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The Sucker Punch
Not being there, is the best defense. ~ TanDao This happens a lot. During a hostile argument an aggressor feigns peace – he puts out his hand as if to shake and suddenly bam! You’re hit. The sucker...
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Institute for Advanced Integrated Martial Arts
If you follow our blog, you have often heard us speak of our friends at London Chinatown Tae Kwon Do. Neil Hall, Chief Instructor at LCTKD, is our guest blogger, and has a new endeavor: The Institute...
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Horses and Bayonets: Modern Martial Arts and Traditional Martial Way
In last night’s presidential debate, President Obama’s phrase “horses and bayonets” – referring to outmoded military weaponry in today’s technological world – aptly applies to traditional martial...
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When Push Comes to Shove: Your 3 Core Fighting Techniques
Martial artists love to learn new movements. And with the prevailing open attitude to styles and techniques from round the world on internet, we can access new fighting to get the critical edge. As...
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Reality Self Defense Tip
Today, modern fighters tend to use generic front, round and side kicks that no longer distinguish between stylistic method or proper form. Who cares if it is a muay thai, goju, tang soo do or southern...
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After the 12/21/12 Non Event
Still here. Once again the pseudo scientific and superstitious doomsday nonsense predicting the end of the world has proven to be false. Since the beginning of human history such bullsh*t dire...
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2013: Get the Martial Edge
It’s New Year Resolutions time. So you want to dramatically improve your skills and perfect your techniques this year? We have a problem. Unlike ancient Chinese martial artists who could devote their...
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The Master’s Three Sons
Photo: www.catalysthouse.net In TanDao, we use this famous zen tale as a metaphor for long and winding path to martial arts mastery: The Master’s Three Sons Once upon a time two old kung fu masters...
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The Fighting Cock
Photo: chinaonlinemuseum What does power look like? Projecting to the world that “I’m a tough guy not to f**k with” appeals to some martial artists. But to those initiated into martial virtue (wu de) –...
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The Danger of Armchair Martial Arts
With the pop mainstream taste for action movie violence, MMA and practical street defense, the “kick ass” view of martial arts prevails. Sadly, the rich historical, philosophical and cultural...
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On Real Fighting: Self Defense and Violence
Any reality based self defense training requires the development and understanding of realistic fighting. Perhaps the Shaolin monk’s initial pacifism is best: don’t fight. Whenever possible, escape....
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The Evolving Martial Artist
We are excited about our upcoming series, The Evolving Martial Artist. Our theme is bridging traditional art and modern fight science. We’ll explore what works, what doesn’t work, martial arts...
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Six Guiding Questions for Evolving Martial Artists
At TanDao, we usually present self defense techniques and tips to give you the martial edge in the street – the warrior movements. But Evolving Martial Artists are also part scholars, who think about...
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The Ultimate Technique? At last! Toni and I have been busy with our new web series. We are excited to announce that our Evolving Martial Artist is about to premiere. If you’re part of our TanDao clan...
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Greetings Companions on the Way, We’re excited about this second episode of our Evolving Martial Artist series, Warrior, Scholar, Monk. What’s the secret to true power? Strength? Strategy? Skill?...
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