Best Martial Arts and Combat Sports Classes in Bellevue, NE

Wisdom from Doc From Doctor Ron Chapel  A high-ranking Kenpo black belt hit me up with an email a couple hours ago. He wondered why I was so adamant about so-called “step-through” punches not being used in self-defense techniques. Well, like most answers, "It depends." It is predicated in small increments upon whether or not it is a mobile or static application, but even that is misleading because a static application requires a modicum of linear mobility either forward or reverse. It is the nature of the application itself, aided in part by the concept of “Spatial Distortion.” That being said, the principle of Kinetic Linking of the various mechanical mechanisms to execute what would be better described as a “reverse Punch” is a process that begins with the hips transferring weight to the rear, moving counterintuitively to begin a "Wave Process" that culminates with the strike and Bracing Leg reaching maturity virtually simultaneously in the opposite direction. I say virtually because the actual "wave" requires otherwise, but upon execution is visibly imperceptible. Mr. Parker says, “Everything we do in footwork in the Martial Sciences is simple exaggerations of what we do in footwork every day.” A front kick from the rear is an exaggeration of taking a step or “walking.” The...