The End is Inevitable

This Post marks the end of my senior project, The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts. As with all things it has come to an end, but, I am told every end is a new beginning so I look forward optimistically. It has been wonderful participating in this independent research project - studying and training in not only something I care about deeply, but also a field of study that is ancient. I am sure that the first cavemen had their own system of martial arts to defend themselves from whatever threats they would face. I want to thank all the instructors and schools who allowed me to come and train with them over the course of my project. Sempai Erno, Sensei Poage, Mr. Barto, Mr. Jirov, Mr. Moylan, and Mr. C as my instructors and the Kyokushin Karate school, The Peaceful Warrior Martial Arts and Healing Center, Reality Defense Training, The Koncrete Gym, Z Ultimate Self-Defense and of course Depalma's Team USA Martial Arts as the schools I Visited. I thank Mr. Nishan for being my project advisor from school and also my school for allowing me such an opportunity to learn. I would like to thank all of my readers, even though I started the project for school I finished it for all of you. I will attempt to upload my finished presentation to my blog so everyone can check it out, look for it at the end of May. Thank You,

Mr. Waaler

Z Ultimate Martial Arts

Today I was lucky enough to be able to visit the Z Ultimate Self-Defense Studios, a martial arts school that teaches Chinese Kenpo. Chinese Kenpo is another form of Kenpo that has closer ties to Kung Fu and the Shaolin Temple, taking some of their movements from these sources. During our lesson we covered a basic form and a couple of self-defense techniques. I was told that often the movement itself is more important than the destination of the move. One of the ideas they have is Classical, Practical and Tactical.
Classical is the traditional forms and techniques
Practical is being able to teach them to a class safely and explaining them fully
Tactical is their application to real life self-defense

The Form I learned was a great example of classical practical and tactical.

The traditional movements flowed into a real self-defense scenario very nicely.
We then covered some knife self-defense, which is all about the movement of the body, being able to be in contact with your opponent can help you anticipate and retaliate against their attacks.

Visiting the Z Ultimate Self-Defense Studios was Awesome and I really thank Mr. Seth Moylan for allowing me to come and train with him.
Check out the new page for all the video and pictures!
Thanks
Mr. Waaler