Writing Articles for Martial Arts Ezines

I've been trying to promote my book, and have started writing articles for
some martial arts ezines.
It's really pretty easy, just pick a subject you know about and start writing
about it!!
If your into martial arts there are plenty of sites with lots of information,most
writers on the sites are martial arts teachers and just people that love the
martial arts .
Give it a try you might find out you like writing !

To check out this site just use the button below.
They are even calling me an "expert author" if you can believe that, HA !






Peace ! Jerry

Get Your Blog Listed on Toplist

Hey ,
I came across a site that lets you list your Martial Arts blog,
if you have one ,just use the button and get listed!!
Lots of interesting reading on different martial arts.
Jerry

Knife Defense Technique April 2008

Hi All,

Have you ever seen the victim of a knife attack ?
Most of the time the person being attacked, (if they don't know what they are doing)
will try to stop the attack by putting up their hands and trying to grab or block the
knife ! They wind up getting cut repeatedly on the hands ,arms etc.
If you can it's better to just run and get away!!

If your a martial artist you may want to learn and practice this technique.
A person is approaching you he has a knife in his right hand and is reaching out with
his left hand to grab you. He wants to grab you with his left hand and stab you with a straight
thrusting motion with the knife in his right hand. You step to your right with your right foot
on a 45 degree angle into a right half horse stance,blocking and grabbing his left wrist on the outside with your left hand ,now turn toward his arm into a left half horse and strike his
elbow with your right forearm (this hyper extends or breaks his elbow) now bring your arm
over his and right backhand strike to his throat (you hit him with the hard part of your arm
just below your wrist)reach over and grab his right shoulder with your right hand,straighten
your right arm against his throat, this will choke him.(you pull his left arm against your chest
at the same time),he should have dropped the knife by now .



The lesson here is you don't have to go after the hand that's holding the knife.

You fight the whole person,by stepping to the opposite side you remove yourself from the
opponents" kill zone" and put him in your" kill zone". Make sure you control the opponents
left arm and keep it straight, this prevents him from turning toward you with the knife hand.

Have fun practicing this, this move is very deadly go slow.

Peace , Jerry
If you don't know how to use angles in a fight, go here and buy my book,
The Use of Lines ,Angles and Circles in Hand to Hand Combat

at http://stores.lulu.com/martialarts

Technique March 2008

This technique is for a left straight punch at your face:
From your safe distance (just out of reach of his leg) you step
on a 45 degree angle with your right foot and block
their arm, block with a left up windmill block (bring your arm up from your center and
block with the outside of your arm in a half circle motion) as you block grab his arm right below the wrist you should be standing in a right horse stance ,now pivot toward your opponent
into a left horse stance as you do right straight punch with the middle knuckle sticking
out and strike the temple with it. You are still holding the arm with your left hand now drop
your right hand and grab his left bicep on top and step back with your right foot and turn
to your left drop on to your left knee pulling and slamming him on to the ground,
stand up and right stomp to his jaw.
This technique is very simple but it is lethal, be careful when practicing this one.

You may want to get my book ; The Use of Lines , Angles& Circles in Hand to Hand Combat
it is available at http://stores.lulu.com/martialarts
It will really help you understand the techniques i put up and will also help you understand
how you do your own techniques in what ever style your in.
Peace : Jerry

Sport Vs. Reality

Hi All,
Been out for a while due to illness in the family.
But I'm now ready to continue my ramblings ! Ha !

Why do you and i pratice martial arts?
Could be for a number of different reasons,some people like competion,some like to be a
part of a club,some like to take home trophys as recognition of their skill.

Myself i like knowing that if I have to take care of myself or a loved one ,most likely i can
do it !

What ever your reason you should always remember that using a sport to test techniques,
has limited usefulness.
You need to practice real techniques on a partner that has the same goal as yourself ,self defense!
Go to you tube and watch some of the match videos, you will see what i mean.
Yes you will see "my art is better than your art" vids , but look past that and see if you
can spot the real fighters in the crowd.
You will notice that the real fighters play by no rules and punch and kick with full power
when they are in it for real. They will also pick up anything that is useful and smack their opponent with it !!
Remember in self preservation anything goes including dirt in the eyes ,take off your belt and belt em,kick to groin,eye gouges,and anything else you can think of.
Just a reminder that on the street there are NO RULES .

Think About It !!

Peace , Jerry

Dropping Out of Your Opponent's View - Dec. 2007

Hi All,
If you have ever been in a street fight , you probably know that most street fighters
are "head hunters" that is they almost always try to hit you in the face or other area of
the head. Instead of standing in front of them and trying to punch it out with them,
try dropping down into a swat or on to one knee. This removes you from their attack
and they can't see you for a few seconds , now you can punch them in the groin ,(make sure
you are a little to one side by one of their legs ) so when they bend over from the groin
punch they don't land on top of you, now grab the leg closest to you and kick their other leg
out like doing a side kick except you are laying down or on one knee as you do it. This
makes them do the splits (spreads their legs beyond normal range) and tears muscles and
ligaments ,next push or roll on to the leg you are holding making them fall backward, get up and walk away.
Hope everyone had a Happy Holiday !!
Peace, Jerry

Defense : Wrestler Type Takedown

Hi All,
This technique deals with someone who is trying to take you down MMA style ,
so they can do the ground and pound on you ,(sit on your chest and punch down
on your face ) even though you can get him off by turning your head and biting
the inside of his leg,punching him in the groin ect. It's best not to get in to that
position at all .
Most of the time they will try to get you to raise your arms up by doing some
type of punch or upper body movement and then shoot in to take you down
by grabbing your legs.
You can defeat this by staying at your safe distance (just out of kicking range)
if they step in and raise their arms as if to punch ,front straight kick them in the groin
this should bend them over, step forward with your kicking leg and wrap your
arm around their neck and apply a forearm choke , now just streach your legs out
and lay your body on top of their head (you will both be laying flat on the ground,you on top)keeping the choke,you will be facing one way they will be facing
the other direction (their body----><-----your body) this technique is VERY Lethal
as there is not very much they can do to get out of it, just choke them into submission,
you can seriously injure some one with this.
There are many ways to do this technique this is just one of them.
Be very careful when practicing this one.
Peace ,Jerry