If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, then you know that a large theme of them is “I do dumb things so you don’t have to” I love martial arts, I love learning new styles, and I love integrating things from different styles into jiu jitsu and the softer forms of Dragon Style Kung Fu, while holding on to the striking elements of Shao Lin Kung Fu.
Well, right now, I’m going to tell you about something dumb someone else did, so that you can avoid his mistakes. I love martial arts, my wife puts up with my martial arts, and so on and so forth, but sometimes I need to touch on the basics. The most basic thing about studying martial arts is proper training gear.
I’m going to focus on the essential Shao Lin Kung Fu training gear here, because of something I saw in the dojo that really upset me. We had a new student come in, who’d studied at another school before moving to Las Vegas, and was all excited about showing off at a new school. I take partial responsibility for what happened next I wasn’t paying attention; I’d seen some experienced students showing each other some moves, doing a throw or two,...