My Self-Defense Blog » Introduction http://myselfdefenseblog.com Reviews of common self-defense, karate, and MMA issues Thu, 10 May 2012 05:42:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Introduction to “My Self-defense Blog” http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefenseblog.com/introduction-to-%e2%80%9cmy-self-defense-blog%e2%80%9d/ http://myselfdefenseblog.com/http:/myselfdefenseblog.com/introduction-to-%e2%80%9cmy-self-defense-blog%e2%80%9d/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:29:28 +0000 John W. Zimmer http://myselfdefenseblog.com/?p=3 Hello and welcome to My Self-defense Blog! My name is John Zimmer and I live in San Diego County, California, in the United States. My background is in Chinese Kenpo Karate where I studied with Richard Willett, initally with Tracy’s Karate. Tracy’s Karate in San Diego was later renamed to American Kenpo Karate.  I have attained the rank of a fifth-degree black belt in the American Kenpo Karate organization. I owned an American Kenpo Karate school in the in 1982 – 1983. Well now that is out of the way for now I would like to tell you what this weblog (My Self-defense Blog) is going to be about.

  

The topics will be about self-defense, karate, mixed martial arts and any other legitimate martial art. Street fighting, bullying, and scripted fighting will not be reviewed as I do not glorify what I consider to be fighting for fighting’s sake. I believe that many street fighters, bullies, and professional wrestlers are probably good fighters but I think fighting should be tailored to self-defense, competition or working out (cardiovascular benefits).  Women and children’s concerns will be featured as I think everyone should have a basic idea what to do if a bad person tries to harm them.

  

I would like to say that I do not consider myself an expert in all forms of the martial arts or genres of self-defense. I do think that my 40 years of fighting experience (yes I am dating myself) put me in a good position to make an initial evaluation of a fighting/self-defense method. I will welcome corrections and discourse as this is the best way to evaluate ideas.

  

Please keep comments on topic and when responding – if you are angry or vehemently disagree with one of my positions… Please – attack the position and try to keep personal criticism to a minimum. It is not my intention to disrespect anyone’s martial art or style. I am bound by the terms of service of this web host to not allow profanity, lewd, or illegal activities to be a topic of discussion. I would further like to entertain everyone’s opinion so please keep it civil even if my opinion is irritating. My next post will start the topics and discussions. Check back soon! 

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