All things karate

In this blog I would like to answer the question “How do I overcome the effects of the Adrenaline Dump”. This I shall answer in three sections namely

1.   why do we get the adrenal (adrenaline) dump
2.   the effects of this “dump”
3.   how to overcome these effects

Why do we get the adrenal dump?

  Adrenaline is a neurotransmitter and hormone. It prepares us for fight or flight. Thousands of years ago man needed the benefits of the adrenal dump when he needed to fight for his life or ...

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  In this blog I would like to briefly discuss, the evolution of so called traditional karate from a viable system of self defence (Tode also known as Te or Uchinadi) to a watered down version of itself, otherwise known as “Traditional Karate”. I would also like to take this opportunity to point out that modern sport karate is a great way to get fit and have fun and especially at black belt levels is a very skilful sport. I have nothing against it (I spent approximately 15 years doing it)...

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Thought I would add this for your consideration. I shall be uploading some solutions to these attacks in the near future. If you are reading this from outside the UK I would be interested in a list of the top 10 from your country, if you can get it please pass it on to me with where you got it from and I shall add my solutions to the list

Top 10 most common assaults listed in order of frequency are

1. Defender pushes attacker, hands to chest, which is usually followed by the attacker using a s...

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   In spite of what you may hear on TV and in the papers the vast majority of people never have a fight in their loves, never get mugged or attacked and never need fighting skills. The vast majority of people have enough on their plates trying to juggle work, having fun etc so fighting skills are pretty low down in the order of things they think they need, though they are in fact pretty important, as the saying goes "Its better to have the skill and never use it than to not have the skill ...

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Welcome to my first blog

I have been putting together everything for my site and there is still a fair bit to do but due to the credit crunch I just lost my job and to cap it all have injured my shoulder in a fall which has interferred with my training and weight lose program.

I have decided to upload this site even though it is unfinished the reason being I want to get my messege out to the martial arts online community and see what interest there is (if any) in what I do.

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