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Controversial Exercises, Part 2

Recent research has shown some exercises that martial artists routinely perform carry an increased risk of injury. Remember that any exercise program must be designed to maximize benefits while minimizing detrimental effects. This series will continue to help you formulate the safest and most effective program for your workouts. Part 1 included standing toe touches. ...

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Speed Can Save Your Life

You may have heard “speed is everything in a real fight.” The importance of speed in executing a given technique or defensive move seems quite obvious, really. But, we need to look at the important concept of speed more deeply as it applies to real world self-defense. Speed is not just how fast we can ...

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Kimbos, Bimbos and the Future!

Taking Another Shot at Good Competition: What it Means to All of Us, Who We Are and How We Are Perceived! By MAH (“Mad as Hell”) Joe Corley I have just gagged my way through the CBS primetime debut of “mixed martial arts, featuring “the one, the only Kimbooooooooooo Sliiiiiiiiiiiice!” During two hours and 45 ...

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Inspiring (Holiday) Story from a School Owner!

I was speaking to a school owner from a pretty typical suburb the other day, it was really entertaining, and I thought you might find it interesting as well (which he gave me permission to share with you). So, this gentleman, a nice, sharp guy, has been running his school for 14 years, and has been “stuck” at about $26,000 a month gross for the last seven years.

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Seek to Understand

In the daily routine of running a business, it can become easy to look for patterns that make our lives easier. In fact, looking for patterns is built into the human psyche. So many strange photographs and ghost sightings can be explained merely by the fact that the human eye is predetermined to find the ...

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Backing Down the Prison Bully, Part 3

Let’s examine some of the key elements to Parts 1 and 2 of the original “prison bully” story:             Recall the prison bully’s remark “Hey, man, how come you keep taking my seat?” And recall that the other prisoner did not try to ignore or deny the bully’s true intent. He knew from the very ...

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