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LEARNING BY VIDEO
To many traditional martial artists, the words "home study course" produces mental images of a printing press spitting out hundreds of black belt certificates to be distributed to the general public at an outrageous price. The lack of moral and ethical fiber seen in the course instructor and the purchaser flies in the face of what it truly means to be a black belt. While certificate factories are made easier by home study courses, there are many commercial schools that suffer the same lack of basic integrity. There will always be dishonorable people out there looking to make the quick buck or looking to gain the black belt status without making the necessary effort. As long as these types exist, we will have certificate factories. Assuming that we are dealing with honorable people, there is a question that remains to be answered: Can a person learn the skills required to become a black belt via video? Picture yourself in a typical martial arts studio: You and the other students stand in rows facing your instructor, listening as he outlines a certain technique or principle. If you have a question you raise your hand, and when it comes time to demonstrate your knowledge of the technique or principle either the instructor or a senior student will be available to provide whatever guidance is needed. That sounds simple enough, but what if you are in a home study course? In a well-run course the instructor will develop the same student-teacher relationship that is present in a martial arts studio. Communication with the instructor will be required on a weekly basis at least by phone, e-mail, instant messaging, webcam, or by sending videotape through the mail to have questions answered or to have technical skills evaluated. Once or twice per year the beginning student should be required to meet with the instructor or someone designated by the instructor so that the student can see and feel how a technique works in person and the instructor can get a better idea for what the student needs to focus on. A benefit of training via home study courses that many typical martial art studios lack is that most of the instruction in the home study course can be recorded and kept for future reference. Instructors should focus on e-mail, instant messaging, and video for that very purpose. This provides the student with a virtual database of information that can be constantly reviewed to refresh the student's mind on information covered in the past or to see how advanced principles work with previously learned techniques. With this database, the information can be viewed time and again until it is firmly established in the student's mind. In person, the instructor is likely to focus on the one aspect of the technique that he feels is most important and then move on. With video you can watch one aspect of the technique and then rewind to shift your focus to a different aspect of the technique. When making a video to send to the instructor, students should make a copy for their own personal records. They should spend a portion of his training studying their own tape to analyze their technique and to monitor their personal progress. Watching a videotape of yourself in action is often a very humbling experience. It will help keep you in a mindset that many martial artists lose: that of the constant beginner. In a commercial school a person may be tested individually when the instructor feels ready or the instructor may have a testing schedule so that testing occurs at regular intervals. How is testing conducted in a home study course?
In a home study course testing is conducted live via webcam, by videotape or during one of the yearly meetings with the instructor. The instructor's assessment of a student's skill is often easier to examine via video than in person. The instructor is able to play the video in slow motion, in reverse and as many times as necessary to fully analyze the student's performance. The benefits of video analysis are so great that a growing number of commercial schools tape the student's test for further analysis and to allow the student to view their own performance and make the necessary adjustments on their own. Students who train in a group setting have access to training partners so that they can develop a feel for the technique, how does a student in a home study course develop a feel for a technique? It is considered a necessity by most instructors that the student has a training partner so that he can fully demonstrate a technique against a live body as well as develop distancing, timing and rhythm. However, the instructor may make exceptions if the student is unable to find a training partner. The feel will be developed during the yearly meetings with the instructor. The lack of a variety of training partners is a major detriment to the home study student. In order to know how a technique will work against various body types, a student will have to use that technique against people of various body types. The home study student should do their best to work with a group as often as possible. A group environment not only provides a variety of body types, but it also adds motivation to practice through camaraderie, friendly competition and a source of external motivation. This external motivation is often needed because too many of us are victims of our own lack of self-motivation. We buy expensive equipment in order to achieve a goal and it winds up sitting in the corner acting as a table or a shelf rather than what it was intended to do. It is said that only 1% of those starting to learn a martial art will ever make it to black belt. It is probable that less than a tenth of a percent of those that start a true home study course will actually make it to black belt. Without the social component it is likely that the videos will sit in the corner and collect dust. - Doug Turner
dancing is a fine way for school owners to drag out the time required to advance, (since it pads time between tests) but that is all that it accomplishes. Former world kickboxing champion Bill Wallace said at a seminar I attended, I just cant figure out what its for. Or, as David Carridine said in his book, Spirit of Shaolin, Presenting the styles as though they were little ballets of combat, makes for grace and prettiness, but this path leads to something soft, almost effeminate and without much depth or substance. I couldnt agree more. Sparring at karate schools is a joke Whenever I see sparring in a traditional martial arts school, I want to yell, STOP THE INSANITY! What they call sparring is having two students (often with wildly different skill levels) put on boxing gloves and punch each other. Pro boxers do something like this, since it is similar to their (my) sport, but I have no idea what those martial arts instructors are trying to accomplish. It is, after all, impossible to execute most martial arts techniques with your hands taped into fists and covered by padded gloves. When you visit your neighborhood self defense school and see sparring, one of three things is happening: 1.) The instructor didnt prepare a lesson for that night and wishes to create the illusion of education while actually killing time. 2.) He REALLY, REALLY doesnt like one of those students. 3.) He doesnt realize hes not teaching street self defense, which is the scariest of the three. Do you know why boxers wear gloves? Not to protect the opponents head, because it doesnt. Its to keep the tiny bones in the hands from getting broken. That is a good strategy for boxing as a sport, because fighters who are less likely to break their hands are more likely to get knockouts, and the public loves spectacular knockouts! BUT practicing fighting with your hands protected leads you to fight in real life as your hand are protected. You launch one of those boxing style head punches on the street with bare knuckles and you are probably finished. If youre not training to box, dont bother training like a boxer. The techniques I teach have no tournament usefulness. They are not about scoring points or impressing judges. They are, almost without exception, illegal in full contact martial arts competition. They are for rendering an attacker UNABLE to continue. Please pay attention to this point: ANY SELF DEFENSE STYLE YOU CAN SPAR WITH IS A GAME OR IS INEFFECTIVE! To learn an effective street combat style and the philosophies behind it I encourage you to take the next step and start your training with the Dragon Kenpo Karate Academy today. Were ready when you are. - Ed Hutchison
The martial arts, on the contrary, is neither a part time job or a hobby. Its a way of life. A way of life that leads to never ending growth, peace of mind, and superior fighting skills. - Ed Hutchison
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ANGLE OF ATTACK
The eight major directions from which you or an opponent can attack or defend. For the purpose of this manual the angles are as follows: 1. Diagonally downward from upper outside to lower inside. 2. Diagonally downward from upper inside to lower outside. 3. Diagonally upward from lower outside to upper inside. 4. Diagonally upward from lower inside to upper outside. 5. Upward from low to high. 6. Inward from outside to inside. 7. Outward from inside to outside. 8. Downward from high to low.
NUMBERING SYSTEM Lines in the technique that contain the same number indicate that the movements should be performed simultaneously.
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Orange VI Defense again a one handed grab to the lapel 1. Grab your assailants wrist with both hands. 2. Step your left foot across your right foot in a left front twist stance. 2. Pivot 180 degrees underneath your assailants arm to face 6:00 in a natural stance. 2. Place your assailants arm on your shoulder above the elbow to apply an armbar. Orange VII Defense against a one handed grab to the lapel 1. Execute an outside block with your right hand. 1. Counter grab your assailants bicep with your right hand. 2. Execute a left hook punch to your assailants ribs. 3. Follow up with a left hook punch to his head. 4. Flow into an elbow strike to the side of his head. 5. Reverse direction and execute a back elbow to your assailants face. 6. Flow into a back-fist to the face. Orange VIII Defense against a two hand grab from behind 1. Step your right foot across behind your left foot towards 9:00 into a left front twist stance. 1. Pivot 180 degrees into a natural stance facing 6:00 1. Execute a right outside block. 1. Grab your assailants right shoulder with your left arm. 2. Slide both of your hands down to grab your assailants wrist. 2. Twist to apply a wrist activated armbar. (Come-along hold) Orange IX Defense against a right front punch 1. From a natural stance step with your left foot towards 10:30 into a left neutral bow. 1. Execute a left inside block. 2. Execute a left back-fist strike to your assailants face. 2. Trap your assailants right wrist with your right arm. 3. Bring your left hand down to join your right. 3. Twist your assailants arm into a wrist activated armbar. (Come-along hold) Orange X Defense against a right front punch 1. From a natural stance step with your left foot towards 10:30 into a left neutral bow. 1. Execute a left inside block. 1. Execute a right outside block. 2. Trap your assailants wrist with your right hand. 2. Execute an elbow strike to your assailants face with your left. 3. Step back with your left foot towards 6:00 into a right neutral bow. 3. Bring your left hand down to join your right. 3. Twist your assailants arm into a wrist activated armbar. (Come-along hold)
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Orange XI Defense against a right front punch 1. Step with your right foot towards 1:30 into a right neutral bow. 1. Execute a left outward block. 2. Execute a left jab to your assailants face. 3. Drop your left hand down and grab your assailants right wrist. 3. Execute a right heel palm strike to your assailants nose. 4. Reach around behind your assailants head with your right hand and grab his neck. 5. Pull your assailants head down. 5. Execute a right knee strike to your assailants face. 6. Bring your right hand down to join your left. 6. Twist your assailants arm into a wrist activated armbar. (Come-along hold) Orange XII Defense against a right front punch 1. From a natural stance step with your left foot towards 10:30 into a left neutral bow. 1. Execute a left inside block. 1. Execute a right outside block. 2. Trap your assailants wrist with your right hand. 2. Execute a left heel palm strike to your assailants jaw. 3. Bring your left hand down to your assailants elbow. 3. Apply pressure on the back of your assailants elbow to control with an armbar.
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Purple VI Defense against a hammer lock applied to your right arm 1. Step towards 3:00 into a horse stance. 1. Execute a left reverse elbow to your assailants face. 2. Execute a left reverse elbow to your assailants solar plexus. 3. Execute a left reverse elbow to your assailants face. 4. Step your left foot to 1:30 and pivot into a right neutral bow facing 6:00. Purple VII Defense against a hammer lock 1. Step towards 3:00 into a horse stance. 1. Execute a left reverse elbow to your assailants face. 1. Counter grab your assailants wrist with your right hand. 2. Step your left foot to 1:30 and pivot into a right neutral bow facing 6:00. 2. Use the pivot to twist your assailants arm into an armbar. 3. Execute a right snap kick to your assailants midsection. Purple VIII Defense against a two hand choke from behind 1. Step your left foot to 1:30 and pivot into a right neutral bow facing 6:00. 1. Execute a right outside block. 1. Execute a left knuckle strike to your assailants throat. 2. Execute a right elbow strike to your assailants jaw to finish. Purple IX Defense against a two hand choke from behind 1. Step your left foot to 1:30 and pivot into a right neutral bow facing 6:00. 1. Execute a right outside block. 1. Trap your assailants right arm with your right hand. 2. Shuffle forward and place your right foot behind your assailants right foot. 2. Bend and twist your assailants arm in a chicken wing/keylock/armlock. 2. Take your assailant to the ground. Purple X Defense against a two hand choke from behind 1. Step your left foot to 1:30 and pivot into a right neutral bow facing 6:00. 1. Execute a right outside block. 1. Trap your assailants right arm with your right hand. 2. Execute a right knee strike to your assailants solar plexus. 3. Plant your right foot to 9:00 (since you are facing 6:00) in a right neutral bow. 3. Apply pressure to your assailants elbow with your left to activate an armbar.
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Blue V Defense against a rear bear hug, arms free 1. Drive your knuckles into the back of your assailants hands. 2. Execute double elbow strikes to your assailants biceps to force a release. 3. Trap your assailants right wrist with your right hand. 4. Step with your left foot forward into a left neutral bow. 4. Pivot towards 6:00 into a right neutral bow. 5. Apply a wrist activated armbar/come along hold to the trapped arm. 6. Push forward on your assailants wrist to force him to bend over. 7. Execute a left snap kick to your assailants face. Blue VI Defense against a rear bear hug, arms free 1. Step with your right foot towards 3:00 into a horse stance. 1. Execute double elbow strikes to your assailants biceps to force a release. 2. Step your left foot around behind your assailants into a horse stance. 2. Execute a left elbow strike to your assailants face to knock over legs. 3. Pivot with a right punch to your assailants solar plexus. (Note: Crashing Wings AK-O) Blue VII Defense against a rear bear hug, arms pinned 1. Step with your right foot towards 3:00 into a horse stance. 1. Execute a left hammer fist to your assailants groin. 2. Step your left foot behind your assailants into a horse stance. 2. Execute a left elbow strike straight up into the chin. 3. Pivot with a right punch to your assailants solar plexus.
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Green VII Defense against a right grab to your left wrist 1. Grab your assailants grabbing arm with your right hand. 2. Peel the arm off and apply a wrist activated armbar/come along hold. 3. Step forward with your left foot into a left neutral bow. 3. Execute a left elbow strike to your assailants face. 4. Execute a left reverse elbow strike to your assailants face. Green VIII Defense against a right grab to your left wrist 1. Twist your left wrist counter clockwise to break your assailants grasp. 2. Counter grab his grabbing hand with your left. 2. Execute a right knap kick to your assailants mid section. 3. Grab your assailants head with your right hand and pull down. 3. Execute a right knee lift into your assailants face.
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3rd Brown VI Defense against a two handed on rushing push 1. Step back with your left foot into a right neutral bow. 1. Come in between the outstretched arms with a cross block. 2. Follow with a left back fist to the right side of your assailants face 3. Grab your assailants left shoulder with your right hand 3. Spin them around to apply a rear naked choke. 3rd Brown VII Defense against an overhead Club attack 1. Step forward with your left foot into a left neutral bow. 1. Execute an upward cross block with your right on top. 2. Bring the arm to the inside and spin 360 degrees underneath the arm. 3. Take away the weapon with your right hand. 3. Execute a low strike to your assailants knee with the weapon. 4. Finish with a strike to your assailants face with the weapon. 3rd Brown VIII Defense against a right snap kick 1. Step back with your right foot into a left neutral bow. 1. Execute a lower cross block with your right on top and trap your assailants foot. 2. Grab your assailants heel with your left hand. 2. Grab your assailants toes with your right hand. 3. Twist your assailants ankle to spin your assailant around. 4. Execute a right snap kick to your assailants supporting leg. 4. Push your assailants foot forward to force him to the ground. 5. Follow up with a right punch to finish. 3rd Brown IX Defense against a right snap kick 1. Step back with your right foot into a right neutral bow. 1. Execute a right inward low block. 1. Execute a left outward low block. Addition (Thrusting Salute) 2. Execute a right snap kick to your assailants groin. 2. Follow with a right palm heel strike to your assailants chin to finish. 3rd Brown X Defense against a right roundhouse kick 1. Raise your left leg to catch your assailants kick on your shin to block
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2nd Brown V Defense again a right knife backhand slash (angle 2) 1. Step your left leg forward in to a left neutral bow. 1. Execute a right outside block and trap your assailants arm. 2. Pivot to face 3:00 in a right neutral bow. 3. Step forward into a left neutral bow facing 3:00 3. Execute a forearm strike to your assailants elbow with your left. 4. Execute a right Snap kick to your assailants body. 5. Plant your right foot back into a left neutral bow. 5. Drop your left hand down to your assailants hand and apply a come along hold. 6. Strip the knife from your assailants hand to finish. 2nd Brown VI Defense again a right knife backhand slash (angle 2) 1. Step your left leg forward in to a left neutral bow. 1. Execute a right outside block and trap your assailants arm. 2. Pivot to face 3:00 in a right neutral bow. 2. Grab your assailants wrist with your left hand so that its held in both of your hands. 3. Spin underneath the arm to apply a wrist activated armbar. 4. Execute a right kick to your assailants face. 5. Disarm the knife to finish. 2nd Degree Brown Belt VII Defense again a right overhead stab with a knife (Angle 8, reverse grip) 1. Step with your right foot into a right neutral bow. 1. Execute a left outward block. 2. Step your right foot across your body into a right twist stance. 3. Unwind to face 6:00 in a horse stance. 3. Toss your assailant over your shoulder with a shoulder throw. 2nd Degree Brown Belt VIII Defense again a stabbing attack with a knife (angle 5) 1. Step your left leg back in to a right neutral bow. 1. Execute a right downward block and trap your assailants arm. 2. Grab your assailants wrist with your left hand so that its held in both of your hands. 3. Spin underneath the arm to apply a wrist activated armbar. 4. Execute a right kick to your assailants face. 5. Disarm the knife to finish.
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1st Degree Brown Belt Technique V Defense against a gun threat from 9:00, you are perpendicular to your assailant 1. Execute a left outward block and trap your assailants hand. 2. Deliver a left side kick into your assailants ribs. 3. Plant into a left neutral bow facing 9:00. 4. Step forward with your right foot into a right neutral bow. 4. Grab your assailants elbow with your right hand. 5. Step forward with your left foot into a left neutral bow. 5. Disarm your assailant. 5. Drive your assailant back and to the ground with a chicken wing throw. 1st Degree Brown Belt Technique VI Defense against a gun threat from 6:00, pointed at the back of your head 1. Raise your hands in surrender. 1. Step back with your left foot into a right neutral bow facing 12:00 1. Pivot 180 degree into a left neutral bow facing 6:00 Note: Your left raised arm should knock the gun out of the line of fire. 2. Grab your assailants wrist with your left hand. 2. Step towards 6:00 into a right neutral bow with your right foot. 2. Execute a right stepping punch to your assailants face. 3. Step your right foot across your left into a twist stance. 4. Unwind into a horse stance facing 12:00. 4. Throw your assailant over your shoulder with a shoulder throw. 1st Degree Brown Belt Technique VII Gun threat from 12:00, pointed at your face 1. Step forward with your right foot into a right neutral bow. 1. Execute a left outside block and trap your assailants wrist. 2. Grab the barrel of the gun with your right hand. 2. Spin the gun around to take control of it. 3. Shuffle back, pointing the gun at your assailant.
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1st Degree Black Belt Self Defense Technique V Defense against a straight right punch 1. Step back with your left foot into a right neutral bow. 1. Execute a right inside block. 2. Step forward with your left foot into a horse stance facing 3:00. 2. Execute a knife hand strike to your assailants elbow to break it. 3. Grab your assailants right shoulder with your left hand. 4. Pull with your left hand. 4. Kick your assailants right foot out from underneath him with your left foot. 5. Drop your right knee into your assailants body. 5. Finish with a right punch to your assailants face. 1st Degree Black Belt Self Defense Technique VI Defense against a straight right punch 1. Step back with your right foot into a left neutral bow. 1. Execute a left outward block and trap your assailants wrist. 2. Kick your assailants midsection with your right leg. 3. Execute a right upper cut to your assailants chin. 3. Plant your right leg beside your assailants right leg in a neutral bow facing 10:30. 4. Pivot to face 4:00 into a left neutral bow. 4. Toss your assailant over your hip. 5. Drop your right knee into your assailants body. 5. Finish with a right punch to your assailants face. 1st Degree Black Belt Self Defense Technique VII Defense against a straight right punch 1. Step back with your right foot into a left neutral bow. 1. Execute a left outward block and trap your assailants wrist. 2. Step forward with your right foot into a right neutral bow facing 10:30 2. Grab your assailant around the neck. 3. Pivot 180 degrees to face 6:00 in a left neutral bow. 3. Toss your assailant over your hip. 4. Drop your right knee into your assailants body. 4. Finish with a right punch to your assailants face.
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Instructor Self Defense Technique V Defense against a downward club swing from 12:00 with a wall at 6:00 1. Step your left foot back towards 7:30 into a right neutral bow facing 1:30. 1. Execute a right outward block. 2. Grab your assailants left shoulder with your left hand. 3. Step with your left foot towards 3:00 so that you face 9:00 in a right neutral bow. 3. Pull your assailant backwards into the wall. 4. Execute a right knee to your assailants midsection. 5. Finish with a left elbow strike to the back of your assailants head.
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2nd Degree Black Belt Self Defense Technique VI Defense against a two hand choke from 12:00 1. Grab your assailants right bicep with your left hand. 1. Grab your assailants triceps with your right hand. 2. Push with your right hand. 2. Pull with your left hand. 3. Step back with your left foot towards 4:30 to face 10:30 in a right neutral bow. 3. Take your assailant to the ground. 4. Drop your left knee into a right close kneel. 4. Execute a left punch to your assailants face. 2nd Degree Black Belt Self Defense Technique VII Defense against a right grab to your left lapel 1. Pin your assailants hand to your body with your left hand. 1. Step forward with your right foot into a right neutral bow. 1. Grab your assailants elbow with your right hand. 2. Force his arm to bend into a hammer lock. 2. As your assailant bends over, execute a right knee lift to the face.
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3rd Degree Black Belt Self Defense Technique VII Defense against a right snap kick 1. Step back with your right foot into a left neutral bow. 1. Catch your assailants heel with your left hand. 1. Grab your assailants toes with your right hand. 2. Twist your assailants foot to turn over his body. 3. Execute a snap kick to your assailants body to finish. COUNTER 1. Execute a snap kick. 2. Your assailant grabs and twists your foot 2. Bend over and put your hands on the ground. 2. Fire a donkey kick into your assailants face to stomach to finish.
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