In this article, Sabrina reflects that the further she journeys into martial arts, the more things are unveiled that are unknowns. This in itself leads to a deeper exploration and appreciation of what she could do to learn further to develop as a practitioner.
Sometimes in the search for answers in our training and life journey, we should consider trying something different. It all starts with having curiosity. In this article, Sabrina shares her new-found interest of social media character filters, and how she considers this as a useful way to experiment and develop her creativity and achieve a better understanding of herself as a martial artist and person on life's journey.
Home training has its challenges as we adjust to life during isolation. This post shares a simple karate cardio drill to work up a sweat!
Being injured doesn't mean you have to completely stop your martial arts journey. This article shares how you could still progress to train through injury.
Having goals to strive for are great. However, goal setting does not necessarily guarantee action. Slip ups happen to many of us on our journey. In this article, I share my recent fitness slip up that led me to gain 10kg, and how I sorted myself to get back on track.
In this guest post, Simon Hall, Instructor at Essex Soo Bahk Do, shares his recent experience of facing and rising from a serious heart condition. He shares how he's used his martial arts training during this worrying time, and also reflects deeper into a more rounded approach of health and fitness for life.
This article explores how three Mufasa quotes about tradition from Disney's animated film The Lion King can be applied to understand the value of tradition in martial arts.
In this article, I share a comparison clip of the same form (hyung/kata) four years apart, to show how time makes a difference to your training - even when you may not realise it!
This instalment is the first in a series that looks at how martial arts is used in video games! It may give us some added benefit for our own sparring combinations on the mat, and/or help us to think how we can apply what we know in practice when playing martial arts video games.
In this guest article, Peter Reeve, a 2nd Dan Moo Duk Kwan practitioner and Instructor at Norfolk Soo Bahk Do, shares how martial arts has helped him to manage and improve on his mental health challenges.