Category Archives: Psychology
Anticipating How Your Opponent Will Attack!
How do you anticipate HOW an opponent will attack? Should you even try to as it could lead you into more trouble if you get it wrong? Continue reading
Diaphragmatic Breathing In Martial Arts
Diaphragmatic breathing is used in karate, kung fu, tai chi, taekwondo and other traditional martial arts. However, many martial artists do not completely realise the full extent of its importance. Find out how it actually helps us on a number of different levels. Continue reading
Engage Your Opponents Brain To Increase Their Vulnerability
As you get psyched up, higher brain functions close down and you rely more on the lower, more primitive part of the brain to prepare you for combat. If you can induce an aggressors higher brain functions to kick back in you can interfere with their mental preparation for a fight! Continue reading
Mind Like The Moon & Mind Like Water
Mind like the moon and mind like water are phrases that you come across from time to time in martial arts and although the meaning is often described, it is seldom explained how to achieve achieve these states. Continue reading