MacDonald Academy of Martial Arts
Kenpo Karate, Krav Maga, and Fitness for the Boston / Watertown area
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Check out this video of one helluva frenzied knife attack simulation. Warning: While only simulated, this video is very disturbing. It is NSFW and definitely not appropriate for children.
Click here to watch on YouTube
Don’t forget: Basic Knife Defense Seminar this Saturday!
For more terror, watch IFC’s Favorite Movie Knife Scenes!
There will be a Krav Maga Basic Knife Defense seminar at the Academy on Saturday, Dec 3rd, from 2pm – 5pm. The cost is $65 and includes forearm guards!
All levels of students are welcome to attend. Space is limited. Contact the Academy or sign up below to reserve a spot.
Some 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!
I 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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