Black Tiger Bagua Kung Fu and Aikido

10/12/2024

I don't post, I should post every day. We've been having classes every Saturday and Sunday morning at 10 am. All are welcome. 239-286-1657 or 239-778-3505.

Lately we've been working on striking while grappling, combining the two, if desired. Or, using both simultaneously, if you want to. You don't have to. In Bagua you do it your way, for there are hundreds, thousands of ways and techniques to choose from.

And everybody likes Kendo, so we've been doing more "sword fighting" and weapons lately, including Chinese. People like the Tai Chi sword which Bagua uses, and the 3 sectional staff.

07/30/2024

I've been developing a few new attacks based on claws and grips that I could use as I get older. First is a "Dragon's Talon" type of grip attack that pierces skin and flesh, rips muscle and tendons, and is lethal at several locations on the body. And if someone has the typical throat hold on you, you could slash his wrists using it. - Then there's what I fancifully call the Death Leopard grip (as in Def Leppard), which can go deep into the tissue and tear muscles, veins, arteries. And I think I like "scraping" meridians and will experiment more on that. There are a few specific training methods to make these grips powerful and hard, piercing.

We're having classes usually on weekend mornings, but we try to accommodate, there are many options.

I'm now a Registered Representative for PFS Investments, an agent, and so I'm less available, but I do make time to perpetuate these lineages of Bagua, Aikido, Jujuts, Kendo and Chinese weapons.

Stay safe and have an excellent day.

02/14/2024

Love this story. Skill, technique and sheer will beats muscle .

12/28/2023

A friend asked me how I dealt with all the competitiveness, spite, jealousy, misinformation, drama and ill-will in the martial arts world. I pointed to my locked door. I'm done. I'm at peace. But true friends are always welcome.

05/05/2023

The past few days I've been looking at the scene of my assault, and the only thing that makes sense to me is that when I started to maneuver away from him I stepped on the far side of the speed bump there and that turned my ankle and I fell. It was dark. Lesson for my friends: Cardio, HIIT, ground techniques and contingency fighting. I'll try to find and post an article I read the other day on what a study believes is the best HIIT training, sprinting, which is what I do with my weighted vest (the Black Mamba). It's energizing, revivifying. When I feel like dirt I put it on and it makes me feel so much better.

04/24/2023

I deleted some corny videos that showed absolutely nothing. I'll try to make some new more dynamic videos that show actual techniques.

04/23/2023

By the way, recently, on February 16th, I was assaulted coming home from the corner store. We had a life and death brawl that went to the ground, on the cement. Thanks to God, I went to work that day, he went to the trauma center. I was not arrested and the police were very supportive and understood. Good training, including weapons, good cardio (crucial) and Yoga's magic, saved me. My first fear was not of him, but of the police and the court system, so I was trying not to engage, that got me in trouble. I thank Master Dukes and all my friends and training partners at our Dojos.

04/23/2023

Recently was introduced to an amazing Sifu with an international business enterprise, Chris Derbaum who is a Master of Kuntao Kung Fu. We plan to meet soon, this week sometime, I'll give you a full report, I'm excited. (He sent me a few videos of him and his awesome sons, it was so badass.)

08/18/2022

For me, us, the Dojo, a once in a lifetime video to see, observe, study. One of our Bagua animals is Bear. This is intense, they are fighting to kill. Of course they use their bodies, weight, to attack. But the massive claws, teeth, the force being exerted by the jaws, it's amazing that they take the punishment and keep fighting.

Occurred on August 4, 2022 / Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA Info from Licensor: This was filmed in Gatlinburg, TN, USA 2022 in early August. We were driving up the mountain and stumbled across two male bears' I believe fighting. Filmed by Tom Haviland.

06/12/2022

New student, Renier, an excellent young man. Started him with walking, blocking through gates, his first eclipse, and his first take down and evisceration (walking on your opponent when he's on the ground being held in Chin Na). And we always end with sparring. Excited for him.

02/06/2022

I know this will sound strange, but I swear, one can get better at a particular Bagua technique, not all, a few, without even practicing it. Especially the strange ones. It's like the mind does something, I don't know what it is, but something happens.