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Toni McSorley - Martial Arts Hall of Fame
Saturday April 18, 2009
Toni McSorley started taking martial arts classes at a small dojo in her neighborhood after becoming good friends with the instructor’s middle daughter. She was only 13 years old at the time. Forty six years later, she has now received welcome and deserved notoriety for [...]
Martial Arts on the Screen
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
By Michael Janusonis
Journal Arts Writer
Brandon Luis Aponte, left, and David Lavallee Jr. come to blows in a final confrontation in Nathan Quattrini’s Sons of Lemuria debuting Thursday night at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket.
It may not exactly be Jackie Chan on screen [...]
When they think about maintaining their safety on the job, Emergency Medical Personnel, EMTs, Paramedics, nurses & social workers always want to know: Is it possible to predict who will be violent? What can [...]
Self Defense - Another Look
Self-defense is the ability to come out of violent situations alive and if possible unhurt and with all of your possessions. For most persons, self-defense is learning how to beat someone up (or use any other suitable technique like throws, locks,…). This is the stuff you will learn in most martial-arts [...]
EMS Workers Face Many Dangers
By: Dave’s EMS Headquarters
It never entered my mind when I began my career as a Paramedic, that my career would be shortened after becoming the victim of violence. But in fact my career was in fact shortened because I was assaulted by a patient who had overdosed on illegal narcotics and [...]
Self-defense and martial arts are not the same thing!
Many people have the idea that to learn to protect themselves against everyday dangers they have to learn a martial art–they have to learn Michelle Yeoh’s or Jackie Chan’s moves. This simply isn’t true.
While many martial arts did evolve as self-defense systems, they suited the needs of [...]
Stay Young Longer
Why martial arts for seniors? Or, to pay lip service to being pc, why should boomers and old folks be interested in a martial art? Simple answer: reversing or slowing the effects of age. Sorry, I can’t help with the grumpiness! Actually, exercise is a great stress reliever and mood elevator so, maybe [...]
Life Can Come At You Hard & Scary!
Facing hostile families, overwhelming caseloads, and the occasional gun barrel, a child protective service worker’s job requires both street smarts and grace under pressure. Here’s how to protect yourself.
By Richard Bermack
As child protective services worker Denise Smernes walked into the home of her clients in Alameda County, California, [...]
Jiu Jitsu Takes on Amur Tigers
A MARTIAL arts combat day in Swindon raised funds that will help save the lives of near extinct Amur tigers and leopards in Russia.
More than 30 people took part in 100 rounds of sparring at New College’s sports centre yesterday which was organised by Ashley Eaglestone, chairman of Swindon Martial [...]
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