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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:50:59 +0000

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By: John W. Zimmer | Martial arts fighting styles — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:21:59 +0000

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By: TheMartialArtsReporter | Martial arts fighting styles — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:21:41 +0000

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By: Mrs. Henry Slomanski

Mrs. Henry Slomanski — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 17:09:29 +0000

I would like to let your readers know that my beloved late husband, Henry (Hank) Slomanski did train Elvis and award him his First and Second Degree Black Belts. There are three people on the Internet who claim that they are connected to my husband. One, John Burkhardt, says that he trained with my husband. He did not. Two others, Lester and Daneen Whinna, are not even connected to my husband but claim that they are “of my husband’s lineage.” This is a LIE. They all are being sued for fraud, civil theft, extortion, and copyright infringement.

By: bob

bob — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:03:31 +0000

as a judoka i think that judo helps a lot ib fighting

By: norman wrigley

norman wrigley — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:28:10 +0000

Morning All, I have been in martial arts for about 18 years now and have mostly trained in TKD. My first instructor was big into kickboxing through the 70′s and early 80′s (long before my time, so sad I missed out) so we trained in TKD but was more a kickboxing style for fighting and sparring.
Now over the years I did a little training in Aikido, brazilian ju-jitsu, kenpo and had the opportunity to catch a Krav Maga seminar and another with Royron Gracie, both were very cool days.
First I just wanted to point out how pleasing it was to read all the comments and hear infomation being shared and not personal agenda’s being shoved down each others throats. More times than not, anytime this sort of question comes up on many other blogs and such it always goes straight to “ell mine is the best” or “yours must suck, I’ve beaten up everyone”….blah, blah, blah.
I don’t have a ton to add onto here that has not already been said but this:
“In many cases, it’s the instructor and the student that wll make up the art.” I’m not all mighty or all powerful, and my wife will tell you i’m not all that smart half the times, but an example: Crappy brazillian ju-jitsu teacher and crappy student will give you crappy results. And every variation from there.
Almost every art was created for a purpose in its time and still today. First you must ask why you want to train? Is it just fitness? Then boxing might be a great choice. Do I live in danger every day?? Then I might take up ju-jitsu & boxing or MMA.
I just turned 40 this year and since then I have a strong desire to try to find time to learn Tai Chi. Maybe its old age but I think it wont directly give me any more self defense knowledge but I want to learn a soft art and to better educate myself in another art. Also I have been told it does wonders for our health.
So thats all I have to add, each art is great for its purpose and I dont think any one art is better than another. A great Aikido practitioner might be able to kick a crappy MMA person’s but even on the ground.
Have a great day…

By: John W. Zimmer

John W. Zimmer — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:40:08 +0000

Hey Matt!

As you point out – many martial artists end up learning multiple arts and truly become lifetime learners. In your case I know you like to travel and mix vacations with training.

One art I’ve not had time to learn yet is Aikido. I have plenty of fun stuff to learn after retirement i guess.

Cheers Matt!