One of our DVD authors and a darn good self defense instructor, likes to ask the following question. “When is a punch a punch?”
Oct
5
2012
5
2012
May
7
2012
7
2012
PLUM Seminar, May 12th
We know that a lot of you are not exactly in driving distance but we thought we would keep you informed on our seminars in Santa Cruz, anyway. After all, you are family.
Jan
9
2012
9
2012
Explosive Punching and You
This DVD offering is from our “other” site, the one attached to our school in Santa Cruz, California. Our school, the Academy of Martial and Internal Arts, offers self defense training. The teacher for this is John Ottenberg, the instructor on the Beyond Technique series. We like to offer his series at Plum because it [...]
Oct
6
2011
6
2011
Dec
17
2010
17
2010
Kung Fu’s Four Faces
Which Kung Fu Do You Practice? All around the world million practice Kung Fu. And every one of them has his or her idea what that is. I prefer the classic outlook refined by dozens of centuries. For me this tells the WHOLE story and everything else is a scene.
Apr
15
2009
15
2009
Tim Cartmell’s Standing Grappling
It is the bane of self defense techniques that they may look real fine in the book, look real good in the magazine or work like a charm when demonstrated by the teacher against a helpful crash test dummy, but in the clutch they do not work at all.
