It’s true, stress can make you fat. The hormone responsible for this is called cortisol. This hormone is always present in your body and your body produces it at higher levels when it’s under stress….
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Is Stress Making You Fat? Find Out How Martial Arts Can Help
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6 Most common uncertainties that most students of Martial Arts experience
Martial arts offer a very valuable expedition of self-discovery. Different phases can be found within this journey from beginner to black belt and beyond. At each phase there are different challenges and obstacles. This article…
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The Five Fundamental Values of Karate
Martial Arts schools around the world advocate a viewpoint of self-enhancement as well as a predicted standard of technical skill. Analysing closely, it is the values rather than the technical skill that should inspire every…
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Effectiveness of Karate in Self-Defence
Most of the people who venture into Martial Arts systems and styles claim that their system delivers realistic self-defense techniques. The advent of mixed martial arts as a fighting system has led to debate on…
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Training Diary 27/06/11 – Sanbon Kumite #3, Kihon Ippon #2
I have prepared two videos representing what we have gone through in tonight’s training. 1. Sanbon Kumite #3 2.Kihon Ippon Jodan, Chudan, Mae Geri #2
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Hold Your Dream
It’s not always in the karate world where I get my inspiration in life. Take the film “Fame” (the latest one) – the film showed how dreams can be achieved by anyone just as long…
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Feeling Defeated?
Feeling defeated? Consider this: After Fred Astair”s first screen test, the memo from thetesting director of MGM, dated 1933 said “Can”t act!Slightly bald! Can dance a little!” Astair kept that memoover the fireplace in his…
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