ARTICLES: Personal Protection: Concepts for survival in the street

Personal Protection Concepts for survival in the street by Andrew Williams, Rolf Clausnitzer and David Peterson *** Published Australasian Martial Arts' magazine (NZ) Vol 6/issue 6, 1999/2000 and Vol 7/issue 1, Feb/March 2000 *** Personal Protection is a relatively new phenomenon in the field of self defence. In fact, it represents a radical departure from the somewhat limited vision presented by most traditional self-defence...

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IN MEMORY OF: Wong Shun Leung (May 8, 1935 – January 28, 1997)

This is a belated posting. I meant to post this 2 days ago.   This was excerpted from the book: Look Beyond the Pointing Finger:  the Combat Philosophy of Wong Shun Leung Recalling the Life of Bruce Lee's Teacher by David Peterson January 28th 1997 was a very sad day for the martial arts and, indirectly, for fans of Hong Kong cinema - specifically, for fans of the legend that is Bruce Lee. On that day, Wing Chun Kung-Fu...

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Should You Strike with the Fist or with the Palm?

Photo Credit:  Source pic - http://www.intrepidboy.com Yesterday, I posted Craig Gemeiner's essay "Open Hands" in which he described various ways to strike with the Open Hand from the older Savate and Defense dans la Rue. Today, I wanted to present to you the perennial argument Martial Artists have forever debated. The issue is:  "Should you strike with the Fist or with the Palm?" There are those in favor of striking with the...

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ARTICLES: Craig Gemeiner - Open Hands (striking with open hands essay)

This essay provides a brief explanation of the open hand hits pertaining to the older la savate and Defense Dans La Rue systems. “Even if the hand is used for war like purposes, it is in ninety- nine cases out of every one hundred used with the fingers open” - E.B.Michell, English boxing professor and author, 1889.  By the late 1700s, Frenchmen were settling arguments by using a Parisian form of boot fighting which came...

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