A Brief Case for Classical Martial Thought:
Stepping back to move forward
By Scot Combs
For the purposes of this essay the term ‘traditional’ will refer to the martial arts systems brought from Japan, Okinawa and later, China to the US after World War II. The term ‘classical’ will refer to those systems in their complete (historical, original) […]

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Martial Arts Explorer - Video Podcast
Volume 1 Program 1
The ‘no blocks in forms’ discussion begins with a demonstration of why we prefer to call “down blocks” Down Counters.
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Martial Arts Explorer - Video Podcast
Volume 1 Program 1
The ‘no blocks in forms’ discussion begins with a demonstration of why we prefer to call “down blocks” Down Counters.

Welcome to the first video podcast of Martial Arts Explorer. Our goal is to share how we interpret classical forms to extract practical self-defense techniques. Like most other modern martial artists, we were originally taught forms as “muscle memory” exercises but were never given effective application information. Often the explanation of a given move was […]