It’s not enough to have fighting ability. You also have to have fighting spirit, the will to do whatever it takes to survive. All the martial arts knowledge in the world cannot save you in a violent confrontation if you lack the will to push yourself beyond your physical limitations. That ability is … [Read more...]
The Fighting Spirit
Combat Kung Fu
When many people hear the word kung-fu, they often think of white haired superheroes capable of running up bamboo trees to fight it out in the treetops. Many martial artists themselves seemed to have lost sight of kung-fu’s design as a viable method of self-defense training, which in my view, has … [Read more...]
Training Around Injury
Training around injury is one of the most important abilities to have, and it’s something we try to teach all of our students at Combat Kung-Fu. When you engage in any kind of athletic activity, you’re bound to sustain minor injuries like pulled muscles and bruises from time to time. So, it’s … [Read more...]
Why Study Self-Defense Techniques
First of all, what are self-defense techniques and why should one study them? Even though self-defense techniques are just one facet of martial arts training, they are especially useful tools because they focus the student directly on the kinds of fighting scenarios that one might face out on the … [Read more...]
The Art of Jointlocking
Kahm-nah, pronounced "kum-nah", roughly translates to the art of seizing, grasping and locking. Called chin-nah in Mandarin, this is the art of applying joint locking and joint dislocating techniques for self-defense. Kahm-nah is not its own "style”, but is an integral part of most traditional … [Read more...]