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 so obviously ineffective it was laughable; but we went along with it because no one had anything better to offer. Today we have available to us something that is better. Thanks to the hard work of several key martial artists, forms have again become relevant to real, functional self-defense. The result is a robust martial art tailored to the individual martial artist. How could it be otherwise?

In this video series we will be sharing our ideas — and the ideas of others — in the hope you will be encouraged to examine your own forms for real, effective self-defense techniques and then share them with us.

We owe a great debt to several dedicated martial artists who continue to help us on this path. Grand Master George A. Dillman, world renowned pressure point pioneer and founder of Dillman Karate International (DKI); Senior Master Instructor Chris Thomas of the Kyusho Jitsu Kenkukai (KJK) and DKI; Master Dusty Seale of DKI and KJK; Master Matt Hayatt of DKI and KJK; Master Mark Gridley of Combat Hapkido and KJK; Master Glenn Ristine of Isshin Ryu and KJK. This group of humble, unselfish men has played a key role in bringing our dojo to this place at this time. We are grateful for their insights and encouragement as we continue striving toward excellence.

Thanks are also in order to the good people behind The Podcast Network.

Please feel free to contact us at explorer@fullcirclemartialarts.org

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