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Using Karate Techniques To Find The True Art

To find and develop Karate as a True Art, and this would include Shotokan, Goju, Uechi, or various other types of the art, one should always look to the techniques. The bunkai are the kata made real, they are concepts made to work. They are the heart of the monster that is The True Art.

The first step, in making your art work, is to make your stance work. The forms teach how to get into stances from a variety of directions and previous postures. So one should practice the movements of the kata until this concept of transitioning from stance to stance can be done without thought.


The Truth About Matrix Martial Arts and Factual Intelligence

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It is easy to see that Matrix Martial Arts raises intelligence. It is a proven fact that when one matrixes his art, be it Kenpo or aikido or that rare form of wudan pa kua chang, the art becomes better, and the person becomes more intuitive, and his intelligence goes up. What is not so easy to see is why this is so.

Intelligence is measured in todays institutions of learning through various tests. What these tests do, however, is tell you the size of yourmmory. What these tests do is evaluate if your memory is working.