By Kendall Giles, on September 1st, 2011 
Choosing Where to Train
Now that you have some sense of the different martial arts styles and which ones interest you, the next decision is selecting a training location. Whether you choose a sport art or a historical martial art, the key is to find an instructor and dojo/salle/school with integrity, experience, skill, and good instruction. Some dojos/salles/schools or instructors will claim that their method is ”the most . . . → Read More: How to Get Started in the Martial Arts, Part 3: Choosing Where to Train
By Kendall Giles, on September 1st, 2011 
Choosing a Martial Art
The previous part of this series discussed why you might want to consider martial arts training. In this part, we investigate the differences between various martial arts, and how to select one for yourself.
A Little Martial Arts History
The history of martial arts goes back thousands of years. It is very difficult to say that a particular martial art came from a . . . → Read More: How to Get Started in Martial Arts, Part 2: Choosing a Martial Art
By Kendall Giles, on September 1st, 2011 
How many of you have watched a Bruce Lee movie, or perhaps you’ve seen the movie “Kill Bill”, and thought, “Man, I’d love to take martial arts training and learn to move like they do!”? Or maybe you’ve noticed that martial artists are generally in shape? Or maybe you’d like your kid to get off the couch and into a structured activity? Or maybe you’ve decided to learn some self-defense techniques? In this . . . → Read More: How to Get Started in the Martial Arts, Part 1: Benefits of Martial Arts
By Kendall Giles, on July 9th, 2011
By Kendall Giles, on April 22nd, 2011 
Above is a picture I took yesterday of a little cluster of mushrooms I discovered on a pile of mulch in our yard.
Below are a few Internet links from the last couple of weeks. Highlights include why creative people are eccentric, six exercise machines to avoid, word of a new Sherlock Holmes story on the way, and the power of the Dark Side.
“Legal” disclaimers at the bottom of emails are . . . → Read More: Mushrooms on the mulch pile and galumphing through the Internet
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