Category Archive For "Martial Art"
in Martial Art, MMA, UFC
Dustin WILL Try to take Conor down | Chael Sonnen
Conor, Poirier, where are you guys’ head on this? What do you guys think? Because we do not have a ton of evidence, right? You cannot just look at their last fight and go, well, you know there is a gap there, and Dustin got better. And Conor is not the same. You cannot do …
in Martial Art
Exposing A DARK Truth About Martial Arts
ART WORK BY awesumbananas | deviantart Exposing A Dark Truth About Martial Arts What is this dark truth? While you have that question in mind, in Thomas Cleary’s translation of Sun Tzu’s classic, “the Art of War”, he talks about the Monkey King. A main character in the Ming Dynasty classic, “Journey to the West”. …
How Do You Use Your Mind in Tai Chi?
I am still a student in learning Tai Chi, and even if I gain any level of skill, I will remain one until I die. And as I practice my perspective will progress with whatever skill I gain along the way. So, I may revise articles like this in the future. Using the mind and …
WHAT IS STEP ROOTING IN TAI CHI?
What is step rooting in Tai Chi? On the internet, you will find fantastic videos of martial arts exponents who are tai chi practitioners or exponents of other martial arts, maintain their balance as they are pushed by one or multiple people. These demonstrations to the layman sometimes look like magic. However, upon observation from …
in Martial Art, MMA, Qi Gong, Tai Chi Chuan
DID THE UFC HAVE A TAI CHI FIGHTER?
Did the UFC have a Tai Chi fighter? While you intrigued by this question, let us briefly talk about Tai Chi. Tai Chi in our current times, especially in the West, is thought of as a “health exercise”. As supposed to what it was and is, a martial art or way of combat. Yang Lu …
WHY DO YOU “SINK” IN TAI CHI?
WHY DO YOU “SINK” IN TAI CHI? The sinking in Tai Chi as written about many times here in deadlyduels.com, simply the letting of tension held by the upper body to the ground. Allowing for the sinews to become flexible, so that the blood can better flow throughout the body or the qi (pronounced “chee”) …
in Martial Art, MMA, Tai Chi Chuan
HOW DO YOU STRIKE WITH MORE POWER?
Someone on Reddit replied with the following comments to my post, “I don’t see the difference between using the lower body to control the upper body and using the hips to generate power. Aren’t they basically just the same thing?” ALSO ON DEADLYDUELS.COM | DOES TAI CHI BUILD POWER? Using the waist/hips only is not …
DOES TAI CHI BUILD POWER?
Yes, Tai Chi and all styles of gōngfu 功夫 styles, have exercises and methods to train and refine one’s explosive power. Through discipline and hard work, one is becoming more explosive. A term used to describe this explosiveness in traditional Chinese martial arts is fājìn, 發勁. There are various ways to fājìn or release power, …
in Martial Art, MMA
WILL PETR YAN VS TJ DILLASHAW HAPPEN?
WILL PETR YAN VS TJ DILLASHAW HAPPEN? Petr Yan came during an interview and he said, “I’m gonna beat Sterling and then I want T.J Dillashaw. This is one of those things that keeps rearing it’s head. The great kept secret of MMA and T.J. Dillashaw. Rumours have been about how great he has been …
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WHAT WAS CHARLES OLIVIERA BIG MISTAKE?
WHAT WAS CHARLES OLIVIERA BIG MISTAKE? Charles Oliveira has recently come out and said, “let me fight Poirier”. He then claimed he is the guy to bring Khabib back. The issue with that is if you are in the division, why do you even care if somebody comes back? SHOP AT AMAZON NOW Oculus Quest …