Why do people get into martial art training? For most of us at Pacific International Taekwondo, the primary reasons had little to do with keeping our arteries clean or strengthening our bones! It was more to do with discovering an interesting and exciting way to learn defence and boost fitness. Whatever reason YOU have for…
It doesn’t matter where you are in life or what you want to do in the future, if personal discipline is not present in your life you will flunk reaching your full potential The Cambridge Dictionary describes self-discipline as the ability to make yourself do things when you should, even if you do not want…
Martial Arts Training in Mt Gravatt Martial art training builds people up, not by giving them anything but rather by showing them they are capable of anything. That’s a key message at our Brisbane martial art classes, whether we’re teaching Taekwondo for adults, or Taekwondo for kids. You Can Do It! Physical Empowerment Your body…
The Seven Annoying Habits of a Martial Art Fanatic. I know it may seem strange but after forty plus years training and teaching in martial arts I still can’t get my head around the fact that there are people out there who are oblivious to the martial arts fanaticism that takes up the majority of…
Training is training, right? Wrong. There is more to training than just doing the moves that you’re accustomed to. In order to get more out of your martial arts training, you’re going to have to give more to it. That’s just how life works. Here are five truly helpful ways to give more to your…
There are many forms of martial arts, some relatively new, and others that have been practised for decades. The longer established arts have often been passed down from teacher to student for several lifetimes. Student learns from teacher then student becomes teacher and passes on training knowledge to other students some of who again become…
The world champion boxer Evander Holyfield once said… “The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these. His body, his look – all these things have to do with discipline…
What do you really know about martial art training? You’ve probably watched movies and TV series that show the hero, single-handedly demolishing six bad guys without even raising a sweat or getting out of breath… let’s get real. Martial art training is great, ask anyone that’s ever achieved Black Belt and they’ll tell you…
There are so many pulls on us and for our attention…work, study, family, relationships, entertainment, social media, email, and on and on. Things to do everywhere, the ‘things’ that keep us on our toes and busy…
Arguably two the most misunderstood aspects of the martial arts experience are coordination and focus. The former because it’s often ignored and the latter because it’s too easily assumed. Together, coordination and focus…
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