Aggression Makes You Lazy
Aggression in practice or sparring matches makes you lazy. This theory might be a bit controversial to some martial artists, but I hope...
Video: Basic Forearm Anatomy To Discuss Efforts of Sword Cut Injury
Above is a quick 5 mins video, where I discussed basic anatomy of the human forearm and hand, so as to analyze what kind of effects will...
Effectiveness of "Zwerchhau", German Swordsmanship
In German swordsmanship, there is a technique called "Zwerchhau", which can receive a vertical strike and cut horizontally towards the...
Effectiveness of Cuts to the Forearms
In a sword-fight, the forearm is the easiest place to attack because it is the closest target to you, and attacking it has the ability to...
Spinning Footwork - Practicality in Combat
Recently, I received an email from someone asking me about the practicality of spinning footwork which he frequently observes in Muye...
"Sneaking Steps" - Practicality in Combat
偷步 (tou bu) "Sneaking Steps" is a type of footwork that we can commonly observe in Chinese martial arts. Below is an example from the...
Did the Samurai learnt unarmed combat from Chinese General Qi Jiguang?
I'm going to share something breaking here that I've just discovered, which may be considered as evidence that the Japanese Samurai...
Correct Way Of Using The Chinese Long Saber (aka Dan Dao or Miao Dao)
Ever since I uploaded my first Chinese Long Saber videos on YouTube back in 2010, I occasionally receive comments about how the way I...
Ineffectiveness of Cuts to the Head
Typically during freeplay sparring practice with swords, we will consider a cut to the head as something decisive which will end the...
