Saturday, June 01, 2019

What Bruce Lee Taught Us by Badger Johnson

What BL taught us. Development of short power, with the one and three inch punch. Studied Jack Dempsey and his drop-shift. Knew that the key element of patterns was incorporating the body energy or ground-path and not just arm strength, though didn’t say explicitly. However, also discovered a method of bringing short power just by over development of the forearm muscles and the wrist tilt punch. Went beyond aphorisms, and flowery sayings, though...

Friday, May 17, 2019

Against One Who Scares Us by Badger Johnson

The Predator Who Scares Us One of the more interesting comments made by a person in the original Usenet group rec.martial.arts, allegedly female MA-ist is this, regarding use of self-defense methods and tools: “…against the person who scares me…” All too often we see demonstrations by compliant people, sometimes by a person with a partner who is female or much smaller than they are, or just another student in their class. Sparring vs fighting...

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