You may read about it in the latest MMA news – MMA fighters cutting weight so they can make it into a lower weight class than the one they should be in. Then, in the 24-or-so hours before the fight, they rehydrate and put a lot of the weight they lost back on so they can have an advantage over …
What happens when Master Wong, Ginger Ninja Trickster, the GNT, and Master Ermar Alexander get together in London… with a SHAFT-a-like sound track???
World Taekwondo Manchester 2018 Gt BritainWe visited the World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester this October 2018 and caught up with a few people. Bianca Walkden and Aaron Cook talked about the competition and their hopes for results this year and for the 2020 Olympics. We also chatted to Shirley Stapleton, the CEO of GB Taekwondo, for an insight into her role …
No Limits!!!!! Brittle Bone Disease in TaeKwonDo No Limits!!!!! Brittle Bone Disease in TaeKwonDo PodcastMick Tully interviews Robbie Hirst one of the youngest and most determined martial artists you could ever meet who deals with broken bones on a daily basis and doesn’t let his condition stop him training Tae Kwon Do. Listen to his inspirational story on Mick’s Martial …
Bullying, Teenagers & Taekwondo (or Any Martial Arts) TrainingDefeat Bullies With Martial ArtsMy Taekwondo training is helping me parent my tween!It’s like taking a solid blow to the chest.That gut-wrenching feeling you get when someone is hurting your child.And not just once. But over and OVER again. The fact the one doing the hurting is ALSO another child matters little …
BARE FOOT or BUST?Should the path to Black Belt be walked in bare feet? The question of shoes for training from Taekwondo to any martial art…Kristy turning kickMartial Arts Makes Us Rule FollowersMy 10 year old son is a rule follower.This might sound like some kind of parental godsend but alas.What goes with this rule-following territory is a child who is:Mind …
Bruce Lee’s Taekwondo Friend Jhoon Rhee dies at 86Jhoon Rhee kicks Bruce LeeGrandmaster Jhoon Rhee(January 7, 1932 – April 30, 2018), , the man known as the “father of American Taekwondo,” died on Monday 30th April after a long illness at a hospice care home in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of the nation’s capital.Commonly known as Jhoon Rhee, he was …
Taekwondo In Your 40s!!!Why taking up Taekwondo in my 40s was the best thing ever! And now you can do it too with my Top 5 Tips…by Kristy Hitchens Am I having a near mid-life crisis?Is that what this is?Is this the equivalent of (*gulp!) buying a Harley or red sports car and dating a hot blonde?All of this and more (MUCH more!) is what …
TAEKWONDO Changed My Life!!!BE INSPIRED by Danny T Nguyen’s martial arts journey through TAEKWONDO. This is a inspirational story for all martial artists, it serves as a reminder of why many of us start to train and why we continue. His story is not a major calamity averted, it’s more a daily combination of the small things that make a big …
I have been doing Martial Arts since I was 6 (I am now 38) and I have trained in every type of school. From the spit and sawdust boxing gyms to the church halls and leisure centres, I have also trained in the purpose-built premises as well. And I have discovered one thing; that the premises mean absolutely nothing when it comes …