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Archives for 2011

We’re Now Mobile Friendly!

11.18.11 By Patrick 2 Comments

qrcodeSome kinks are still being worked out, but the Academy website will now automatically be reformatted when viewed on your smartphone! You can still view the full version of the site on your device by scrolling all the way to the bottom and tapping “View Full Version”. Also, on the contact page you can tap the phone number to call the Academy.

This is the first of several developments we have in the works. Do you have ideas on how we can better fit your Web 2.0 life? Let us know in the comments below or the next time you’re at the Academy—if you’re into that whole non-virtual personal communication stuff!

Filed Under: Announcements & News, Kenpo News, Krav Maga News

The Importance of Aggression

11.17.11 By Patrick 7 Comments

Hulk odiar Sarrooooo / Hulk hate TartaaaaarI wrote a post a while back titled “The Importance of Explosiveness” and discussed the psychological and physical importance and how-to’s of being explosive in our defenses and combatives. If explosiveness is the violence of the action itself, aggression is the precursor, the intent to be violent in order to protect oneself. It is also what will sustain us in the fight long after explosiveness has been sapped by exhaustion and/or injury.

Explosiveness is a physical attribute. Aggression is a mindset. You can take an untrained person and make them physically powerful with just a bit of training, as I outlined in the explosiveness post. What is much harder is to train a non-aggressive person to “unleash the beast”, but it is possible with the right drills, the right coaching, and the willingness of the student to go there. It’s amazing to see it happen for the first time.
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Filed Under: Krav Maga News, Krav Maga Technique Library, Self-Defense, Training Tagged With: Finish the Fight, fundamentals, situational awareness

The Push-up: Why Is This So Hard?

11.14.11 By Patrick 1 Comment

Check out this great article from Greg Everett at Catalyst Athletics:

The Push-up: Why Is This So Hard?

These push-ups are not so hard
These push-ups are not so hard

A lot of that should sound familiar from previous posts and my harping in class…

Why should you care about doing a perfect push-up? This is self-defense training after all, not competitive fitness. The push-up is a fundamental exercise used in our training. If done correctly, it trains not only “arm strength” (which will benefit your combatives), but the ability to maintain a rigid core (which benefits everything you do in and outside of class). If knowing that an improper push-up can cause more harm than good doesn’t drive you to improve your form, maybe this will:

Ugly push-ups offend me deeply 😥

Filed Under: Krav Maga News, Strength & Conditioning Tagged With: fundamentals, push-ups

New Docs in the Kenpo Student Area

11.10.11 By Patrick Leave a Comment

New documents have been added to the Kenpo Student Area.

See one of the instructors for the password if you don’t have it.

Filed Under: Kenpo News

Veterans Day 11.11.11 – NO CLASSES

11.10.11 By Patrick

The Academy will be closed Friday, November 11, for Veterans Day.

Filed Under: Announcements & News, Kenpo News, Krav Maga News Tagged With: school closings

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