In the short film about the Astoria Boxing Club there was mention of the positive impact boxing can have on people. This is not new, boxing has saved many famous fighters across the years. Champions such as Ali and Tyson…
Martial Arts
A Morris preamble…..
by Jon Law • • 9 Comments
Steve Morris Morris Method Introductory Course April 2007 Kings Heath Birmingham Five women and thirteen men from as far as London and Preston, with between 1 and 25 years martial arts experience came to Bishop Challenor Sports Centre for an…
Power Punching Tips from a Tai Chi Master
by JonLaw • • 7 Comments
The following video was posted on Facebook a little while ago which shows results from lab tests on a Tai Chi master using some highly sophisticated equipment (thanks Steve). This post covers the first insight from the clip which illustrates…
Submissions
by Jon Law • • 2 Comments
Steve Morris will talk about watching the fight, in fact he calls the fight his teacher. At Primal we are encouraged to ‘watch the fight’ and so to learn from the fight. The idea is not to merely observe but…
BAMMA 3 – MMA show at the NEC
by Jon Law • • 1 Comment
Last weekend I attended BAMMA 3 at the NEC with some friends. I’ve only been to a few MMA live events and have generally enjoyed them and this was no exception. At BAMMA 3 though there was a certain amount…
Power Punching: Bending the Bow
by Jon Law • • 12 Comments
One analogy used in martial arts concerns bow’s within the body. I first heard of this from Steve Rowe at Shikon then later Steve Morris. I didn’t find it all helpful initially but now I love this analogy and, importantly,…
Power Punching Tips: connecting the fist to the foot
by JonLaw • • 11 Comments
There’s only so many ways to skin a cat is a phrase that springs to mind when discussing power punching in martial arts. As such the same stuff crops up time after time. The relationship between the floor and the…
What is Karate? Ippon Kumite?
by JonLaw • • 4 Comments
Given the interest in my ‘anti-Karate’ ramblings on here by Karate_Stylist (KS) in his various typo-riddled guises I think it’d be a good idea to try to put forward my point of view as succinctly as possible. I am not…
Baddest man on the planet
by Jon Law • • 3 Comments
Both Tyson and Fedor have been dubbed ‘baddest man on the planet’ but while both were or are top of their respective games they are very different men. Last night I watched documentaries on each of the ‘Worlds baddest’ and…
Intensity
by Jon Law • • 3 Comments
I recently watched some live Flamenco while away in Sevilla. That region is considered the home of Flamenco and as such there are a lot of live shows. The show we attended was in the Flamenco Museum, which we’d visited…