Actually Understanding the Martial Arts!

HOW MATRIXING WORKS IN THE MARTIAL ARTS!

I haven’t written about Matrixing for a while,

so let me explain for people who have never heard of it.

Make a list of numbers to ten.

1, 2, 3, 4…10

It’s easy to count to ten. 

You can count anything.

After a while you even forget to count on your fingers.

That’s what effective martial arts looks like.

A small number of techniques easily and intuitively remembered.

But,

as people teach the martial arts they have favorite techniques

and they leave out number 4.

You can still count to ten, sort of.

Not a real ten,

but, hey, that blank space isn’t important,

I’ve got nine things that work.

Then some guy teaches it, and his favorite technique is 13.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13.

Okay. Cool. He’s got nine techniques that work, 

and a thirteen technique that,

if he’s lucky, he can get away with.

A guy teaches techniques, but the enemy wears armor.

Some more techniques are left out,

and more ‘specialized techniques’ are added.

Time passes and students don’t have the weapons threat any more,

but they keep practicing the ‘specialized techniques,’

and they are adapted, changed, altered,

for different circumstances.

After a few years,

not even hundreds or thousands,

but just a handful of years, 

three or four generations,

a few cultural changes,

and the art looks like this:

1, 2c, 5, 5f, 5g, 8, 3h, 16, 89, 1b,

b3, 43, 23k, 2k, yellow, 63fg, 7, 4little, 19, 9…

and eighty more techniques.

All to count to ten.

Everybody has added, changed, adapted, included

techniques from other arts, other countries,

been influenced by religion, politics

and their mothers aversion to violence.

And this what the martial arts look like today.

ALL of the martial arts.

People take years to memorize a sequence of ‘numbers’

that make no sense, are out of order,

and often don’t work at all.

Do you know what matrixing looks like?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Simple. Easy to learn and…

EASY TO REMEMBER!

It becomes intuitive right from the get go.

And it can be applied to ANY art!

You can figure out which techniques

belong in the sequence,

should be kicked out,

should be changed to work,

and so on.

And,

the hidden blessing…

once you matrix your art

your mind has experienced intuitive thinking.

It begins to function differently.

It is quicker and more logical.

Now,

is matrixing for everybody?

Nope.

People who are stuck in their art as a belief system

should not learn matrixing.

they don’t have the ability to learn,

and especially to be intuitive.

They will end up frustrated and critical.

Anybody who is critical is usually stuck.

People of low intelligence.

And this situation is truly terrible,

for it includes most people educated in the modern systems.

Go to school and you are likely more stupid

and even unable to learn.

But if you aren’t stupid,

and you aren’t locked into the arts as a belief system,

and you can learn…

matrixing can have a profound effect.

So,

the proof.

I’ve got 0ver 700 pages of wins from people.

I’ve been pushing matrixing,

in some form,

since the eighties,

and I’ve only had two returns in that time.

But the real proof is this…

Money back guarantee.

Looks, it’s subjective,

the only person that can prove it is your experience.

Not somebody else’s words,

but your own dig in and find out the truth self.

So,

here’s the link…

http://monstermartialarts.com/martial-arts/matrix-karate/

You can study it in other arts on the site,

but this was the first and most effective course.

Have a great work out!

Al

And thanks to everybody who picked up my book,

Advanced Tai Chi Chuan for Real Self Defense!

Don’t forget to give me five stars.

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‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 12 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 8 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find the book that works for you.

How to Fix Karate:

A Karate Training and Workout Book

 (Two Volumes)

Who are the Bad Guys?

Got a couple of things to cover this issue.

First…

pick up the free book,

RAT SYNTHESIS: SOUL RANGE: THE ART OF VICTORY: BECOME A DHARMIC WARRIOR

It is by Matt Russo.

and it is free for a week,

so check it out.

Second…

I was thinking the other day,

how do you tell the good guys from the bad guys?

It’s easy to say stay away from bad guys,

but how do you tell who is a bad guy,

and who is not?

When I was in high school

I was studying world history,

the teacher said that Hitler attacked every country.

He went to Poland, then continued attacking countries

in a circle, until he got to Russia.

He just attacked everybody.

And,

when he started losing,

he attacked his own people,

blaming the German people for being too weak.

So my criteria for identifying bad guys is

looking for the guys who attack people.

Obviously, you can have differences of opinion,

even big, old arguments,

but when an actual attack occurs,

there’s the fellow you should look at,

he might have just made a bad decision,

but he might also just be a Bad Guy.

And,

you can further identify a bad guy

by the magnitude of his attack…

does he bring a gun to a fist fight?

And,

you can further identify a bad guy

by how many people he attacks.

Does he pick fights with lots of other people?

And,

a very important element,

does he attack people who are smaller than him?

What gets interesting is something like

the weigh in at UFC.

There is trash talk,

good to generate audiences.

Then one of the guys slaps the other guy,

or some other action.

Oops. Bad guy.

There are also all sorts of key phrases that identify bad guys.

For instance:

‘That guy studies at a McDojo.’

‘If it doesn’t work in the ring it isn’t a real art.’

I know I’ve stepped on some toes here, 

and there is a lot of room for opposing opinions,

shadings of some of the things I’ve said,

and so on.

Just because a guy says one thing,

or does one thing,

doesn’t paint him forever.

Guy might have just had a brain fart.

But you can generally identify bad guy remarks because

they have one common factor:

opinion over facts.

Okay.

Think about it,

argue,

find fault,

think about your politicians…

andleave comments at MonsterMartialArts.com

and don’t forget to check out Matt’s book.

Have a great work out!

Al

And thanks to everybody who picked up my book,

Advanced Tai Chi Chuan for Real Self Defense!

Don’t forget to give me five stars.

Those ratings help my sales.

Don’t forget to check out the interview

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 12 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 8 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find the book that works for you.

How to Fix Karate:

A Karate Training and Workout Book

 (Two Volumes)

Hidden Techniques of Karate!

I originally published this book as Chiang Nan.

I added several hours of video links

and renamed it

‘Hidden Techniques of Karate.’

Oddly,

The version called Chiang Nan

without the video links

has five star ratings.

Hidden Techniques, however, has no ratings.

Weird.

You’d think I would have more and even better ratings 

for a book that includes several hours of videos.

Anyway,

I want to discuss the first technique.

It’s the third move in Pinan one (Heian One)

the move with the rolling fists.

On the surface it is stupid, as I will show you.

But when you see what it is really is

it really makes sense. 

Pay attention to the way ‘old masters’ do this technique.

It will demonstrate how even the guys

who supposedly know so much have been bamboozled.

My way is best,

and if you do it right,

and the guy doesn’t let go his grab

a little practice

and you can break his wrist with your strike.

Here you go.

If the link doesn’t work try copy and paste into your browser.

Okay,

the book is 

Hidden Techniques of Karate

It’s a video course book.

It’s got hours and hours of video

forms and applications,

and it is a valuable lesson in the right way to do martial arts.

Here’s the website link…

Hidden Techniques of Karate

Or if you want to just go to Amazon  just type

‘Hidden Techniques of Karate’ in the amazon search box.

Now,

have yourself a funomenal day!

And a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 12 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 8 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find the book that works for you.

How to Fix Karate:

A Karate Training and Workout Book

 (Two Volumes)

New Book on Nine Square Diagram Tai Chi Chuan!

What a beautiful day!

For me, what mades it so is the one form I do.

I start off the day with this form,

and I end the day with this form.

Oh, I still do Sanchin (including Seisan)

and my matrix forms,

but the one form that geets my full intention

day after day,

is in my new book

Advanced Tai Chi Chuan for Real Self Defense!

In this book I get rid of ALL the mystical bushwah,

and I focus on the dozen postures.

The moves that actually work, and can be used in freestyle.

The form is done on the nine square pattern,

it is short, 

and I do it with closed eyes.

This aids in visualization

and really starts the energy flowing.

There are about 30 techniques taken directly from this form,

and I have a section on Lop Sau,

which helps understand how the moves can be translated from

the perfection of form

to the discipline of application

to the chaos of freestyle.

The book is 108 pages,

has included some matrixing theories,

and…

I do it every day.

Rain or shine.

I do it slowly,

Tai Chi style,

And it is the only form in the art of 

Nine Square Diagram Boxing!

SO,

check it out…

Advanced Tai Chi Chuan for Real Self Defense!

And have a GREAT work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 12 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 8 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find the book that works for you.

How to Fix Karate:

A Karate Training and Workout Book

 (Two Volumes)

Taking the Next Step in Tai Chi Chuan!

I was always trying to figure out

how to make Tai Chi Chuan happen a little quicker.

Just as i didn’t want to take years for a black belt in other systems,

I didn’t want to take years to get the real benefits of Tai chi.

When I put together the Nine Square Diagram Boxing

I was addressing this directly.

I figured isolating the working moves,

increasing repetition,

and focusing on the meditative aspects

would get me there.

The important things to remember

are to shift the weight back and forth,

loading the legs with energy,

pushing that energy into the tan tien,

which is the energy generator for the body.

Also, to keep the belly taut, but not tight.

This focuses on the tan tien and not the muscles.

Very important to realize that

if you focus on the muscles

you isolate body parts

instead of putting them together as one unit.

And, to keep the arms filled with unbendable energy.

Aikido definitions are best to understand the ‘unbendable arm.’

But very little flexing,

keep the arms at their most optimum bend

and work on subtle pulses

that work off the push of energy in the legs.

Doing the Nine Square in this way,

or doing Tai Chi in this manner

will up your speed of learning,

and the accumulation of energy in your body.

Simply shift back and forth

and feel the ‘slosh’ of energy in your body.

It may take a while,

but it is faster than traditional Tai Chi by ten.

But what REALLY helped me

is doing the Nine Square with my eyes closed.

I did this with Tai Chi and it helped,

but with the repetition and focus of Nine Square

it magnified everything tremendously

I was feeling like I was holding a ball of energy.

I was feeling the energy building so fast

that I was compelled to move into the hard style

and snap everything with power.

that’s why I talk about doing the Nine Square two ways.

One soft and one hard.

When doing the Nine square soft (or Tai Chi)

don’t work against yourself.

Let the power build by being patient.

Know that you’re working for more than simple self defense.

Know that you are building yourself spiritually,

building and using energies

that normal people are not aware exists.

Ground the legs,

taut the belly

unbendable arms

close the eyes and let the power build

Do the hard style separately.

Here’s the link to the book,

make sure you…

GET THE EDITION WITH 5 HOURS OF VIDEO LINKS!

The Last Martial Arts Book: Nine Square Diagram Boxing

It’s a new year,

so have a great work out,

and do all the martial arts you can!

It’s good for your soul.

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 12 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 8 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find the book that works for you.

How to Fix Karate:

A Karate Training and Workout Book

 (Two Volumes)

Adding Chi to Tai Chi Chuan!

I remember when I first heard about Tai Chi.

Quite fascinating stuff.

Over the decades it became more fascinating,

and I learned how to differentiate

the myth from the reality.

In this newsletter 

I want to list a few of the things I do

that helped me figure out Tai Chi.

Do remember that these things take time,

even with matrixing.

They also demand a certain amount of belief

that you are going to get to where you’re going.

Move the hands like the hands of a clock.

They move evenly,

at the same rate of speed.

It helps if you watch them

and get a little removed from your body.

Breath as if to the tan tien,

and keep the tan tien taut.

Don’t flex the muscles of the abdomen, 

especially over the tan tien

(Tan tien ~ ‘The one point’ ~ 

the center of the body)

Like you’ve got an unbendable arm,

just running energy through it,

keep the tan tien taut, not tight.

move the arms into the posture

and keep them unbendable

while you turn the waist

and shift the weight.

Push with the legs,

you can feel the weight,

and alternate with weightlessness in the legs.

Synchronize the parts of the body

so they begin motion at the same time

and end motion at the same time.

this is CBM

(Coordinated Body Motion)

The energy in the tan tien

will duplicate the motion of the hands

if you have a taut belly and unbendable arms

and synchronize all motion.

Feel the air when you move the palms through  it

Imagine yourself above your head

as if looking down from above

imagine yourself as if pulling the strings

attached to the parts of the body

like a puppet.

Now,

here’s the thing,

this will cause energy to flow

help you enter a meditative state

and even understand the physics involved.

BUT

it is worthless if you don’t practice applications.

This means you should understand the hard style first,

and you should train yourself to handle attacks

without using force.

Make your body as if a glove

into which the opponent puts his fist,

then adjust the glove to unbalance him.

No contact

except the brush of skin on skin

and unbalance the opponent.

Practice push hands,

and especially the Lop Sau

that I have created.

Not the traditional,

which is merely a piecemeal drill,

but the whole drill I developed.

There’s lots of other things you can do,

the classics are full of stuff,

but you need to understand the hard arts,

then practice A LOT!

But these things should help you.

Check out the tai chi courses on Monster Martial Arts

And,

if you want to learn the Tai Chi concepts about ten times faster,

check out

The Last Martial Arts Book:

Nine Square Diagram Boxing.

Make sure you look for the version with five hours of video included.

And don’t forget to give me five stars!

Have a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 12 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 8 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find the book that works for you.

How to Fix Karate:

A Karate Training and Workout Book

 (Two Volumes)

The Secret of Martial Arts Whole Body Energy!

You know,

I talk about matrixing a lot.

Figuring out all of the blank spots in your art,

getting rid of poser techniques,

making logical sense of the whole thing.

But one thing I don’t talk about enough

is CBM

CBM is Coordinated Body Motion

In oldspeak,

or mysticism,

it is using the body as one unit.

This is a solid concept,

but often discounted.

It’s faster to just pound on a bag,

make your arm muscles big and strong,

and rely on that.

It is harder to do the forms slowly,

or at least with attention to detail,

and figure out how to use the body as one unit.

CBM.

But think of this.

Instead of building the arm so it is strong enough

to knock over 200 pounds,

why not train yourself to use the 200 pounds of your body?

The point of a punch (or technique),

is to deliver weight.

So just learn to put the entire weight of your body into the strike.

It’s easier in the long run,

and when you get old and lose your muscles,

you will still have an interesting by product.

Energy.

Energy is the capacity for work.

Work can be measured by weight.

But while you’re thinking about this,

let me tell you something else,

something a little more advanced.

You use your body as one unit.

You strike with the whole weight.

It is more efficient,

less tiring,

more effective.

But,

what happens when you CBM the other guys’s body?

This is the real secret of the grab arts.

This includes aiki, chin na, and even advanced judo/jujitsu

When you have achieved sufficient CBM

you touch the other person’s body with CBM

and his body will react by moving…WITH CBM!

The explanation is simple.

Bodies are bodies,

and you can hook them together.

ten marines lifting together can lift more

than twelve marines lifting separately.

This is a proven fact.

If you’ve only CBMed a little, 

you probably won’t be able to do this.

But if you CBM a lot,

your body doesn’t just operate on muscles,

it operates on energy,

and the person you touch,

their body will react with energy,

and they will unconsciously,

without even knowing it,

CBM.

Now you try the throw.

You throw the arm,

which weighs 20 pounds,

and the body goes along

which weighs 200 pounds.

This is actually how old men,

frail and fragile,

can push young men,

robust and muscular

a dozen yards with no effort.

And you really don’t want to know what a fully CBMed strike,

with all the energy pouring forth,

is like.

Now,

the unfortunate fact is this is difficult to prove,

unless you happen to cross hands with some old fellow

who has taken the time to develop his art,

and he is willing to share his art with you.

But the theory is solid,

and it’s not going to hurt you to think about it,

and maybe consider it in your training.

He strikes,

you evade,

you push and his body CBMs

and flies away.

And he will never know what hit him.

Unless, of course, 

he read this blog.

If you want to learn more about CBM

I mention it in a lot of my courses,

and my arts are designed to promote CBM

even if I don’t mention it.

But I always suggest

The Master Instructor Course

That was the first time I talked about it,

years ago,

but the data is there,

plus A LOT
 of other stuff.

Everything you need to master ANY art.

BTW

thanks to all who have purchased the 

The Last Martial Arts Book

(There is a version with five hours of video

but you have to hunt for it on Amazon)

Don’t forget to give me five stars!

Have a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find that useful

find the book/course that is right for you,

and matrix your own martial arts.

Three Dimensional Martial Arts!

If you take a look at Karate,

as a good representative of the striking arts, 

it is one dimensional.

Forward and back.

Circling around is fine,

but it is an additive from Bruce Lee and boxing.

Real karate,

you get close,

you strike…

forward or back,

it’s one dimensional.

There are grab arts in old karate,

and you can add some if you don’t know them.

But that only makes it a two dimensional art,

in a manner of speaking.

You zip in and force throw.

Charging straight in is one dimensional

and cause the throw to be hard style.

Hard throws tend to make it two dimensional.

If you add flow throws it becomes three dimensional.

When you don’t rely on force of punching,

when you don’t rely on the relative two dimensions of force throws,

then the game opens up.

You aren’t locked into force,

you can now think outside the box of two dimensions.

Now,

I know there’s going to be some severe disagreement

with what I’ve said.

This is because various people

have various viewpoints,

different experiences,

different arts at their fingertips.

That’s okay.

But let’s consider a case.

Morihei Uyeshiba

(founder of Aikido)

Could probably take any MMA fighter out there.

Not because Aikido is superior,

but because he studied Aikijujitsu,

real combat art,

before it was watered it down,

shaped for enlightenment and illumination.

I doubt if any of his students 

could do well in the Octagon.

They have a three dimensional art

which is lacking the first dimension.

Without understanding strikes,

you can’t truly understand

how to handle strikes.

My own theory

is that you must do the grab art

as the strike enters.

Not catch the flow and guide it.

Not trap and then break, trip, or whatever.

But as the punch enters your space

you begin wrapping it.

As it misses it is already wrapped.

And the fellow has punched into a lock,

or throw or whatever.

It’s a matter of moving in the moment, 

synchronizing with the opponent

not after it.

I have seen Karate adapted to the ring.

There is some stand up. grappling,

sweeps and throws and such,

but they are force throws,

depending on muscle.

Mostly the ring consists of boxing/Muay Thai/whatever

then jujitsu ground game.

I’ve included a short clip of one of the grappling tricks

that I teach and use.

If you disagree with my analysis

of what makes a more three dimensional art,

drop a line in the comments.

Insults are fun,

but people pay more attention to physics,

links to illustrate,

and so on.

Here’s one of the techniques from my 

Matrix Kung Fu course…

Armwrapping

have a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find that useful

find the book/course that is right for you,

and matrix your own martial arts.

‘Empty and Be’ in the Martial Arts!

The Most Important Thing in the Martial Arts!

Yes,

breathing, grounding, relaxing,

they’re important.

body alignment and synchronization,

very important.

But the most important thing is

where you put your intention.

So here’s a nifty, little trick.

Having trouble touching your toes?

Especially that first bend or two?

Try these two things.

First, arch your back and touch the sky behind you.

Really stretch,

relax,

let the back bend backwards.

Now,

LOOK AT THE GROUND

as you touch the ground.

Suddenly you can reach the ground easily

and with no effort.

Good martial arts never takes effort,

it takes relaxed intention.

Look, the reason you can’t bend forward enough

is because the back is tight

energy is locked,

or at least unmoving.

So you have to move it.

But the back is like the string of a guitar,

it doesn’t just bend in one direction,

it’s got to bend in both directions,

and when you bend in both directions

all the energy that is locked up

can start to move.

Bend only forward and the back is only half bending,

and the other half is fighting you.

And when you look to the ground your intention is freed,

it is no longer distracted by your half moving back,

and your body can go where your intention directs it.

So,

how do you put intention into your strikes and blocks?

The other side of the guitar string, 

in this instance,

is emptiness.

Mentally empty your body,

just relax and breath,

even forget about what you are doing,

then direct your intention into your hand

imagine it being in the new position.

Pop!

What was empty is now full.

People talk about focus,

and they are right,

but it’s not just filling the muscle,

it is emptying the muscle before you fill it.

Want to punch faster?

Want to assume deeper posture?

Want to do away with reaction time

and be in the moment?

the secret is intention.

And the secret of intention

is to be empty before you be full.

What’s fascinating is to apply this,

 to do this long enough

that you start assuming a viewpoint outside your body,

empty and fill your body,

figure out when the energy is going through which leg,

and out through which arm.

Empty and Be.

And,

eventually,

your mind is empty,

virtually cleansed,

and you have freedom of motion in all directions,

and in all directions of your life.

Okay,

so,

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guys and gals,

remember

every form is a prayer, so…

have a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find that useful

find the book/course that is right for you,

and matrix your own martial arts.

Depths of Karate Striking

Let’s take off the gloves.

Let me dispel a couple of illusions.

Let’s talk about how deep you strike somebody

in the martial arts.

There are three depths of striking.

First, you strike somebody skin deep.

Bare contact,

no harm,

point fighting.

Excellent stuff.

Trains people without harming them.

Sure, it lacks reality, 

but you can get more reality

by mixing in other training.

Makiwara, sand box, punching bag.

Mix those with your point fighting and

you will become formidable.

Second,

you strike somebody muscle deep.

This is to cause pain and bruises.

It is not to kill somebody.

It is to bruise them and dissuade them.

It is the slap to bring them to their senses

before you stick a knife in them.

We use this in a very controlled manner

when we are doing form applications.

We build ourselves and our partners up

by striking them harder and harder,

but still don’t damage them.

Third,

you strike somebody bone deep.

This is the punch or block designed

to break a bone or…

to end a life.

To punch skin deep is to touch,

to punch muscle deep is to bruise,

to punch bone deep is to render them

broken and unconscious.

Good karate,

or any good martial art

will enable the student to progress

through the depths of strikes

so he can use the right one at the right time.

I think that being able to

strike somebody bone deep

is a skill worth acquiring.

I wrote a book on how to develop a third level strike.

it is called:

The Hardest Punch in the World

Have a great work out!

Al

Don’t forget to check out the interview

How to Fix Karate! (volumes one and two)

volume one is at

And volume two is at…

‘The Last Martial Arts Book’ has 11 ratings for 5 stars.

(There is a video version of this book with no stars yet)

My two yoga books have 9 ratings between them  for 5 stars.

‘The Book of Five Arts’ has 7 ratings for 5 stars.

‘The Science of Government’ has 6 ratings for 5 stars.

‘Chiang Nan’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars.

My novel, ‘Monkeyland,’ has 5 ratings for 5 stars

That’s a lot of good ratings

so hopefully you’ll find that useful

find the book/course that is right for you,

and matrix your own martial arts.