The Beginning, the Middle, and the End
My students have often asked, “You seem to know what I am going to do before I get my move started. How do you do that?” I wish that I could tell them that I had some great all knowing psychic ability, but I don’t. Most of the time my answer leaves them even more puzzled than a “crystal ball” secret ever would have. I couch...
April 10, 2008 | Continue reading »
Martial Arts Magic
Many of the movements in well-performed martial arts are optical illusions. That means they are misleading images that deceive visual perception of size, shape, and motion. This occurs because the human eye has a tendency to not see the entire sequence of a technique but only the most conspicuous component. This lack of vision will not note efficiency...
April 1, 2008 | Continue reading »
Love/Hate…Yin/Yang
Love/hate relationships…yup! Seems to be the story of my life these days. Yin/yang is the order of this third dimensional existence! Love it – because the only guarantee is one day we will all leave it. I have not written in a while…major testing for students at my school. I love the results, but hate the process. Our policy is to...
March 19, 2008 | Continue reading »
Moo Duk Kwan Website
The Moo Duk Kwan Martial Arts website is currently down. We’ve been working on switching servers and using a new hosting provider, whatever all that means. It should be back up within a few days – we hope. Thanks for your patience! a2a_linkname="Moo Duk Kwan Website";a2a_linkurl="http://fgblair.com/2008/01/moo-duk-kwan-website/"; If...
January 18, 2008 | Continue reading »
The Master Instructor’s Garden
The following is a reprint, but a wonderful article about the plight of the martial arts instructor. I published it years ago and then again in our July 2007 newsletter at Moo Duk Kwan Martial Arts: To the casual observer, martial arts classes resemble a common activity like baseball practice or ballet lessons. The student does the prescribed drills...
January 14, 2008 | Continue reading »
