What’s With All the Weird Names?

This is one of the most common questions parents ask me  when they try to help their child practice. Believe it or not, there is a method to this madness and there is a secret code to all of the strange names. All of the self-defense techniques have been given names...

3 Simple Fixes for Black Belt Performance

Most of our martial-arts-parents are not Black Belts (unlike Ms. Michelle), and, as such, many parents believe they cannot help their child improve her martial arts performance. It’s true, it takes a Black Belt to make Black Belts, but it doesn’t take a...

Code Names

I recently had a request to list the code words for the self-defense techniques to help parents work with their children. Here’s a list to help you relate the moves to the names and remember the techniques easier: Sword =  Chop (hand-sword) Wing  = Elbow Twins =...