Black Sun Boxing 黑日拳法 - Wing Chun MMA, Catch Wrestling, Kickboxing

09/19/2026

Happy Batman Day!

My copy of the second volume of the Tynion Omnibus should be showing up today, on THE day!

09/03/2026

This is not correct.

I am sure this man is a perfectly fine gentleman. I have no issue with him. This technique is widely taught in karate. It's a [karate] cultural problem.

And the problem is not with the hip driving the punch. That's pretty well established across the whole martial arts universe, and is well supported by biomechanics (which is, itself, a dubious field...) the problem is in the second half where the hip snaps back prior to the punch finishing.

The hip's return should coincide with the return of the arm after the punch. The hip and the elbow travel together. Snapping the hip back before the return only slams the brakes on the strike. It disconnects the elbow and the hip. Power is left on the table. And the extended arm is left hanging without an engine.

I am fairly confident that this technique stems from performance emphasis. Making forms look a certain way for standardized judging in competition, regardless of what the effect on functionality is.

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07/19/2026

There is an old joke: Two boys were walking down the street when they heard a bunch of noise coming from a house. One of them found a hole in the fence and peeped through. "What's goin' on?" The other boy said. "There's a bunch of people doing some weird stuff!" Answered hus friend. The inquiring boy asked, "Is it men or women?" The peeping boy replied, "I can't tell, they ain't got on no clothes!"

So many people look at martial arts through the shapes they practice, rather than the principles, the ethos of what makes it viable. Particularly in the traditional world (but well beyond it too) people go fishing for chances to make shapes when they go live. You can see it before it happens. Preparatory actions to make a technique prior to the appropriate conditions for successful deployment to present.

I don't, at all, believe that aesthetics are valueless, but they're only of value when they are honest to what they signal (or are used in effective martial deception). Your art is more than what it looks like. If it fails to be more, it fails to be anything more than choreography. No amount of aesthetic refinement will give you martial capacity.

Form follows function. Aesthetics should only be refined once the application has been acquired.

07/17/2026

In the quest to become Batman, remember the 10-12 years of training it took to put on the cowl the first time. Remember that a trainee whose only goal and responsibility is development will train completely differently than someone who is responsible for performing at a high level in real time. Remember that athletes train differently in season than in the off season (there is no off season for Batman.)

Once you hit your requisite development goals, things necessarily shift to maintenance and minimum effective dose while you are obligated to make use of your abilities in the real world. Most people can't live in the gym, dojo, or library. Most people have to get to work. Don't be ashamed of maintenance and MED. Work your tail off in development when you can, and scale it back when you must.

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05/09/2026

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03/21/2026

Back in 2016 I decided to bulk. Like hardcore dreamer bulk. I went from around 235 # to 275 # in about a year. I stayed at 275 # for about 7 years. I got the strongest I've ever been, and maintained a fair amount of my athleticism. At least until 2021 when the gym was set on fire. We were shut down for 5 months while we looked for a new place, and my equipment went into storage. I didn't stop working out, but I couldn't access my weights. I lost a lot of strength, and on top of that, I added 18 miles of bicycle commute to my workload. From the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2023, I was barely able to eke out minimum gains, and never gained back old PRs. Then the twins were born. I shut down the gym and went to semi-private engagements close to home, but sleep and recovery were gone. In the past 2 years I have been the most injured and unrecovered I have ever been. Every gain I have made gets set back 2 weeks later. 2 steps forawrd one step back, or even 1:1, and sometimes 1 step forward 2 steps back. I has been a very frustrating 2 years. So at the beginning of this year, I admitted that the reason I kept all that bulk was gone. I kept it because I didn't want to lose strength. But I lost strength for other reasons anyway, and now I have these two incredible kids who deserve me at my best. So I resolved to a winter cut, solstice to equinox. More than 15lbs came off easy. I maintained the existing strength the best I could through compromised recovery, and abs are starting to peek around the corner again.

I don't care much about the number on the scale as long as I stay heavyweight, but I want it lean and athletic. I will build my strength up again, better than before. Bulking is dead. Moderate, lean mass preserving cuts and gaintaining are the way. Winter has passed, Spring Gaintenance has started. My children deserve me at my best. My wife deserves me at my best. My students deserve me at my best. I owe my younger self my best. I am husband, father, sifu. I am the Infinite Sol Daddy, the goddamned Orangutrain. Time to start acting like it.

02/21/2026

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02/21/2026