“If you get better with this technique, you can see and react when getting attacked with 180º of your sight.“ It often happens in street self defence situations which you have to go against multiple opponents. There are a lot of different strategies for this situation too, but the first […]
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“In the old days, they developed “How to beat bigger and stronger opponent”, but in these days, this kind of concepts and techniques are lost in modern martial arts because it has became too much sports orientated.” In my last blog, I was talking about “You are not wearing gloves” in […]
“In martial arts techniques, knuckles are not the only weapon you got.” The striking technique you will learn at the MMA ITO DOJO might be similar to Boxing or Muay Thai, but slightly different from them. Of course you can use it for Boxing and Muay Thai fights, but the […]
“If we approach our automatic function through controlled breathing and combine it with visualisations, we can make our reflexes and reactions faster.” It’s important to be able to move fast in a fight but it is not only how fast our body can move. It’s probably more important to have […]
“Don’t focus on the result of moving faster. Focus on the process, so you are moving faster naturally. That way, we can still move faster even when we get older.“ Being able to move fast is important in martial arts but in most cases, people try to move fast by […]
“In our busy everyday life, we tend not to reflect on ourselves. Writing a diary and training journal gives us good abilities for self awareness and self reflection.” I used to write a diary and training journal about what training I did, what new things I learnt, what I did good […]
“In our busy lives, our mind often wanders off everywhere, and we forget what we are aiming for, what we are actually trying to achieve, and what is the most important for us.“ I often see in fights or sparring, people lose their balance after their punch and kick, or […]
People have all different body sizes and shapes, different strengths, flexibilities, speed, and different personalities. Some people might have limited physical abilities from injuries or medical problems or other problems. Each of us have a different strengths and weaknesses. So, we might have to learn different things in different ways. […]
“There are so many different stages of training in martial arts, and we improve different aspects in each stage.“
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