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The End of Urban Samurai

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:38:37 +0000

Yes, you read right. This blog is coming to an end. After a bit of mulling over I have decided to close the Urban Samurai Blog down for good. It didn’t take me long to come to this decision and in fact the decision more or less made itself, which suggests to me that this [...]

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The Importance Of Internal Motivation In The Martial Arts

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:02:21 +0000

This is a guest post from Oscar Del Ben. Oscar is the publisher of Freestyle Mind, one of the classiest personal development blogs on the web. In this article he talks about internal motivation in the martial arts and touches upon some of my favourite subjects, including fear and visualiztion. I hope you enjoy it [...]

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Why The Fundamentals Of Martial Arts Are Neglected

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:53:59 +0000

Thanks to my previous post on the importance of learning and continuing to practice the basics, a few people have asked why I think it is that so many martial artists are quick to neglect the basic techniques when it comes to training, so I thought I would try and answer that question here in [...]

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The Basics- Remember Those?

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:39:34 +0000

It can be argued that the most important part of learning any martial art, no matter what the style, is properly learning the basics, and by basics I mean the basic techniques that go to make up the framework of the art- stances, footwork, striking, timing and distance etc., the bare bones of any fighting [...]

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Wrestling For Self Defense…Southpark Style

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:14:49 +0000

Who ever said wrestling didn’t work on the street? Share on FacebookClick here to download free e-book Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Tweet This! Email this to a friend? Technorati Tags: Humour, Southpark, Wrestling

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The Freeze Syndrome

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:16:26 +0000

The other night at training one of peers was taking the class and he had us doing an arm lock in response to a double lapel grab. The technique involved taking control of your opponent’s wrist and then taking the elbow and whipping the arm. If done correctly, the whipping movement will break your opponents arm. As [...]

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The Best of Urban Samurai 2009- Free E-Book Download

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:18:10 +0000

Incredibly folks, I’ve somehow managed to reach my 100th post on this little blog of mine, a feat I never thought I’d manage when I first began back in April of last year. But here it is, none the less and to celebrate this milestone of mine I have a put together a compilation of [...]

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The Value of Persistence

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:19:07 +0000

You ever wonder why the drop-out rate amongst martial arts students is so high? Is it because the training is hard? Is it because it is repetitive and at times hard to enjoy? Is it because students realise that they really want to be doing something else? Or do they quit when their dreams of [...]

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Self Defense- Multiple Attacker Tactics

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:59:33 +0000

Multiple attackers are very difficult to deal with. Let me tell you a story that illustrates my point. As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, my Dad is a bouncer as well as being my Sensei. He has been bouncing now for almost twenty years and has been training in the martial arts for nearly thirty [...]

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Taekwondo Monkeys Attack Trainer!

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:14:08 +0000

A group of performing monkeys taught in the art of Taekwondo have turned the tables on the man who trained them and taken their long-awaited revenge. Yes, it seems the martial arts primates knew exactly what they were doing when they went along with the strict training regime concocted by Korean trainer Lo Wung (42), whose [...]

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