Martial ScienceBIMONTHLY MAGAZINE OF MARTIAL ARTS FEBRUARY/2015 - Nº 07

BERND HOEHLE

THE WAY TO THE GOAL IS THE GOAL!

TOP TEN MARTIAL SCIENCE 2014

NAR BABAO Arnis

SystemTHE REAL FIGHTHENRY BINERFA

THE SHINOBI AND THE FIREARMS

ANTONIO FERNANDEZ R.

UNBALANCED IN THE WING CHUN

WOODEN DUMMY FORMPHILIP NEARING

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PUBLISHER/EDITOR -IN-CHIEFHenry Binerfa C.

CREATIVE DIRECTORDiosmel Acuña

COLUMNISTSAntonio Fernandez Rioja

Martin FranshanJimmy Lockett

CONSULTANTYin Zhi Shakya

CONTRIBUTORSPablo Rodarte

Master Nar BabaoJames WilsonAirr PhanthipSamuel KwokBob Goméz

Sifu Justin CataldiMaster Wong

Philip NearingMaster Bernd Hoehle

TRANSLATIONSYisel Viamontes

Alcides CervantesDaryanis Tamayo Fuente.

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A great greeting all readers of Martial Science Magazine. The team of Martial Science Magazine and I wish you a Happy 2015.

It is a great pleasure to share with you our first edition of 2015, while continuing another year with new challenges to overcome and achieve new goals.

Today I share with you the TOP TEN most read in 2014. This is what you chose and read more.

Here we begin our countdown:

PUBLISHER´S MESSAGE

Nº 10- Munich Hall of Honours, The European Oscar for Martial Artists-Gregor Huss

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Nº 09- Meifu Shinkage Ryu-Soke Yasuyuki Otsuka

Nº 08- In Search of the Ninja-Antony Cummins and Antonio Fernández Rioja

Nº 07- Ip Man Wing Chun-GM. Samuel Kwok

Nº 06- Interview Hanshi Dan Tosh

Nº 04- Interview Art Camacho

Nº 05- The Ghost Hand-GM. Pablo Rodarte

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Nº 03- Two Men and One style: Muay Thai- Airr Phanthip and Monlit Sitphodaeng

Nº 02- The Martial Arts Kid- Cynthia Rothrock and Don The Dragon Wilson

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Nº 01-Master Wong, Talks Abaout JKD

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Martial Arts films coming in

2015UNDERDOG KIDS , After a sixteen-year hiatus from feature fil-ms, Phillip Rhee of BEST OF THE BEST is back in this family-friend-ly film that crossed THE KARATE KID and THE BAD NEWS BEARS. Rhee himself plays the mentor of the titular team, a former champion who seeks a shot at redemption for himself. The film co-stars Mirelly Taylor, Tom Arnold, Ryan Potter, Adam Iri-goyen, and Rayna Valladingham. The film also has cameos from Benny Urquidez, Don Wilson, Jun Chong, Dan Inosanto, Simon Rhee, and Richard Norton. Shot early in 2014, the film is scheduled for release in January.

WOLF WARRIOR, Martial arts action star Wu Jing makes his second film as director with this action packed war film that has hit go toe-to-toe with KFC favorite Scott Adkins. Wu plays a Chinese Special Forces soldier with extraordinary marks-manship who is confronted by a group of deadly foreign mer-cenaries (led by Adkins) who are hired to assassinate him by a vicious drug lord.

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DRAGON BLADE The Lunar New Year film stars Jackie Chan as Huo An, a Chi-nese soldier who joins forces with the tortu-red Roman soldier Lucius (John Cusack, right) to take on the vindictive Tiberius (Adrien Brody, left), who is hellbent on sen-ding a legion towards the Silk Road. Directed by Daniel Lee with Chan serving as main action director..

SKIN TRADE: Directed by BEAUTIFUL BOXER helmer Ekachai Ue-krongtham, the film stars Dolph Lundgren as a NYPD cop who goes to Bangkok to find the crime lord responsible for the death of his family. There, he teams up with a Thai detective, played by Tony Jaa, as they learn the crime boss is opera-ting a human trafficking ring. Michael Jai White, Ron Perlman, Celina Jade, and Peter Weller co-star. 2015 could also be the year for Tony Jaa, who also has three films set for relea-se in 2015, including FURIOUS 7, the latest installment of the FAST AND FURIOUS series.

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON II: THE GREEN LEGEND: The long-gestated sequel to the 2000 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film stars Michelle Yeoh as the returning Yu Shu Lien. However, this time around, Donnie Yen takes the male lead role as a new character, Silver Wolf. Unlike its predecessor, the film is shot in English under the director of legendary ac-tion helmer Yuen Woo-Ping. The supporting cast includes Jason Scott Lee, Harry Shum Jr., Juju Chan, Eugenia Yuan (whose mother Cheng Pei-Pei was in the original), Chris Pang, and Darryl Quon. John Fusco, who wrote THE FORBIDDEN KING-DOM and created Netflix’s MARCO POLO series, wrote the screenplay based on characters from Wang Dulu.

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THE MARTIAL ARTS KID: Martial arts legend Don “The Dragon” Wilson and Cynthia Rothrock star in this family-friendly film as they play a husband and wife who take in their troubled nephew, played by Jansen Panettiere (above). When he is bullied, the duo decide to teach him martial arts to not only confront the bullies, but to help him become a better person himself. The film boasts one of the biggest casts of martial ar-tists. Matthew Ziff, T.J. Storm, Kathryn Newton, and Chuck Zito co-star. Production was completed after shooting in Cocoa Beach, Florida and Los Angeles and is set to unleash in 2015.

THE CHEMIST, Art Camacho directed and choreographed this upcoming action film starring French action star Olivier Gruner as an aging hitman who finds himself double-crossed when he refuses to kill his latest target. Now, he must face the wrath of his fellow hitmen and protect the target at all costs. Martin Kove, Patrick Kilpatrick, Nina Bergman, Stephanie Ge-rard, Steven Dell, and Sasha Mitchell co-star in the action film.

POUND OF FLESH : Jean-Claude Van Damme reunites with SIX BULLETS and ASSASSINATION GAMES director Ernie Barbarash on this action thriller where he plays a man who is uncons-cious and wakes up in a blood soaked bathtub with one of his kidneys missing. This sends him into rage mode and begins to look for the men responsible for his impromptu “surgery”. Darren Shahlavi, John Ralston, Aki Aleong, Jason Tobin, Mike Leeder (who also co-produced the film), and Brahim Achab-bakhe co-star. Donnie Yen’s longtime friend and stunt team member John Salvitti serves as the film’s action director.

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Gregor J. Huss MUNICH HALL OF HONOURS 2015

featuring the MALYMPEX LEAGUE Black Belt Women Championship 2015

Everyone is anxious looking forward to Master Gregor Huss` Munich Hall of Honours 2015, the most prestigious event of its kind for the European Martial Arts Community.

One of the highlights will be the show part in which many different groups will do their performances. One of them is the Wushu Team under supervision of multiple international and world champion Sifu Serge Seguin with a brandnew show expecially arranged for the Munich Hall of Honours 2015.

Many Grandmasters and Legend of the Martial Arts will be present this weekend, not only for the awards banquet but also for the bavarian V.I.P. welcome party and the MALYMPEX Women Black Belt Cham-pionship on sunday, led by nobody less than undefeated former US Form World Champion and the worlds most popular female Action Star Lady Dragon“ Master Cynthia Rothrock, UK Stars and multiple World Champions Emma Elmes and Zara Phythian, german Champion, Model and Actress Anqi Nim-bach and many others. We are waiting for many women from all over Europe as well as the US and other countries as far as Australia. This event is open for all female black belts 1st Dan up, including junior black belts of all styles and organizations.

Registration for this tournament is now open under www.sportdata.org (multi combat)Disciplines are in Pointfight, traditional Forms, Weapon forms and breaking. All information you find on www.malympex.com

Registration for the Munich Hall of Honours 2015 comes to an end in just a few days. February 15, 2015 is deadline for the Awards Banquet. There is only some 20 seats left at the moment and it is selling fast. Sales for daytickets for the seminars will be continued however, as long as there is space available. There is still some spots for vendors and if you want to promote your service or products in Europe, this is the best chance to become well known in the community. 2015@munichhalloffame.com

You are invited to be with us for the launch of the1st INNSBRUCK HALL OF HONOURS June 20,2015

Congress Messe Zentrum Innsbruck

The comitee of this first event of its kind in Austria with legend of the martial art GM Cynthia Rothrock, GM Erhard Kellner, GM Perry Zmugg, Master Emma Elmes und Master Gregor J Huss welcomes you to visit the beautifull city of Innsbruck in Tyrol. Seminars, Mini trade show and many Martial Arts Perfor-mance as well as Awards Presentation to European and international Grandmasters and Masters.

The event will be held at the Congress Messe Centrum in Innsbruck, a fantastic venue on the foot of the mountains. International guests please ask for our package offers which include entrance, accomoda-tions and transfers for all budgets.

Nominees are complete free if they bring five and more of their students to join them on this day. Entry Tickets are 79 € per Person.

If you are interested to attend this event, run a seminar or , created and organized by the promoters of the Munich Hall of Honours, ask for further information under 2015@innsbruckhalloffame.at

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INTERVIEWBERND HOEHLE

THE WAY TO THE GOAL IS THE GOAL!

Photos By: Dersim Aras

Q: When did you start Martial Art and in which style?

A: I have started in the age of 4 years in Judo & Ju Jitsu. I have began learning Kung Fu in the Teen age from Grandmaster Prof. Dr. Kuen Tae Lee – “The Iron Head”.

Q: When you are teaching Martial Arts, what are your goals?

A: I have started to teach Martial Arts in the age of 17 year with a own group in a Fitness-center.

I have different goals: I will train the Body, Mind and Spirit, the flow of Techniques and the art of Improvisation is a very important part in my teaching Program. For Kids is the focus on build self-confidence and a good charac-ter, the spirit of martial Arts: Politness, Sense of Honor, Patience, self-control, justice, wiscom, mercy, honesty, courage and endurance. In Kung Fu I like to teach the regular and secrets applications of each movement of the diffe-rent Forms.

Q: Do you have any official Designation?

I´m Certified Master by: Beijing Education University, Chinese Wushu Federation, Mas-ter-Student of: Grandmaster Prof. Dr. Gu Ping I have recived a Doctor Degree in Wushu from the Beijing Education University in Pe-king. I´m Certified by Shaolin Abbot Shi Yong-xin. 35th Generation Shaolin Temple Warrior Secular Disciple. Actor in TV & Movie film with called “ NO Way “. I have recived a of sport

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Grandmaster Gu Ping with Bernd in Wu Dang Mountain Temple

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Award from the Saudi Arabia Prince Bader am Saud am Mohammad Mogren Alumi-nium-Saud and Honoary Certificate from the President of the Federal Republic of Ger-many. “ Millennium Instructor of the Year “ the World Head of Family Sokeship Council Int. resound to of Fame, Member of the “ Exe-cutive Advisory - Committee “ of the Eastern USA Martial Arts Association and Internatio-nal Ambassador of the International Martial Arts Research of Institutes Malysia / Sarawak. Ambassadorship from Word Sport Games ( affiliated by IOC ) in Pusan/ Korea appoin-ted by the Major of Pusan, Instructor of the “ Blackmaster Commando “ Special navy Forces of the Armed Forces Royal Saudi ma-rine, Nominated as the “ Best Combat coach of the Year “ of the Polnish Military sport Or-ganization, honoary Captain of the Ukrai-nian Cossack Army, I has recived a Special Award from the Director of sport of the Guya-na Ministry of Culture Mr. Kumar (Member of Parliament). I´m a Cambodian Martial Arts Games Committee Member (Phnom Penh / Kambodia) and Hon. Advisor & Expert of the Russian Army ( Spetsnaz ) Training Center in Moscow. Train by the Abbot of the Wudang Temple. Special Achivements from World Federations and Military and Goverments worldwide. I´m is the Top Student and desig-ned Successor from the Grandmaster Prof. Dr. Gu Ping “Gin Loung - the golden Dragon”. Movie Star Dr. Chiu Chi Ling appointed him as World Hung Gar Ambassador of Int. Chiu Chi Ling Hung Gar Association & Wong Fei Hung Alumni Association. Awarded from Dr. Ham, Ki-Choul Chairman of Sport-University Han-Seo / Seoul Korea.

I be Headmaster of Martial Arts Association – International ( est. 1964 ) in over 120 Countries, Dipl. Natural Health Sciences - World Organization of Natural Medicine Practitioners, Commandant of Live & Rescue Federation, Commander of “The Sword of Freedom - Corps”, Ambassador of Interna-tional Children Help e.V., Delegate of Aus-

Moviestar Jackie Chan &Bernd inHong Kong

Bernd in Kung Fu Training with the Wooden Ball

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trian Albert Schweizer Gesellschaft, Direc-tor of Helping Hands Welfare International, Consultant of Sport of Kingdom of Ghana Hoe by His Royal Highness King Togbui Ngor-yifa Olatidoya Kosi Cephas Bansah.

Lector on University in Bangkok/ Thailand and Peking/ China

Instructor of members of Military & Police Units & Special Forces Commander of Hon-orguard of IKKH Sandor & Herta Magarete Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduke of Austria. Guest-Instructor & Lector worldwide: Kat-mandu/ Nepal, Peking/ China, Kuala Lum-pur/ Malysia, Manila/ Philippinen, Pusan/

Korea, London/ UK, New York/ US, Los Ange-les/ US, Pitsbourg/ US, Moskau/ Russland and all of Europe

Q: What makes a good coach?

A: A good coach must have many training & motivation methods & Ideas for teaching, help every students to bring the goal near. A coach must not only teaching he must lear-ning more and more and train self. He must be a good example for his students. He must know more details and he must be up to date every time.

The Way of a good coach is another Way

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The Way of a good coach is another

Way as a good

Fighter

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as a good Fighter, A good fighter must be egoism train and go front, what he not need he can lose but a coach go every time back to the Beginn, and can not lose techniques. He must be a good Paedaguoge he must teach the Body, Mind and Spirit. I think a good martial Artist and coach can learning by every one, I have learning many from my own students, too.

Q: What has been your hardest fight in the fighting championships?

A: I have make a lot of Competitions and Championships and won some Championtitles but my hardest fight was a fight vs. a International Muay Thai & Fullcontact Champion, he has won any Muay Thai fights in Thailand and many Kickbox Fullkontact Fights in Europe. He was very good and hard Fighter, we have fight in a Chinese Boxing System. That’s is Sanda with Groundfight in the Ring. He was very good in the long Distance but on the Infight and grappling and Groundposition I have won the Fight.

Q: Are you still travelling and if so what seminars around the world do you still attend?

A: I travel each year any time to Asian or other countries and give or visit Semi-nars.

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I visit Masters from around the World and tra-in with this Masters. Its fantastic we are from different points of the World, other culture other language but throu Martial arts we find together in friendship !

Q: What is the name of your Organization and working in how many Countries & how many years.

A: The Name is “Martial Arts Association – In-ternational” is established in 1967 and pre-sented in over 120 countries

Q: How is your Association is different from other Martial Arts Associations?

A: We are a world-wide active open-style non - political Martial art association for tra-ditional Martial arts and modern systems as well as combat sports, fitness, Asian health and welfare methods. This fact can be jus-

tified by our friendly philosophy and the ex-tensive, interesting and above all fair servi-ces that we offer.

The success of the MAA-I is based on com-munity, our slogan reads: “Working together we are stronger and we will reach our common goals”.

I see the Martial Arts Association – Internatio-nal as a big open Family, there are all serious Martial Artists are welcome and train and cooperate in brotherhood together !

Q: Please gives a message for the Martial Arts, Practitioner of all over the World?

A: Train self hard, learning every time from everyone. Open your Mind for other ways. Have Fun in Training and train with Full heart.- The way to the Goal is the Goal !

Karate legend & Moviestar Bob Wall with Bernd

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The Buddha, in one of his former lives, was in Hell. Before he became a Buddha he had suffered a lot in many lives. He made a lot of mistakes, like all of us. He made himself suffer, and he made people around him suffer. Sometimes he made very big mistakes, and that is why in one of his previous lives he was in Hell. There is a collection of stories about the lives of the Buddha, and there are many hundreds of stories like that. These stories are collected under the title Jataka Tales. Among these hundreds of stories, I remember one very vividly. I was seven years old, very young, and I read that story about the Buddha, and I was very shocked. But I did not fully understand that story.

The Buddha was in Hell because he had done something wrong, extremely wrong, that caused a lot of suffering to himself and to others. That is why he found himself in Hell. In that life of his, he hit the bottom of suffering, because that Hell was the worst of all Hells. With him there was another man, and together they had to work very hard, under the direction of a soldier who was in charge of Hell. It was dark, it was cold, and at the same time it was very hot. The guard did not seem to have a heart. It did not seem that he knew anything about suffering. He did not know anything about the feelings of other people, so he just beat up the two men in Hell. He was in charge of the two men, and his task was to make them suffer as much as possible.

I think that guard also suffered a lot. It looked like he didn’t have any compassion within him. It looked like he didn’t have any love in his heart.

Hell (Told by Master Thich Nhat Hanh)Illustrations by: Henry Binerfa

Teachings of the Budha

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It looked like he did not have a heart. He behaved like a robber. When looking at him, when listening to him, it did not seem that one could contact a human being, because he was so brutal. He was not sensitive to people’s suffering and pain. That is why he was beating the two men in Hell, and making them suffer a lot. And the Buddha was one of these two men in one of his previous lives.

The guard had an instrument with three iron points, and every time he wanted the two men to go ahead, he used this to push them on the back, and of course blood came out of their backs. He did not allow them to relax; he was always pushing and pushing and pushing. He himself also looked like he was being pushed by something behind him. Have you ever felt that kind of pushing behind your back? Even if there was no one behind you, you have felt that you were being pushed and pushed to do things you don’t like to do, and to say the things you don’t like to say, and in doing that you created a lot of suffering for yourself and the people around you. Maybe there is something behind us that is pushing and pushing. Sometimes we say horrible things, and do horrible things, that we did not want to say or do, yet we were pushed by something from behind. So we said it, and we did it, even if we didn’t want to do it. That was what happened to the guard in Hell: he tried to push, because he was being pushed. He caused a lot of damage to the two men. The two men were very cold, very hungry, and he was always pushing and beating them and causing them a lot of problems.

One afternoon, the man who was the Buddha in a former life saw the guard treating his companion so brutally that something in him rose up. He wanted to protest. He knew that if he intervened, if he said anything, if he tried to prevent the guard beating the other person, that he would be beaten himself. But that something was pushing up in him, so that he wanted to intervene, and

he wanted to say: “Don’t beat him so much. Why don’t you allow him to relax? Why do you have to stab him and to beat him and to push him so much?” Deep within the Buddha was a pressure coming up, and he wanted to intervene, even knowing perfectly well that if he did, he would be beaten by the guard. That impulse was very strong in him, and he could not stand it anymore. He turned around, and he faced the guard without any heart, and said, “Why don’t you leave him alone for a moment? Why do you keep beating him and pushing him like that? Don’t you have a heart?”

That was what he said, this man who was to be the Buddha. When the guard saw him protesting like that, and heard him, he was very angry, and he used his fork, and he planted it right in the chest of the Buddha. As a result, the Buddha died right away, and he was reborn the very same minute into the body of a human being. He escaped Hell, and became a human being living on earth, just because compassion was born in him, strong enough for him to have the courage to intervene to help his fellow man in Hell.

When I read this story, I was astonished, and I came to the conclusion that even in Hell there was compassion. That was a very relieving truth: even in Hell there is compassion. Can you imagine? And wherever compassion is, it’s not too bad.

Do you know something? The other fellow saw the Buddha die. He was angry, and for the first time he was touched by compassion: the other person must have had some love, some compassion to have the courage to intervene for his sake.

That gave rise to some compassion in him also.That is why he looked at the guard, and he said, “My friend was right, you don’t have a heart. You can only create suffering for yourself and for other people. I don’t think

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that you are a happy person. You have killed him.” And after he said that, the guard was also very angry at him, and he used his fork, and planted the fork in the stomach of the second man, who also died right away, and was reborn as a human being on earth.

Both of them escaped Hell, and had a chance to begin anew on earth, as full human beings.

What happened to the guard, the one who had no heart? He felt very lonely, because in that Hell there were only three people and now the other two were dead. He began to see that these two were not very kind, or very nice, but to have people living with us is a wonderful thing. Now the two other people were dead, and he was alone, utterly alone there.

He could not bear that kind of loneliness, and Hell became very difficult for him. Out of that suffering he learned something: he learned that you cannot live alone. Man is

not our enemy. You cannot hate man, you cannot kill man, you cannot reduce man to nothingness, because if you kill man, with whom will you live? He made a vow that if he had to take care of other people in Hell, he would learn how to deal with them in a nicer way, and a transformation took place in his heart. In fact, he did have a heart. To believe that he did not have a heart is wrong -- everyone has a heart. We need something or someone to touch that heart, to transform it into a human heart. So this time the feeling of loneliness, the desire to be with other humans, was born in him. That is why he decided that if he had to guard other people in Hell, he would know how to deal with them with more compassion. At that time, the door of Hell opened, and a bodhisattva appeared, with all the radiance of a bodhisattva. The bodhisattva said, “ Goodness has been born in you, so you don’t have to endure Hell very long. You will die quickly and be reborn as a human very soon.”

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The Shinobi and the firearms...

The ninja or shinobi were people with a very specific set of skills. These skills were very big and they included the “arts” of spying and acting as an undercover agent, the ability to explore up close to the enemy, to infiltrate as a member of the enemy force itself to get information be-fore back to their own side, to steal docu-ments, making fires and ambushes.. The arts of the ninja included theft, mur-der if necessary but often overlooked many of his other skills: the development and use of tools and utensils for their mis-sions, from picks to saws, through liste-ning devices remotely bridges to cross ri-vers, watch towers.

The ninja stood out as excellent crafts-men, the shinobi families adapted their weapons for its missions, using swords for infiltration shorter, smaller arches that went unnoticed. Therefore we should not

be surprised that when firearms were in Japan, these shinobi clans quickly saw the great advantages offered and adopted and modified for their own use.In the outlined above must be added other key information, the relationship of the ninja with skills related to fire, so the shinobi also excelled in the development and use of explosives in secret, including the ability to cause fires. This skill was known as Kajutsu fire or skills. The ninja were able to make not only basic powder, but different types of powders for diffe-rent uses: to cause explosions gunpowder, to smoke, powders and colored light sig-nals... But their skills in the Kajutsu were not li-mited to the manufacture of gunpowder, they will be masters also creating different types of torches, including models that re-sisted the rain. All of this information is well documented in the “Bansenshukai”.

In this short article we will present the relationships of the shinobi with the firearms, a brief history of

the Tanegashima (muskets) and how they arrive to Japan.

By: Antonio Fernández Ángel RiojaJapan Ninjutsu Federation Coordinator

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When the Portuguese arrived in Japan, recalling at the island of Tanegashima, they arrived in a country divided and at war. In 1542, following a shipwreck on the Portuguese island of Tanigashima some fuse guns were obtained by the japanese. Realizing the military value of the weapons, Portuguese traders

were asked to bring more guns, beginning the import of these weapons.

The muskets were baptized in Japan as “Tanegashima” as the name of the island, and quickly spread into Japan, with a great demand from the feudal lords. With this weapon, the Portugue-se were well received in Japan. Howe-ver, some samurai such us Nobuna-ga Oda as were concerned about the complex process of loading and firing the gun, besides the little effect of the projectiles in the armours. Besides, the weather was very humid in Japan com-pared to the European climate, so the original fuses that were used to shoot were always wet and were unusable. Finally they had to adapt these we-apons to a new kind of war that they might offer a tactical advantage.

Tanegashima musket is a slightly mo-dified model from the erupean one, ie, a muzzleloader in which gunpowder was introduced, the bullet (spherical) and any element that prevented all this jumping off the muzzle. To pull the tri-gger to lower the ignition system this was a wick. This fell into a cup he had communicated with gunpowder and the bullet inside where the explosion and subsequent shooting occurred.

Soon the Japanese began to develop and create their own models of Tane-gashima, to solve two major problems.

The Shinobi are going to be also experts making fires and arsonists, knowing exactly how to create a fire doing a lot of damage to the nemy forces,

using animals such as horses or birds to spread fires, and create chaos and confusion in their enemies.

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1. Preventing that the fuse was wet: for this they added an element that was still run the in the rain. (The use of the wick in Japan will last cen-turies, while in Europe the wick will be replaced by the flint which caused a spark instantly and it was easier to use).

2. Little effect and penetration of projectiles: This was another concern regarding the use of muskets. The shot had little ability to penetrate armor at impact. To solve this problem it will gradually increase both the size and weight of the projectiles.

And we have to add a third problem, which is not going to be solved with a new design, but with training and strategy. The problem is the slow time of charging and firing. This problem will be solved in two different ways; First riflemen of different clans were trained to recharge the Tanegashima was fast as possible. Thus a part of the ashigaru are going to be trained in the specific use of this weapon.

Second, Lords are going to develop specific strategies to use this weapon in the battle-field, like making shots in batches, dividing the riflemen in sectors and firing alternately between shots always having a group that was reloading.

Already in the 1560s, the use of Tanegashi-ma was decisive in the battles of the Sengoku Period. Oda Nobunaga, who was critical of Tanegashima, was among those who took ad-vantage of their potential use in battles and wars. In the late sixteenth century, Japan will be the nation's muzzleloader world. And the shinobi will not be left out in this arms race.

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In the history of Bushi Endo Kiemon Naotsune we can observe the use of these weapons by the shino-bi, and in a specific way being used by a ninja. Using it as a sniper gun:

“Endo was at war against Oda Nobunaga forces and he put some Iga Ninja in the Kuchiki Valley, which was a narrow gorge through which only one line of warriors could pass through it. The Iga Ninja waited. When Nobunaga went through a ninja shot him with a sniper weapon, but he was unable to kill Nobunaga. So Nobunaga escaped alive by the hair and seeing the hopeless situation, he returned to Kyoto, being so an-gry that he decided to attack again Azai Nagamasa. “

Courtesy of Tetsuji Yamada.

Later Nobunaga suffered a similar attack on his way from Kyoto Mino on May 19, 1570 in the moun-tains of Chigusa. The person who attacked him was Sugitani Zenjubō which was a Koga ninja. The tech-nique used was the same as in the previous event, taking a shot at long distance.But again Nobunaga escaped alive.

Nobunaga spent nearly four years looking for him until he was found in a temple. Zenjubo was tortu-red to reveal the Rokkaku which was subsequently hired him Zenjubō be executed by a gruesome me-thod. Zenjubō was buried in a straight hole in the

ground, so that only the head protruded. He was beheaded slowly using a fine saw bamboo. Zenjubō

suffered nearly a week before he died.

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With these two short stories we can see how from the very first moment the shinobi were using mus-kets, which was not a surprising fact.

But more interesting is that they were already using the in a specific way. They have adapted this wea-pon for a particular use as the ambush and using it as sniper weapon. It is already clear that the clans of Iga and Koga did not have the same goals as the normal samurai as we have already talked in the begin-ning, while their world was the war, their way of dealing with the war was different from the samurai, ninja were always trying to avoid an open confrontation and performing complex tasks for which it was absolutely necessary highly specialized skills.

This demonstrates and leads us to the last and most important conclusion. Shinobi were primarily survivors and knew (and should) adapt quickly to the changes occurring around them, trying to get the maximum benefit for their roles and missions.

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The Real FightTen top requisites to success in a combatBy: Sensei Henry Binerfa

Photos Courtesy: Hombu Dojo ShinKaido Ryu

In Japanese, the Kumite literally translated means, either combat or fight. It is also called Jiju Kumi-te; it literally means free fight. It is a combat whe-re all kind of actions or techniques are valid, be it to attack or as defense. At the Dojo, the Jiju Ku-mite is essential, since Jiju Kumite itself resembles a real fight. It is difficult to belief that at present, some schools do not carry out the Jiju Kumite te-chniques. How can a practitioner comprehend the real basis of the movements and kicks he has been learning? Nobody can understand a martial art te-chnique without previously performing it in broad combat; it is the opportunity one has to check the efectiveness of the technique.

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The main objective of each technique is to look for superiority upon the opponent’s back in the real fi-ght. The street situations may lead us to physical conflicts that must be avoided; an advanced begin-ner may have the necessary knowledge, media and tools to face the antagonist; so, the fight can only occur if there is no other way to avoid it.

The real fight is the one that is never performed, though at times it turns impossible to reject it; since sometimes we find ourselves surrounded by stressed people who end up exploiting and relea-sing their negative energy with violence against in-nocent people.

The martial artist with a complete mastery of the Kumite must carefully evaluate the situation and take the right decision in relation to the action to be carried out. To avoid the real fight it is necessary to keep self control; it becomes important for the practitioner to know the effects that his techniques might bring about in the opponent; and he must also consider the legal standards of the country.The training sessions at the Dojo based on study combats give us the possibility to explore ourselves, and to reach calm and self control to face not only the conflicts and fights but also, to develop a life style. It is easy learned that the calmer we are, the better we develop.

The whole physical, technical, tactical and mental level will be tested; the actions

should be carried out in the exact moment, since there is only one chance for the attack

and one for the counterattack.

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Many aspects may be involved in a real fight, but I have managed to divide and explain every aspect in the same way I would talk to my students. The only aspect that remains uncovered about the real fight is that it is hard, since the smallest action might bring about large scale outcomes.

The whole physical, technical, tactical and mental level will be tested; the actions should be carried out in the exact moment, since there is only one chance for the attack and one for the countera-ttack. There is no time to think, at a fight, one can only react. All unnecessary motions must be avoided in order to save energy, gain velocity, and keep a regular physical condition.

We can neither go beyond our abilities nor un-derestimate the opponent for he will be ready to react to find his chance. One must not think of winning or losing; this kind of thought will tie us

up to willpower; such illusions can disappoint us. It is then, that forbearance becomes necessary so that we can wait for things to fit together timely.

Good concentration facilitates the process of ac-ting and reacting; the responses will emerge with the attack. The whole body must focus on the per-formance to generate a flow of action and reaction supported by intern and external energy.

The last outcome of the fight will give a firm response in its own speech, telling that you did not perform it in the training sessions though you needed to do it; but, what is evident is that it was not enough. The opponent will become your friend as he shows what your weaknesses or stren-gths were.

Finally, as a study guide, I will provide you with the ten top requisites to success in a combat.

“Good concentration facilitates the process of acting and reacting; the responses will

emerge with the attack”.

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Ten top requisites to success in a combat:

1. Concentration, total spirit calmness,

2. Well-trained mind and body,

3. Keep constant control of the balance of the body,

4. Use techniques you have repeated hundred of time in training combats, the ones that will let you know even the opponent’s reactions,

5. Concentrate full power on the whole technique,

6. Keep open eyes, watch all movements around you,

7. Connect each technique. Make all possible response to the opponent an opportunity to continue your actions.

8. Coordination, accuracy and intelligence,

9. Control and impose the senses involved on the fight,

10. Always show the martial ethics.

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UNBALANCED By: Philip Nearing

A Comparative View of Unbalancing Techniques in the Wing Chun Wooden Dummy Form

The Wing Chun wooden dum-my is a bit like an abacus. On the surface an abacus appears a very simple device, a calculating tool whereby beads are slid up and down a series of rods enclosed in a wooden frame, but in rea-lity it is capable of solving very complex mathematical equa-tions. The shape of the mook jong, or wooden dummy as it is usually translated, is also very simple in appearance, a cylin-drical trunk of wood with four “arms and legs” extending from it. Yet through this simple piece of equipment the Wing Chun fi-ghter can explore the deepest se-crets of the Wing Chun system. This article is about the practical

application of Wing Chun in fi-ghting situations, specifically, the unbalancing of an opponent, and how we can practice these appli-cations on the wooden dummy. Essentially, the wooden dummy form is comprised of the hand techniques from the three emp-ty handed forms of Wing Chun plus the footwork and kicks in an applied format. The empty han-ded forms show the techniques and the wooden dummy applies them in a fighting situation. When training on the wooden dummy one tends to focus on the tasks at hand, i. e. blocks, strikes, footwork, kicks and the proper application of yiu ma energy. In doing so, it is quite easy to

overlook other very important aspects of the dummy form, in particular, the numerous “un-balancing techniques” in every section of the form. Unbalan-cing is an extremely important part of the Wing Chun system that is often taken for granted and rarely given any explicit fo-cus in training. As Wing Chun practitioners, we are often more interested in blocking and stri-king than the less obvious idea of unbalancing. To fully understand the value and usefulness of un-balancing an opponent it is ne-cessary to look comparatively at how unbalancing is used in other methods of fighting.In throwing arts such as Judo,

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Jiu-Jitsu and Aikido, unbalan-cing an opponent is the key to the throw. In the early stages of study in any of these arts the novice often misses a throw be-cause they are rushing to com-plete the action and fail to put their opponent off balance. It is the unbalancing of an opponent which is foundational to the exe-cution of the throw. The novice will regularly try to muscle the throw when the opponent is in a strong, balanced position rather than put them in a weaker, un-balanced position in which the opponent can easily be upended. For this reason the throw will not work. For instance, with the osoto gari takedown the thrower steps to the side of the opponent pulling the opponent off balance as he steps. It is only then, when he has a clear opportunity to take the opponent’s near leg with his inside leg that he can upend the opponent and drive him to the ground. The unbalancing move of stepping to the side and pu-lling him off balance neutralizes any advantage the opponent mi-ght have be it size or strength. For the instant that the opponent is off balance the thrower is “stron-ger” than his opponent and can take advantage of the opponent’s “weak”, unbalanced position. It is the unbalancing that allows a smaller, less strong opponent to overcome a bigger, stronger ad-versary, since it is the unbalan-cing itself that creates the mo-ment of opportunity to do so. In boxing, keeping an opponent off balance has several tacti-cal advantages. When we watch

two skilled boxers circling one another a number of things are going on. First and foremost, both fighters are being evasive, since by design it is harder to hit a moving target than one that is standing still. Second, they are circling one another looking for opportunities to create openings in the opponent’s defense. Howe-ver, a very important part of cir-cling and other footwork in bo-xing is to keep the opponent off balance. If a fighter is off balan-ce he cannot hit hard. A fighter needs to be planted and set for an effective punch to be thrown. Muhammed Ali was a master at keeping his opponents off balan-ce and had no fear whatsoever of getting hit by the vast majority of the people he fought. That’s a major reason he earned a 56-5 record with 37 knockouts. By keeping an opponent off balance, by preventing him from getting set to hit, a boxer can nullify the opponent’s offense. Keeping one’s opponent off balance allows the boxer the opportunity to ventu-re forward more safely to probe the opponent’s defense and enter more safely when an opening is found. A third advantage to keeping an opponent off balance in boxing is that it makes the opponent fight the other fighter’s fight. An un-balanced opponent is constantly trying to recover a comfortable position that is being taken away from him by the fighter who keeps him off balance. He is too busy recovering to attack and de-fend effectively. He has lost the ability to control the tempo or

rhythm of the fight and is cons-tantly chasing the other, more balanced and controlled fighter. An unbalanced opponent cannot get set to play his game. He can-not develop a meaningful attack and is forced to react to the other fighter’s punches and footwork and, in a larger sense, tactics. Looking closely at these two very different approaches to fi-ghting we can see that putting an opponent off balance is a central idea to both. In throwing, unba-lancing prepares the way for the offense. It also makes it possible for a smaller fighter to control and overcome a larger, stronger opponent. In boxing, unbalan-cing prevents the opponent from developing a meaningful attack and also creates excellent oppor-tunities for entry. Now, let’s see how these ideas can be applied in Wing Chun by looking a little more closely at the wooden dum-my form. Let’s take a few examples from the first two sections of the form. In the first section we engage the arm of the dummy with the jong sao. We then execute an inside lop sao with the left hand to the right arm of the dummy and dri-ve the right hand inside of the left arm of the dummy and grab the back of the dummy’s “neck”. The-re are a number of implications here. The initial engagement of the dummy arm by the jong sao is the engagement of the oppo-nent’s attacking arm by your own attack be it a punch, a biu sao or even a man sao. The inside lop sao unbalances the opponent and

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renders the second attack harmless. It also creates space for your right arm to drive inside of his left, stri-ke if you so choose and grab the back of his neck for a nerve pull. A strike can unbalance as surely as a throw, particularly if it is to the carotid cavity, which can easily knock the opponent out. Not only does the sharp pull on the back of the neck shock the spinal cord and disorient the opponent but it also gives you control of the opponent’s head. Pulling the opponent’s head downwards disrupts his balance and gives you complete control of him. The opponent cannot attack while being controlled like this and it is safe for you to enter and finish in any way you choose. You are stepping into your opponent’s attack with an attack of your own, the jong sao. The success of your counterattack is dependent on unbalancing the opponent with your lop sao and the nerve pull on the back of his neck.

This sequence is followed by a bong sao which flows into a tan sao when the fighter steps to the outside of the mook jong and jams the dummy leg. Depending on how the practitioner interprets this section there is either a palm strike to the liver and ribs or simply a push on contact that prevents the shoulder butt. In either case you are stepping into the opponent’s attack with an attack of your own from the outside under the cover of your tan sao and jamming the opponent’s front leg. Not only are you using the opponent’s forward energy against him by jamming the force of his attack before it gains momentum but you are also applying yiu ma, or waist, energy to support the entire technique. The opponent is, in effect, running into a brick wall while his attack is deflected. As in the sequence above there is damage being done to the opponent but he is also being unbalanced for whatever finish the Wing Chun fighter sees fit. The entire

Application from the 1st section of the dummy form: Sifu Nearing steps into the oppo-nent’s attack, engages his arm, unbalances him by pulling the arm and controlling the head, then finishes with an attack of his own.

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right side of his body is being neutralized to make way for your entry and the left side is being immobili-zed because he is off balance and jammed.

In the second section of the wooden dummy form we open with a pak sao sequence. There are various ways to interpret this sequence depending on one’s lineage in addition to how much one thinks outside of the box. Here we see two dominant ways of applying the pak sao. One interpretation would be to say that when we pak at the wrist we should bring the attack down and away. A second would be to pak at the elbow and jam it back into the centerline. Both in application simultaneously unbalance the oppo-nent, render him unable to strike and prepare the way for an attack in the moment in which they are executed. The interpretation of the opening pak sao sequence can be debated. Rather than taking sides, let’s simply explore some possibilities and see where they lead. Seemingly there are three pak saos to the inside gate. However, according to some of Ip Man’s first generation students, Ip Man said that one should avoid the pak sao to the inside gate. The negatives are obvious. To be on the inside gate means that you are between the opponent’s arms. If you were to pak an incoming right punch with your own right pak sao, you would be very vulnerable to being hit by your opponent’s left hand. It’s right in front of your face and probably on the way. Thinking a bit outside of the box, what if we view these as pak saos to the outside gate? After all, the wooden dummy is an inanimate object and a training tool not a live opponent. It can be used as our imaginations see fit as long as long as we are grounded in solid Wing Chun principles and fundamentals. Applying a pak sao to the elbow of an opponent from the outside gate and pressing toward his center

Second application from the 1st section of the form: Sifu Nearing receives the attack, deflects the 2nd punch with a tan sao while stepping in, unbalancing the opponent and opening the way for a finishing attack.

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line can jam him as surely as the tan sao from the previous section, prevent him from attacking and prepare the way for a counterattack. Following this sequence the fighter turns to the ri-ght and does a pak sao with the left hand to the top of the dummy arm and then chops to the trunk of the dummy. If we view this as receiving an in-coming punch with a pak sao/jut sao that borrows the opponent’s energy and pulls him forward out of his stance, again we have unbalanced our oppo-nent. In doing so, we render the opponent’s offen-se useless and opened him up for our attack. This particular technique can be applied very easily by a smaller, skilled opponent when forced to confront a larger adversary.By looking closely at the Wing Chun wooden dummy form it becomes apparent that unbalancing techniques are a very important and useful part of the Wing Chun system. There are numerous offensive and defensive advantages to be gained by employing them. The same ideas employed in the throwing arts and in boxing be-come equally as valuable in Wing Chun and relate directly to the core principles of the Wing Chun system. Unbalancing an opponent can put a sma-

ller or less strong person in a position of advanta-ge with a larger opponent. The balanced fighter is stronger and has a clear advantage over the unba-lanced and, thus, weakened fighter. A fighter must be firmly planted to throw a solid punch or kick. An opponent who is off balance cannot develop a meaningful attack as their punches and kicks have no real power. The moment in which the opponent is off balance creates the opportunity for entry into the opponent’s defense and paves the way for the Wing Chun fighter to finish off their adversary. In essence, unbalancing is a very effective defense and it prepares the way for offense. While we have explored the idea of unbalancing an opponent in four techniques from the first two sections of the Wing Chun wooden dummy form a number of ideas have opened up for training and development. It’s well worth a Wing Chun fighter’s while to dig into the dummy form from the pers-pective of unbalancing an opponent to see how this approach can expand one’s game. If a successful attack is the result of proper preparation, then un-balancing your opponent is an ideal place to start.

Application from the 2nd section of the dummy form: The smaller fighter guides the punch away and unbalances the overcommitted attacker with a pak sao/jut sao and ins-tantly counters with a chop to the throat.

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Babao-ARNISNAR BABAOMaster Narrison Babao is the son of the legendary late Grandmaster Narrie Babao. He began his formal training under the guidance of his father at the age of 16.

Master Narrison Babao’s training includes the Babao Arnis martial arts system, the Villabrille-Largusa system of Kali, and Cacoy Doce Pares.

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Martial Science Magazine was honored to be present at the seminar offered by Guro Nar Barbao about Arnis System in Vegas. The semi-nar was organized by the Sifu Justin Cataldi, who allowed us to shoot some photos and see demonstrations of Guro Nar Babao.

Here, there is a summary of what we capture with the camera of Mar-tial Science Magazine.

1. From left to right, Master Nar Babao, Owner Zena Sultana Babao, Sifu Justin Cataldi, Sen-sei Henry Binerfa, Maestro Kris Babao (Maestro Kris Babao is the god-son of Dan Inosanto).

2. Maestro Kris Babao defending against #2 strike

3. Master Nar Babao, explaining his technique.

4. Wing block applied against #6 thrust called “sak-sak”

5. and 6. Are same techniques against #1 feed (forehand stri-ke) code San Miguel

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5 6

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7. 2nd counter applied against #1 strike

8. Sifu Justin Cataldi, Master Nar Babao, Maestro Kris Babao

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babao ARNIs1-6 Attacks under the Babao-Arnis System

#2 backhand diagonal to

opponent right knee

or right shin called “Orabis”

“The 1-6 attacks were created by my grandfather Buenaventura “Turing” Babao and passed to my father, late GM Narrie”_ Master Nar Babao

#1 forehand diagonal strike to opponent left temple to shoulder called “San Miguel”

#1-4 follows the movement of the butterfly called “paru-paru”.

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#4 forehand diagonal strike to opponent left knee

#3 backhand diagonalstrike to

opponent right temple to shoulder called

“Bartikal”

#5 overhead strike called “Bahut-Araw”

#6 a thrust “sak-sak” to opponent abdominal.

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A Travelling Ronin

Infinite MMA Academy

By: Martin “travelling ronin” FranshaM

BACKGROUND: Despite never having been involved in Combat Sports himself my father has always enjoyed a good fight. One day he came home with something new in his hand. It was a VHS tape titled “The Ultimate Fighting Cham-pionship.” We plopped down on the couch and fired up the VCR with anticipation. I was taking kids Karate classes and with all the blind faith of a preteen child I prepared to see Karate dismantle every other fighter with crisp, clean hits. Instead, like so many other people, I watched a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner named Royce Gracie run through the competition in one of the most dominant displays of martial talent ever. Martial Arts changed for me right then and you could no longer excuse not having a ground game.

I get shown how roll an opponent from reverse-scarf hold.

Over twenty years later I had the privilege of visiting Infinite MMA Academy run by Adam Martinez. Coach Martinez is a PAN AM medalist and trained directly under Royce Gracie. On their website you will see claims that they are a home to Pro Fighters that have made it as far as the UFC and Bellator. Once you walk through the door you can see why Infinite MMA Academy produces champions. You have a clean, professional gym with a cage and ring that speak of dedication and hard work (Hint: Schools often visually provide a reflection of the staff).

Gracie Jiu-Jitsu has two primary facets to it. A competitive, sporting side to it where the Gracies have been instrumental in creating the UFC and most recently Metamorphosis, and a self-defence side. The self-defence aspects of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu don’t feature in the limelight as often as the sport side but it is an important piece that grew from Helio Gracie, was carried by Royce Gracie and continues to be passed on by Coach Martinez and his staff.

As a traveller I get to meet people around the globe and being active in forums I find that Jiu-Jitsu often is short changed by members of the Reality-Based Self-Defence (RBSD) community. You will hear arguments like “Jiu-Jitsu only works on the mats” and “what if the guy has a weapon? Jiu-Jitsu is useless.” This has always struck me as both misinformed and ignorant. First, there is am-ple footage and stories of Gracie challenge mat-

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ches where they fought on all types of terrain from hardwood floors to the streets. Second, we have very recent stories of fighter’s disarming and sub-mitting armed robbers including one where UFC Champion Jon Jones took down a purse snatcher in the streets. Third, and sometimes forgotten by the RBSD crew, most fights don’t end in horrible eye gouging, genital mangling terror. In the vast majority of cases restraining someone is in order. Any police office, bouncer or security professional spends the majority of their conflicts restraining a belligerent not shredding them to pieces.

I shake, bump and roll with Coach Martinez.

Gracie Jiu-Jitsu helps prepare their students for a vast number of scenarios. It could be restraining a drunk friend to multiple attackers. Coach Marti-nez stressed that you didn’t always want to go to the ground in a grapple. However, Gracie Jiu-Jit-su gave you the ability to choose those moments instead of ending up on the ground against your choice.

WHAT DID I LEARN?: Infinite MMA Academy is a true Mixed Martial Arts school. While there I followed their Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, no-gi grappling and Muay Thai programs. Needless to say, I learned a lot in my two days. However, if there was some-thing I learned it was during their Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Judo classes. Wrestling with a Gi has always been my weakest area. Although I have a back-ground in Russian Sambo I have always concen-

trated on the no- gi areas. My personal neglect of of the jacket has led to some major holes in my game that are exposed by people like Coach Martinez.

I swing my leg over to lock up an armbar I was shown.

I take full mount after drilling a sweep.

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The wonderful thing about Jiu-jitsu is that you can wrestle with anyone as Coach Martinez and many members of his school obliged me with a roll. I am a big heavyweight standing 6’6 (2.2m) and wei-ghing in at 275 pounds. Coach Martinez is per-haps 150 pounds and certainly not my height or build. Looking at us you would think that I would crush him based on my size advantage. Instead, I was flipped and tossed around to be submitted in any number of ways from armbars to chokes.

Both him and Coach Troy (The Judo Coach) demonstrated to me that the principles that made Jiu-Jitsu and Judo so strong was the emphasis of leverage over strength. By using the correct leve-rage fighters can multiply their strength several times over without gassing out while stronger opponents struggle and deplete their cardio reser-ves.

I make the mistake of putting hands on a coach.

WHAT WAS AWESOME?: Attitude makes a successful gym and fostering that atmosphere is impossibly important. I have been to gyms filled with great fighters but have such a poisonous at-mosphere they implode under the weight of their own negativity. Rickson Gracie published a great article on how to train and how you don’t need to try and kill your partner. Instead, you should be

training to learn and to help your partner grow. A close friend and teacher of mine, Sifu Nik Farooqi, calls this not “Training for Pain.” It does nobody any good to let your ego run rampant and hurt your partner.

Pro Fighter Nick “The Natural” Laney snaps a jab out.

Being hurt is always something that scares me in being a “Travelling Ronin.” As I stood across from Pro Fighter Nick “The Natural” Laney I was wondering how sparring with him would be. We had spoken briefly before the round agreeing that neither one of us was there for a fight, yet, I had my reservations that I would be in trouble if Nick decided he wanted to “impress me” or “teach me a lesson.” Instead of a fight we had an awesome round of sparring. From the moment that we touched gloves to the takedowns and ground and pound everything was beautifully controlled

Coach Martinez told Nick that he wanted him to work on hustling someone against the fence and takedowns. With Nick keeping his composure it allowed me to work with him and to not mind being thrown because I knew I was in good hands. It also meant that when something happened I wasn’t expecting, like the ground and pound, I wasn’t hurt. For my part, despite all my travels it

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was the first time I had trained in a cage. I have always fought on opened mats and rings. There-fore, as Nick was working the drills for his upco-ming fight I was studying everything he did and getting a first rate education on cage strategy. After the round we both left in good shape and in good spirits. Creating and keeping that attitude is key to creating a great school and Infinite does it incredi-bly well.

Looking up at Nick as he rains punches down on me

CONCLUSION: Infinite MMA Academy is one of the top places to train in the North Denver area. If you are in the area you should certainly go check them out. The mix between competition sports and self-defense is a great balance in a gym with a great attitude. Best regards and keep training.

Coach Martinez locks up a great armbar as we close out an awesome night of training.

If you are interested in training together I would love to get together with you. Drop me a line on facebook and we can connect. I would love to learn from you.

Martin “Travelling Ronin” Fransham

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Present Sri Lanka having lots of imported martial art systems & spread all over the country. But all imported martial art systems dictation their own country culture’s & created in constant frame.

Sri Lankan traditional martial art systems also ha-ving big barriers to converting modern society. Be-cause of their constant frame is very high. That’s the reason present yoga budo martial art system.

Way to use in modern society & it born very pea-ceful manner to fulfill modern society needs. Yoga

budo is not new martial art but its contributing of world practical martial art systems & yoga (for de-veloping mental & physical strength).

Result of his research & experience Sri Lankan martial art and yoga instructor master Prasanna LankaThalpahewa was introduced that yoga budo martial art way to the world before ten years ago.

“Lion blood” video series is one of the most po-pular videos in facebook and other social websites. Millions of people watched that videos & got more

YOGA BUDOYoga budo is not new martial art but its contributing of world practical martial art systems & yoga (for developing mental & physical strength).

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than 140,000 shares from each posts from the face-book. Through this video series Sri Lankan good-will also got higher position in world.

Fighting ranges that we using for real fights

1. Kicking range

2. Punching range

3. Trapping range

4. Grapping range

Many martial art systems takes a long time to crea-te good fighter. But comparing to yoga budo way & modern combat martial art systems takes less

time to create good fighter. That is the reason lots of world special army units using these fighting methods.

Mental and physical development, equilibrium, de-corum, discipline, self confidants ,smoothness and concept of yoga science with all these mix exercises giving unique to yoga budo way from other mo-dern combat systems. Yoga budo way is not only for fighting but it gives personal development and

“Lion blood” video series is one of the most popular videos in facebook and

other social websites. Millions of people watched that videos & got more than

140,000 shares from each posts from the facebook.

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social development. Using of all significant features of yogo budo students can absorb peaceful mind and good self confidants. As same as during a fight they react real Warriors and can’t defeat easily. That is why we call “YOGA BUDO -(way of the peaceful warrior)”.

We have to give lots of thanks for Sri Lanka youth (National Youth Services council) and Thurunu Shakthi National martial art and yoga pool for giving support for us take Sri Lankan symbol to the world through Yoga Budo martial art way.

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