Author: TW Smith

  • We Need Mortar for the Bricks TKF 5

    Original Podcast, Slideshow Video and PDF Download of my 2013 Podcast : “Mortar for the Bricks” My reflections of a core reason to practice mentally and physically.

    “If Techniques, Speed and Strength are the bricks, the Strategy, Flow and Resiliency is the Mortar.”

    In Chinese Martial Arts the two practices are practiced separately for a bit, then practiced together, because one without the other is pointless in challenging times.

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  • The New Breed of Martial Arts Pt1

    Sometimes, the harder you try, the worse it gets. That can happen in many things, take ‘creative art’, someone takes an old bed box spring, welds an old bucket and a chair on it, gives it a name and paints it.. calls it art. Someone else sees junkyard material that is in the middle of a campus.

    Martial Arts can take the pressure. Does it include weapons? If you don’t practice self-defense, its not martial arts at all could be another argument.

    Before you start swimming in the quicksand, lets take a moment to see the trap, BeFore we get in it.

  • The New Breed of Martial Arts Pt2

    In Part 1, we took one Professors approach to defining Martial Arts, during part 2, 2 Professors are going to give excellent arguments for other approaches. Professor Judkins is going to take both arguments and give them a twist to consider, to make your messages more inspiring.

    Laying the framework for the next 2 episodes.

  • The New Breed of Martial Arts Pt3

    Chinese Martial Arts with Traditional Warrior Training. You are the police and protection of your community and countryside.

    Training in 5 Village Organizations

  • The New Breed of Martial Arts Pt4

    The direction and reasons for changing the Traditional ‘relic’ to a new shinier treasure. Fortunately, some hold onto the Traditional Chinese Martial Arts expectations.

    The New Breed of Martial Arts Pt4

    KFP 199 Warrior Training to National Treasure