All Entries in the "Paul Oddi" Category
Professional Martial Artist or Professional Spokesperson?
By Paul Oddi
From time to time some of my students find themselves looking around at websites from other clubs and send me a link to information posted on these websites. One such link was to a local karate club and a lovely video presentation containing with a series of videos which out the different benefits [...]
So What’s Your Excuse?
People are full of excuses. Excuses why they don’t eat right. Excuses why they don’t get enough sleep. Excuses why they can’t exercise.
I’m busy… I’m tired… I don’t have the time…
We know you’re busy, so busy that you probably don’t even have time to think of excuses not to do CrossFit. So we decided [...]
Not everyone wants to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger
SO WHY ARE YOU TRAINING THAT WAY?
Body Building is about developing the body for the purposes of exhibition, not for functional use. The goal is the development of big and defined muscles for the purpose of esthetics (appearance). The problem with this is that bodybuilding has nothing to do with fitness. It is not at [...]
Things you probably didn’t know about Supplements.
Because I train a lot of people; some of whom include competitive athletes I often get asked my opinion concerning supplements. The people who I train are often surprised to hear that I am against taken them. This is based on having done what most people do not… research.
Most people take the word of Bob [...]
Are you open to Criticism! You bet!
By Paul Oddi
My friend Mo Teague (World Combat Arts in the UK) posted the following on his blog “There has always been an unwritten code among Martial Artists that they don’t ‘badmouth’ other Martial Artists. instructors, styles etc, but there are so many frauds out there now, some of them big name personalities that if [...]
I call “Bernard Shaw!” or Be careful not to “Drink the Kool-Aid”.
By Paul Oddi
I should first explain that one of my high school English teachers, a great fan of the playwright George Bernard Shaw, use to use “Bernard Shaw” as a euphemism for Bull$#*&; feeling that many of his plays often illustrated the Bull$#*of the world and society. Over the years I have adopted it myself [...]
A New Karate Kid Movie
If you grew up in the 80′s the original Karate Kid movie was likely what got you into taking martial arts.
I remember coming home after watching the original and practicing my balance on the tree stump of the tree my father had just cut down that morning in our backyard.
I’m usually skeptical or just against [...]
Building False Confidence: The problem with most Martial Arts Schools/Clubs
By Paul Oddi
It’s very easy to teach confidence in a martial arts school. Everyone goes along with the program, does everything they are told, and takes in every word the instructor tells them about being able to effectively defend themselves because of their martial arts. In fact, it is much easier to teach confidence than [...]
MMA A Flavour Of The Month?
by Paul Oddi
After years and years of traditional clubs promoting that what they offered and taught was the ultimate in self-defense and fitness. Suddenly, these same clubs seemed to have changed their tune or rather are now singing a slightly different tune.
When we first opened a few years back, at our old location in Oak [...]
Why does the master fear the novice?
by Luis Gutierrez, One Dragon Martial Arts
While sparring, how many times have you witnessed an instructor try some complicated or intricate technique on an athletically built and capable new student and fall short of success? The answer for many is seldom and for most never. The reason why this is so is one of safety [...]
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