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    This advanced hyung was demonstrated for Great Grandmaster Song Ki Kim in 2014.   Jion, Tiger form The form Jion is usually done by 5th Dan and is approximately 300 years old, and was named after the founder Jion , a Buddhist Saint. The animal representation is Ram or Goat. Jion form means To Love the Sound of Shaolin or Temple Sound, it also means "JI is to develop technique and On means to build physical conditioning and ability in sparring.                                                                            

Great demo of Phillipine stick and empty hand techniques.  This make me miss my early days in martial arts with my Phillipine teachers.  Great men [Jose Deguzman and Armando Carandang] who inspired me to always be better.   The Phillipine arts teach stick and knife techniques before teaching empty hand.  Much of the stick technique translates to empty hand combat with destructions, trapping and locking.  It is a very deep and rich art.

I have always been a fan of Philippine martial arts.  My first two teachers are Phillipino. Here is a video of martial arts icon Dan Inosanto with a demo and history of Philippine martial arts.

I couldn't have said it better myself, so instead let my friend, martial arts guru Tom Callos say it instead. Kids who immerse themselves in martial arts practice don’t end up being the victims of bullies in school, they’re left alone, as bullies most usually pick on kids they know a ren’t going to stand up for themselves. Kids who study the martial arts also usually end up being adults —who don’t get bullied in the workplace. Kids who practice the martial arts hang out with teens and adults who practice the martial arts —and those are most often people who value physical exercise, good nutrition, calmness under pressure, and who set goals and methodically —and with no small amount of effort, —set out to achieve them. Not a bad crowd to hang out with at all. Kids who study the martial arts often hear power words like “respect,” “courtesy,” “focus,” “compassion,” “kindness,” and “perseverance” 10,000 times more than any TV show or any amount of computer time pr...

My main focus in my psychology training was called behaviorism. I studied concepts in motivational psychology.   We as human beings tend to move towards pleasure and to avoid pain. If you have ever done anything physical in life you probably have experienced both good pain and bad pain.  Something pops, a sharp pain shoots through you or possibly you get a kick in the groin and       an "uh oh" feeling takes hold of your brain - bad pain! But all pain is not bad. Good pain may seem like a paradox but good pain makes you stronger like exercise at your threshold, pushing that last heavy bag round or forcing yourself to improve by making greater effort in an area that you may have to push in.  Getting out of bed the morning after a hard workout might be considered bad pain but can you imagine lying in bed all day? We tend to avoid pain on many levels.  Dwelling on it makes worse ...

  It's an old Indian proverb based on "The Good Wolf and The Bad Wolf" that live inside of us, constantly battling for control of our mind and the way we think.   The modern version is based on the courage dog and the fear dog and which one we like to feed.  The lesson to be learned is, the dog you feed the most wins the fight.   Both of these dogs are present in us.  You can't stop fear dog from being part of us.  Fear is always going to be a part of us but we can weaken his strength.  Negative thoughts and expectations feed the fear dog and leads us to stinking thinking along with feeling and performing poorly.    We need to lock fear dog away!     Feeding the courage dog takes special care.  Look at the positive side of things, set and achieve small goals to feel like you are making progress.  Courage dog makes you a better person through empathy, patience, understanding, kindness  a...

F alse E xpectations A ppearing R eal In my opinion your mind is a great asset or liability in martial arts training and combat.  How many times have we doubted ourselves when we truly had all the tools to take care of business but not the confidence to follow through.  I have had tournament experiences where I was psyched out and I know I was the better martial artist and times when I was bouncing in the nightclub and instinct took over and the battle was actually won before the first punch was thrown because of my level of confidence. Training your mind to kick into gear is a multi pronged approach. Visualize the victory assume it will go just as you plan Be mad that someone would not treat you respectfully Don't be compassionate- some people deserve a beating. The "woofing" that is going on should be like listening in a different language.  The words have no meaning. Don't let the gesturing/physical intimidation get to you.  If they get too clos...

 Power Control - Him Jo Jeol.   (Him    Joe Juul) One concept that takes many years to perfect is the concept of focusing power in a technique. Too many times we have told our students, snap your punch, thrust your kick or lock your stance.  What we really want to see them do is focus their power at the right time in the movement.  Whether it is a static move like a punch in Keecho hyung or a side kick in Basai so we know many of these techniques lack power. Using the 8 key concept shin chook.  Shin 신 Chook 적 (Expand/Contract or Relax/Tense).  Shin Chook is one of the most used concepts when we examine the development of powerful technique. Without the speedy relaxation in the movement we cannot sufficiently place power at the end of the movement.  Try being stiff and hard too soon will only impede the energy to be released on impact.