August 24, 2009 by george.

Here’s a blog that I stumbled across some time ago and just returned to again recently. Its great for that combination of historical information coupled with stories of the old masters. That sort of writing is what got me hooked on the internal Chinese martial arts to begin with, so this blog still speaks to the young martial arts geek in me. I’m a lot more practical these days, but this is still great stuff.

It’s called Masters of the IMA

 http://wulinmingshi.wordpress.com/

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August 23, 2009 by george.

Check it out. Too many people always want to get too rough or try to “win” in their sparring. Here’s a pro at the top of his game, practicing. He’s throwing elbows - safely. He’s throwing leg kicks - safely. They are throwing out combos and getting in their techniques - safely - and without someone necessarily trying all out to stop them from training.

This is the kind of stuff we do when we are doing trading throws in that arena, but it’s still hard for most to do this in general sparring.

Ego prevents everyone from improving, not just the dude with the ego.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nBoQgeKP-0

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August 9, 2009 by george.

UFC 101 Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffen fight.

Just saw it, and although I love a brawl as well, I just enjoy watching an incredibly skilled fighter totally outclass the other. That is what happened here in this fight. Here’s the final KO shot.

Mr. Anderson has some skills.

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