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Category Archives: Psychology
“Because You’re Worth It!” Or are you? Rank inflation in the martial arts.
Rank inflation in the arts is something any long-time practitioner will have witnessed more than once in their time, and there can be many different drivers that cause it to occur. I had to deal with this issue – hopefully … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Culture Clash, History, Learning, Martial arts, Martial Arts Training, Prof. Wally Jay, Psychology, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, boxing systems, Coaching, Concepts, Confidence, Development, Integrity, Martial arts, Master Christopher Ricketts, Psychology, Rank, Standards, Teaching
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Fit to Fight – Exercise, Health and training to survive
Introduction There is a long-running debate concerning whether training in the art makes you fit for the art – as well as just generally fitter – or whether it is necessary to undergo fitness training to enable you to survive … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Martial Arts Training, Martial arts, Science, Psychology, Supplemental Training, Principles of training, Learning, Teaching, Health, Fitness, Aerobic Fitness, Genetics
Tagged Fitness, Health, Aerobic Fitness, Cardio-Vascular Fitness, High Intensity Training, BBC Horizon, Sports Science, Health & Longevity, genetics, diabetes
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Questions, Questions…
Years ago my wife (who was my senior student then as now, but not my wife or even girlfriend at the time) and I had a dojo at St. Mary’s Medical School in Paddington in London. We had a lot … Continue reading
Mindset – our flexible friend
Anything sophisticated enough to be called a martial art uses psychology in a multiplicity of ways. A generalised understanding of the psychology of stress and aggression (nearly the same thing, though mostly they simply overlap) is obviously useful. This can … Continue reading
Supporting the Body and the Mind – Supplemental Training for the informed martial artist
For most modern martial arts students, supplemental training tends to refer to running for fitness, a new stretching routine or an alternative resistance training regime, but the truly traditional disciplines were replete with all manner of effective adjuncts to calisthenics … Continue reading
Posted in Martial arts, Martial Arts Training, Psychology, Science, Supplemental Training, Uncategorized
Tagged Coaching, Concepts, Confidence, healing and fitness, injury prevention, learning methods, massage, mental training, Methodology, pressure points, Psychology, shiatsu, Teaching Methods, visualisation
Faith and Belief in the Martial Arts
Faith – whether in a particular religion, art or teacher – in the martial arts is a problematic concept. I remember some years ago, one of my students asking me, “How can you train in so many different arts from … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Filipino Martial Arts, Martial arts, Martial Arts Training, Psychology, Uncategorized
Tagged Animism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Chinese Martial Arts, Context, Culture, Faith, Filipino, Hinduism, Indonesia, Islam, Malaysia, Martial arts, Religion, Sympathetic Magic, Taoism
In Pain?
I’ve just watched an episode of Horizon on BBC Two, called ‘The Secret World of Pain’, and a few days ago another BBC Science programme called ‘Pleasure and Pain’, with Dr. Michael Mosley, the last in a series on the … Continue reading
