Tag: fma

RIPPED CALLUSES AND SMOKING RATTAN

On a rather famous FMA page, a member asked for opinions on-about the pros and cons […]

“DEAD DRILLS AND THE FMA BLACK SWAN”

I have been around FMA since the 1980s. FMA was very popular in the late 1980s, […]

IN DEFENSE OF FMA STICK FOLLOW-UPS

If you are a FMA “stick versus-stick-fighter,” I think, about…ohhh…80%…85% (?) of the stick material typical […]

FMA STICK versus STICK DISARMING

In the big picture of fast and furious, speedy, adrenalized stick fight, where does the single […]

RESPECTING THE HEAD SHOT IN STICK SPARRING

  Respect the Head Shot? Do you? Really? One of the conundrums in FMA stick sparring […]

Hock the Filipino Gringo of FMA

Okay folks. Bare with me. I have a few martial ranks through the years, (like a […]

The Quandary of FMA Training Stick vs. Stick, versus Stick Combatives

A Bigger Picture. In the martial arts world, stick versus stick fighting is most closely associated […]

Mixed Martial Arts? Or, Mixed-Up Martial Arts?

MMA – Mixed Martial Arts? Or MMA – Mixed-up Martial Arts?   The tabulators tell me […]

Football “Hand-Fight” Exercises and Drills for the Martialist

A lot of American football coaches and players watch game films. I instead, have watched hours […]

HANDS-LANDS Touching the “Hands” of the Master in the “Lands.”

HANDS-LANDS – Touching the “hands” of the master. Touching the “lands” of the master. Hands-Lands. (This […]