An Awesome Spinning Back Fist

MMA is seeing an evolution of techniques with every match. The sport has gone from the traditional face to face punchfest, to bouts with cartwheel kicks and people jumping of the cage like spider monkeys. One unorthodox technique has been shining through for years however, and it is due to many factors. The spinning back fist has racked up several famous knock outs and i believe although its a wild move it deserves some recognition. Here is a clip showing how a fighter (Yahir Reyes) went from being pushed back by someone he didn't want to go to to toe with, to winning the fight.

Yahir Reyes turns it around.

Rules to live by

Here is a link to a code of moral conduct written by Ip Man A master of wing chun. He is the man responsible for bringing the art to the worlds stage. Today wing chun is respected by schools and military around the world as one of the most effective and deadly martial arts. It is due to the power of this discipline that these words were penned. However if you read them you might realize that the majority of it goes beyond martial arts and should be adopted by all people. It is a moral code and a very easy one to follow. Please Read.  Rules to live by

Keeping Killing Fun

There are endless amounts of people out there with humorous martial arts video podcasts. But to this day Ask A Ninja is still my favorite. I don't keep up with him anymore but what i can tell you is that if you look up Ask a Ninja or visit his website you will be sure to have a few serious laughs. But be careful, he is a Ninja and he will kill you.

here is one of my favorite posts of his for your viewing pleasure.

Ninja Omnibus

The Best Intro in any tutorial ever!

I stumbled upon this video a few months ago. Although it is a great tutorial from someone who deserves much respect, i can't shake the feeling that this is something you could see on Tosh.0. If you don't laugh just a little bit during the intro Im sorry but you are clinically depressed and should really just go back to bed.

No Handed Cartwheel Guy

Sweet Justice

Here is a story to refute those out there who feel that a gun is the end all beat all of a fight. More evidence that a person with a cool head and the right training can defend his life no matter what the circumstance. Please do not take this article as proof that you personally can defend yourself from a gunman. This story happened in very specific circumstances, and if you read the article through, the martial artist in question handed over his valuables without resistance. 


Fatty Fat Gunman Gets beaten and shoots himself trying to rob an Ultimate Fighter

Somebody had to say it.

Here is a great guy helping us all out with his public service, making us all a little more aware of some truly STUPID martial arts techniques. Watch and enjoy.

Don't these techniques ANYWHERE!

Conditioning for Pain Tolerance

     Most all Martial Artist exercise conditioning of their bodies for specific usages. For example Mauy Thai and Karate practitioners often harden their shins because the round house kick is integral to their strategy. On the other hand many different styles of Kung Fu train to harden their hands and fingers because these small bones are often their main striking surfaces. Any of these exercises condition the bones using what is called Wolf's Law. However the training also has an additional benefit of improving your pain tolerance. Pain Tolerance put simply is the amount of pain a person can withstand before reacting, submitting, or passing out.
      Mind over matter does have a lot to do with a persons pain tolerance however every person has their breaking point. So the question is what can we do to our most vulnerable parts such as pressure points and  other parts of us, that we can't simply bang against trees and rocks and metal? What has worked for me is gradual self infliction of pain and or pressure to my pressure points. The beauty of this is that it is something that can be practiced little by little in your day to day life. Here is one simple exercise you can try for yourself.

Apply pressure to your nail bed just in front of your cuticle. This pressure point is used often to teach women's self defense because it takes little to no strength to inflict pain to this area. Continue to apply pressure until you feel it is to much for you to handle, than stop. Bare in mind this is not your actual pain tolerance, but more so the amount your mind will allow you to apply pain to yourself, before your mind says "HEY MAN! what are freaking retarded?" So now once you find that point continually apply pressure till the pain is to much, hold for a moment, and release. Over time your mind will allow you to experience this for longer periods of time as the nerves get used to it. Do this on all our you digits in rotation and i guarantee you will learn more about yourself and improve your pain tolerance in the process.