape or your desire to sharpen your martial arts skills, a good punching bag is a great way to start off. While working with punching bags, you could opt to work with a heavy bag (these take in the beating while offering resistance) or you could opt for lighter bags or maybe frees standing punching bags if you intend to focus more on the movements rather than the vigor. Irrespective of what you work on, a BOB punching bag is an ideal way to start training in mixed martial arts skills, also known as MMA skills. These Body-Opponent-Bags (BOB) turn out to be one of the best ways to begin your training in martial arts.

But often trainees complain of boredom; throwing in your entire strength and vigor on the bag in the form of punches and kicks for about 20-50 minutes could get really tedious and monotonous. Some people combine punching with workouts and in those cases, they spend only about 5-10 minutes on the bags. But hardcore trainers to whom the punching bag is the only training equipment for the moment, it could be made entertaining!

Better Ways To Enjoy Your Workout

If you have ever been to a disc or nightclub, you would have noticed that the moment you enter the place, the music beats race your heartbeat and force your feet to dance! It certainly lift energy levels to the next step; these beats inspire you to get into action and you get to choose the kind of action! Turn on some of those pumping beats, put on your Bag Gloves and go for it! People normally adopt music that is designed for fitness regimes, they are beautifully composed to force your punches and kicks straight into the bag; if it doesnt suit your type, choose any music that charges you into some heavy-duty action.

An internal blissful advantage of playing pumping music is that one stars associating the joy of those beats to your act of working out. This way your workout would seem more pleasant and you would long for it; this would ensure that your daily workout routine is not hampered.

Make Your Workout Fun

Mere blowing of jabs and crosses on your BOB Punching Bag could get too repetitive and boring as well. In that case, you could create a freestyle form composed of mixed kicks and punches to make it fun while workout strenuously! You could make a list of moves you would follow in a regular pattern such as jab, knee, spinning of back fist, a round kick and a cross punch! Creating lists as such and keeping up to them makes workouts much more thrilling; you would rather yearn for your workout sessions sooner!

Amidst all this, it is vital to note that a good punching bag helps you get through your targets better. Ask your trainer for the right kind of BOB meant for your type of workout; it could be a sparring body opponent bag or just a body opponent bag top! Training could be so much helpful and so much more fun with the help of these little tips!

Attending a culinary arts college has become an especially popular endeavor in recent years, with the rising popularity of television shows like Iron Chef and Hell’s Kitchen. Aside from the television screen, however, there are many opportunities for students interested in the culinary arts. For students interested in this discipline, there are several important factors to consider before deciding on the right school for you. This article will help to explain these factors and the options available to students of culinary arts.

1. School Accreditation
Culinary arts schools, before gaining prestige, must first undergo a series of examinations that look at curriculum, teacher certification, quality of school facilities, and student-teacher ratios. These examinations are often conducted by the American Culinary Federation. The American Culinary Federation is responsible for maintaining a high-quality level of service to students and making sure that all regulations are being adhered to. Schools with an ACF Accreditation are often older, since the process is very long. These schools are often most likely to have the highest quality education for students interested in culinary arts.

2. Cost of Education
Since culinary schools are usually specialized, they are often more expensive than a typical university degree program. However, this is not necessarily true for all culinary arts schools. Students should shop around before deciding on the right school for them. Often, schools also offer scholarships to qualified students, so this is another important factor to consider when looking at a culinary arts college. If you want to specialize in a particular area of culinary arts, be prepared to pay more for your education.

3. Quality of Facilities and Equipment
As a general rule, older colleges are better for students because they have a longer reputation and history. However, these colleges also tend to have more out-of-date equipment. Students should also visit the culinary arts college they wish to attend before applying, so they can examine the equipment available to students. Since culinary arts equipment is always changing, it is important for students to have the best equipment available so they can learn how to use the most recent culinary tools. Knowledge of more recently developed equipment will give students an advantage in the field when applying for jobs.

When signing your Child up for kids karate and kids martial arts in Newark, DE you will realize that your child will not only gain self-confidence, self-respect, and discipline but they will also be gaining a great deal of self-defense. This is a very important quality in a young individuals life. To have self-defense is to have a countermeasure that involves defending oneself, ones property, or the well-being of another form of physical harm. Children will develop certain skills and techniques helping them to become more one with themselves and the people around them. They will accomplish many tasks involving self-defense and will learn the proper ways in defending themselves during kids karate and kids martial arts classes in Newark, DE.

To have your child in kids karate and kids martial arts classes in New Castle you will soon realize that this is the right way to lead a young individual. Your child will learn so much. What they will learn will help them both in the class as well as outside of the class. Children develop all sorts of communication and physical skills that are strongly taught in kids karate and martial arts classes in Newark. Defending oneself is one of the most important qualities that someone can have. For a child to gain this quality at such a young age, this will benefit them for the rest of their lives.

Parents instinctively know that the safety of their children is under constant threat. More kids then ever before are abducted and victimized by their peers each and every day. By enrolling your child into kids karate and kids martial arts classes in Newark, DE, you can equip them with the skills to ward off an attack or ignore it altogether. Kids martial arts classes are not designed to train children to fight. Instead, they focus on developing a number of mental and physical skills that provide lifelong value. Kids learn to concentrate more effectively and think more clearly. They also learn the value of respect and emotional restraint while taking classes in New Castle.

Once a parent decides to sign their child up for kids karate and kids martial arts classes in Newark they will understand exactly what it is that everyone talks about. The skill, the technique, the confidence, the self-respect, the discipline, and most importantly the self-defense are all major factors in your childs life. Being part of a kids karate or a kids martial arts class in Newark will prove that these factors are essential in your childs life and can all be accomplished!

News

Gwynn Jones misleading article in Martial Arts Illustrated. and its effect on British Aikido History.

Bends the Branch

A statement by Henry Ellis

Please visit the National Aikido Data-Base for forum comments www.aikido-database.co.uk

I am writing this brief statement to correct the serious errors stated within the MAI June 2005 article interview “Bends the Branch” with Mr Gwynne Jones. The article would have served the readership better had it been titled ” Bends the Truth ” . I have both emailed and written to the editor of MAI magazine to politely request that the errors be corrected, or for my letter to be added to the letters to the Editors page. I am sorry to add that neither of my communications to MAI editor were acknowledged, nor were they added to the letters to the Editors page in the following two issues.

I would have thought that MAI would have have made a positive response to such serious errors to the history of British Aikido and the named students from that period. Mr Gwynne Jones has also chosen not to apologise for his confused perspective of the history of British Aikido.

Mr Jones makes misleading statements of a period before he himself had started Aikido, describing events as if he were actually there, he did not bother to contact any of the Abbe students of that time to verify his ” facts ” .

As it was proved with Mr Jack Poole’s serious memory distortions with the history of British Aikido, If left for a period of time these matters can soon be recalled as fact, and sadly history is altered for the genuine students of the future. One can only assume that Mr Jones has decided it would be prudent to follow Mr Poole and not apologise for their deliberate mistakes, they obviously stand by their statements. I find it most ironic that in the very same article of errors Mr Jones states with some pride “When I eventually go to the great dojo in the sky, the epitaph on my grave to read ‘An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it ! ‘” Perhaps now is a good time to think of a new epitaph ?

I have never been surprised by any of Mr Poole’s claims or actions in recent years, I would add that I am surprised and disappointed by the statements of Mr Gwynne Jones who I once considered a friend.

The original dan grades of Abbe Sensei along with Sensei Ken Williams did so much in those early days to promote Aikido which then was a little know Martial Art. Teaching for free, Derek Eastman and I traveled around the UK teaching for free. we never received any payment, just a bed occasionally for the night and a meal, many a night we spent sleeping in the car, we never complained, we actually enjoyed what we were doing. These efforts and sacrifices were to promote the name of Aikido. Derek and I were the first to introduce Aikido to the Further Education System. These original students should be recognised for their part in the inception of UK Aikido. People such as Mr Jones and Mr Poole and so many others now reap the benefit from those early teachers.

The Article

Mr Jones refers to Kenshiro Abbe Sensei as ” Abe ” Matsutharu Otani Sensei as “Tani”

Mikito Nakazono Sensei as ” Nagezomo ” .

Although Mr Jones uses these strange names in every reference in the article, I will use the correct names for historical reasons.

Gwynne Jones:

Well, Ken Williams had trained under Abbe Sensei (Abe) who was a great Budo man and his style was very linear. YoshinKan formal Aikido.

Ellis:

Abbe Sensei nor Williams Sensei ever taught Yoshinkan, there was no Yoshinkan style when Abbe Sensei was with OSensei. ( Shihoda Sensei developed YoshinKan in 1955 )

Gwynne Jones:

However, when Nakazono ( Nagezomo ) was called over by Abbe Sensei ( Abe ) to properly introduce Aikido to this country.

Ellis:

Mr Jones’s words baffle me, on the arrival of Nakazono Sensei ( Nagezomo ) there were eight dan grades, one 3rd dan and two second dans, I think it is fair to assume that Aikido was well established and healthy on his arrival.

Gwynne Jones:

He Nakazono ( Nagezomo ) became famous for saying, while he was looking at four or five people on the mat wearing hakamas, that three of them should ” Best sell hakama today while you can get a good price” .

Ellis:

The previous statement is pure nonsense. Fact.. Nakazono Sensei ( Nagezomo ) looked at one student in particular a stated ” Necessary sell your Gi whilst prices are high ”

Gwynne Jones:

He ( Nakazono) proceeded to downgrade them, Ken Williams kept his grade as did Hayden Foster and possibly Henry Ellis and Andy Allen with a few others who were the nucleus of Aikido then in the London area.

Ellis:

Nakazono Sensei ( Nagezomo ) down graded one student and one student only from second dan to first dan, which we all thought was so very wrong. No others were downgraded, Henry Ellis was not that student, Ellis has never ever been down graded or ever over graded.

For the record, Andy Allen was not there on this occasion, he was only a beginner at this time and had been introduced to Aikido by Henry Ellis.

Ellis:

Nakazono Sensei had been invited to the UK as he was the official AkiKai Hombu representative for Europe and North Africa. Kenshiro Abbe Sensei wanted to devote his time to his main objectives of promoting Judo and his philosophy of Kuy Shin Do. He had asked that Nakazono Sensei ( Nagezomo ) supervise the further promotion of British Aikido, and not to ” Properly introduce Aikido to this country ”

Ellis:

I hope that students having read this statement will now be more aware of the facts.

A brief statement by Henry Ellis.

Co-author: Positive Aikido

http://www.EllisAikido.org

http://www.geocities.com/britishaikido

Just about everyone knows about the popular martial arts, such as Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu and Tai Chi…some people have even thought about trying out a class. Bt have you ever actually done it? Do you need a reason?

Just about everyone has thought about taking up a martial art at some point in time. Maybe as another way to stay in shape. Possibly as a means to protect yourself from the school bully. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons why people choose to take up an art, but I want to take a second to outline what I feel are the most important reasons to at least try a martial art. Maybe it’s for yourself, maybe it’s for your children…whatever the reason, all martial arts contain a unique wealth of knowledge and discipline that you simply can’t get anywhere else. My hope is that this article will inspire you to get out of your chair and into a school to see what martial arts is all about.

Self Confidence
As you train in martial arts, you will notice a lot if improvements, such as your physique, balance, awareness, flexibility, and many other physical and mental characteristics. Martial Arts will teach you how to combine these capabilities and use them to succeed in competitions, attaining higher belts, building friendships and protecting yourself if necessary. The more you can do, the more confident you will be.

Self Defense
One of the most common reasons to study martial arts is to learn how to defend one’s self. A number of schools may dedicate class time and/or offer a scheduled class that strictly goes over self defense tactics. Also, depending on the MA style or school, self defense can be a large part of the curriculum, which can be beneficial to those interested in “applicable arts” (arts you can use in everyday life) as opposed to “traditional arts”.

Self Discipline
Webster defines self-discipline as the “correction or regulation of oneself for the sake of improvement”. Whether it be trying to make a high school team or meeting company deadlines, once you learn the focus necessary to succeed in Martial Arts you can apply it to the rest of your life. Success is mental, and Martial Arts will teach you the self discipline necessary to succeed at anything you put your mind to.

Coordination
Martial arts does require a lot of hand, foot, eye, and mental coordination, but all of this is developed over time. If you consider yourself as an uncoordinated person, training in the martial arts will help you grow those skills. You’ll be amazed what your body is capable of doing! Even if you are a natural athlete, standing on one foot, while kicking with the other, and blocking with your hands is quite difficult and involves coordination.

Fitness
Martial Arts does not have to focus only on fighting or self defense as some styles are based more on fitness. Tae Bo and Tai Chi are two examples of this. However, those with an interest in the fighting & self-defense aspects of Martial arts will find their fitness levels quicly increasing as training not only develops various muscle groups, but flexibility and balance as well. One’s level of fitness can be just as important in winning a match as one’s skills and abilities.

Family Enjoyment
Most people don’t know that this is an excellent way to spend time together with your family! Some martial art schools allow families to train together and others separate classes by age groups. Regardless of how classes are segregated, families find themselves enjoying the time spent together. It is not unheard of having a family all test together for various ranks and black belts.

Meet New People – Martial Arts is for everyone…
Many martial art schools structure their classes into three age groups: Kids – usually ranging from about 5 to 11 years old, Teens – 12 to about 16 or 17, and Adults – usually starts at 18, but some schools make exceptions when necessary. Some schools also offer a “Little Dragons” program geared towards the 4 – 6 year old crowd. Age groups are then broken down into belt ranks allowing you to train with people that are relatively of equal skills and age. Often times people who begin martial arts together will develop a bonding friendship and even obtainin their black belts at the same time because they pushed one another during their tuff times.