“For the lotus flower to fall is to rise to the surface"

Practitioner of Martial Arts. Base of Danzan Ryu Zenyo Bujutsu. Love all things inspirational. Dont post much original. Peace and love to you all

[judomemes]

[martial-endeavors-deactivated20]

I’ll bite. 

[craigriellamartialartsfan]

Let’s do it

[crushingmantis]

Hit me up

[judomemes]

[martial-endeavors-deactivated20]

I’ll bite. 

[craigriellamartialartsfan]

Let’s do it

[crushingmantis]

Hit me up

[kengoiwakai]

Hi

[juji-gatame]

Badass little japanese judoka doing a beautiful Tomoe-nage!

[kengoiwakai]

Awesome

[shaped-by-karate]

Reblog if you're a martial artist and would like your followers to ask you martial arts related questions.

[shinchido]

Always.

[kengoiwakai]

For sure

[kengoiwakai]

Going over

[lovebrucelee]

                                Happy Birthday Bruce Lee

[budogang]

Master Yuan Xiu Gang

[theproblackgirl]

😢 ❤️ 👏🏽

[cherrylipsandcandyeyes]

I love how he let him cry, told him, “We cry as men” and didn’t hit him with the whole, “Big boys don’t cry” mess. That was lovely. 

[mrbowtiefly]

Phenomenal. Allowed him to emote, then worked with him to understand the what and the why.

[deletingthisgottago-deactivated]

Wow, This the realest I’ve ever post 👏🏾

[kengoiwakai]

Awesome

[kengoiwakai]

Ohana 2016

At Ohana 2016. Many great martial artists. Epic event

[theronindiaries]

Weight application

“My instructors used to tell me to put my weight on my partner. I thought I was doing exactly this but still I couldn’t seem to shut them down effectively. Over time, these thoughts occurred to me:

I have a limited amount of weight to use

That weight has to be somewhere

Where, exactly was my weight, at any given moment?

I noticed that much of it was dispersed on the mat itself

If I took it off the mat it had to go somewhere

And that ‘somewhere’ was in fact, onto my training partner

So there you have the first, most basic principle of Weight Application that there is. The more of your weight that you take off the floor, the more of it will ‘pour’ onto your opponent. And every ounce counts! There’s a T-shirt right there! EVERY OUNCE COUNTS!

Look for your weight, you will find it on your elbows, on your knees, your feet, etc – try to get it off these ‘support points’ and it will flow onto your partner. When I began thinking in terms of getting my weight off the floor, rather than putting it on my partner, I became far more effective.

Begin then, by asking yourself, where your weight actually is – at any given moment. Please pay attention to these few blogs, even through they may seem somewhat obvious … I guarantee gains. Best wishes all JBW” -johnbwill

[kengoiwakai]

You also have to think heavy or light. It's a crazy concept but if you think being heavy you can become heavy same as thinking being light. Think of a toddler. You try to pick up a toddler that is pitching a fit and doesn't want to be picked up they are heavy as hell. Pick up that same toddler that is happy and wants to be held and they are light as air. So that goes same for when you are working with a partner. Be heavy for ground control and base. Be light for when you are being thrown etc.

[fuforthought]

Master Jin Li-yan demonstrates the transition between a demonstrative form and an actual combat application. In Bajiquan, many of the forms look…impractical. But this is because, in action, they are different to how they are perceived when demonstrated without an opponent. A raised arm might just look like a raised arm when, when put into practice, it is a brutal punch or drag-style take down.

This is why, today, so many people look down on some styles of martial arts. Because they don’t look like they have applicable use. To the layman, they look either cartoony or far too simplistic to ever be adopted in a real-life fight situation. And yet, when you see what each move actually represents, it starts to make sense.

[martialartsprobs]

What’s one martial arts move (can be mythical or real) that you always wanted to learn?

Personally, I want to learn how to do that Kill Bill eye pluck thing.

[kengoiwakai]

Hard to find that one very dedicated uke

[shaped-by-karate]

Graduated from Army Basic Combat Training, guys.

Currently on my way to AIT at Fort Gordon in Georgia.

I’ll be in touch as soon as I’m able, budoblr. I might have a bit more freedom to communicate during AIT, although I can’t guarantee it, since I don’t really know, but we’ll see.

Thanks to those of you who’ve sent me messages to check up on me, it means a lot.

That’s my wife, btw. Her support and encouragement has been a big part of this experience for me. Thank you so much, @z-ol =]

[kengoiwakai]

Thoughts...

No martial art has ever worked in self-defence or in combat. There has been zero cases of any individual ever being knocked out / incapacitated by a martial art. What does work are the actions of martial artISTS. Pick any martial art you like and it is ultimately an ethereal concept. It can only be brought into being by the actions of the martial artist. Our martial art can’t fight for us and it can never protect us. Only we can do those things. We therefore need to focus on the making ourselves work, because the martial art is nothing but an intangible idea without us. A martial “thought for the day” :-) Ian Abernathy

[kengoiwakai]

[fitnessua]

Self defense tricks (x)

[shaped-by-karate]

Do we practice violence?

We don’t practice violence at all. Rather, a way of self control and self knowledge.

We toughen up our bodies and “become weapons”, yes, in order to protect ourselves, those we love and those that need help, but through violence? hardly.

Unless your life is threatened, violence is the last thing a martial artist should turn to.

Anyone who jumps to violence first is just a bully, not a martial artist.

-Ryu shaped-by-karate