Martial arts – Page 3 – Civilized Savage

August 10, 2020

Picking A Martial Art to Learn

How to pick a martial art? Well for starters, what martial art do you have in mind, do you want to learn grappling? Or striking? This is normally the base question you should ask yourself. You should also ask yourself about the practicality of the art, does it work, is it stress tested, will it work under pressure. There are...

Martial arts

August 10, 2020

Conditioning your Shins

Kicks are one of your most valuable tools in Muay Thai, they give you the ability to rain devastating blows on your opponent, BUT, the part of the leg that you use to kick, the shin, is actually quite a sensitive part of your body and can be hurt if not prepared properly. Many times iv’e clashed shins with someone...

Equipment and Gear/Fitness/Home Gym/Mixed Martial Arts/Muay Thai/Strength and Conditioning

July 12, 2020

What Is Boxing?

What is it? Boxing or Western Boxing as it is known to some, is the martial art of only using punches to defeat your opponent. Its a martial art style that has been around for as long as humankind has been around, with a whole swath of different names across the years such as pugilism or prize-fighting, the modern sport...

Boxing/Martial arts/Mixed Martial Arts

July 4, 2020

Fighting Philosophy: Cus D’Amato

Cus D’Amato is a legend among hardcore boxing fans, a true master martial artist, mixed with an intricate knowledge of a fighters psychology, he trained 3 world champions, 2 of which became the worlds youngest heavyweight champions ever and one who became the worlds first latin-american to win the world light heavy weight title. as well as training 3 world...

Boxing/Martial arts/Uncategorized

June 22, 2020

Training while in Lockdown

Training solo can be complex for even the most accomplished martial artist and within the current pandemic our gyms, our dojos and our training spaces have all been closed, quality training has been hard to come by if not impossible. Talking of training solo is also quite taboo within the martial arts community ‘you want to train alone? are you...

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Category: Martial arts

Picking A Martial Art to Learn

Conditioning your Shins

What Is Boxing?

Fighting Philosophy: Cus D’Amato

Training while in Lockdown