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Written by Rodney King
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
 In the DVD set Quantum CM,
Rodney King brings up the concept of the Bubble in Martial Arts. Put
simply, if you put two people inside a bubble and let them spar long
enough, by process of elimination they're going to come up with
something that looks pretty much like Crazy Monkey or modern Mixed
Martial Arts. Outside the Bubble are all the history, mythology and
theory of Martial Arts developed and stylized over the centuries.
Inside the bubble are the individual's personal goals, motivations,
style and performance. To maximize performance it's best to concentrate
inside the bubble on the individual. But where to start when training
MA? To start let's take a look at the aspects of Martial Arts outside
the bubble.
When evaluating a Martial Arts system, including Crazy
Monkey it's advantageous to break down the Martial Art into three
functional aspects of Martial Arts Training. This saves time and
confusion and will prevent you from making some decisions that may not
be the best for you. The three aspects are Systemic, Pedagogy, and
Contextual.
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Written by Rodney King
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
Rodney King is a martial arts trainer and life coach, also known as
(with cult status too as far as I can tell) the founder of the Crazy Monkey Defense System.
I got to know Rodney when he asked me to do a bit of coaching with
him about the contents of his blog.
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Written by Rodney King
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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 As coaches we are not always sure if we are getting through to people and often we may even feel unappreciated for our efforts. But we need to realize as do the clients/athletes we train that success takes time. Like all good things on reflection, we are not always aware of how important those lessons are in the moment. In hind sight however we can see the magic they created.
The following e-mail illustrates success over time beautifully :
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Written by Sam Kressin
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
In
San Diego we finally finished up painting the inside of our Martial
Arts Life San Diego gym. This was a fun project everyone helped out
with. We started a little over a month ago and knocked out most of the
major work in about four hours. After a taking long break from painting
we finished up the project just a week ago.
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Written by Sam Kressin
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
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Goal setting can serve to be a powerful and unique part of a Martial Arts program.
While this post may appear to be anti-goal it is not. I am in favor of
goals these are simply some of the obstacles that must be avoided when goals setting comes up.
The
popular media seems to bank heavily off goal setting. Every month it
seems a new goal setting guru pops up on the shelves of the nearest
book store trying to cash in on societies desperation for success...
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Written by Rodney King
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
 There is often criticism from the functional martial art community,
specifically mixed martial arts, towards more traditional forms of
martial arts training. In particular criticism is leveled towards the
use of kata (Pre-arranged forms) and pre-rehearsed drills where you
know exactly what your opponent will be doing. Your response towards
your partners’ movement is often equally predictable. One-and-three
step sparring is a good example of a prearranged drill.
This article is not really about arguing the lack of functionality of
these kinds of drills in real martial art performance environments, but
rather the positive benefits that many of the critics towards these
training methods don’t understand. In addition this article is about
highlighting the positive benefits that the people training these kind
of drills experience but are probably totally unconscious of.
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