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One of the best games for getting out and staying in good physical shape is golf. People of all ages and skill levels can enjoy a fun and healthy game. Many people, who like the thought of being able to play a game in the outdoors and get a bit of exercise at the same time, love to partake of this pastime. Adams golf clubs can make all the difference when you want to win at the game. A great sport allows even people with mobility problems such as arthritis or rheumatism to get out and get at least a bit of exercise.

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I treat martial arts somewhat as a sport and as a workout routine, but I’d be lying to you if I didn’t think it also had some practical utility as a self defense technique, and a lot of the classes I teach focus on self defense, particularly in teaching classes to women and teenagers, in particular mugger defense and knife defense.

Recently, I’ve had to give some thought into teaching knife defense. Knife defense and martial arts techniques sort of mix, and sort of don’t. When we spar in class, we focus – and we focus a lot – on not hurting one another. Knife defense has to take a different approach.

First of all, don’t get into knife fights. I don’t care how good you are, if you’re bare handed and in street clothes, and the other guy has a combat knife, you’re at a serious disadvantage. If you can, run away. If you have to give up your wallet to run away, do it. Knife fighting is messy and bloody.

Which leads to the first principle of knife defense: You’re going to get cut. Repeat after me: You’re going to get cut. Again, I say. You’re going to get cut. Be prepared for it, understand that it can happen, and that it will hurt (when you’re getting cut) and hurt a lot less immediately after. The trick is to make sure that you do as much damage to your assailant as you can, while turning the least amount of damage to yourself.

The basic knife attack is a thrust or a slash delivered with the forward hand, sort of like a punch. The knife is used to add those critical four inches to your reach. Most people aren’t particularly trained at knife fighting, so they use a natural punching motion. The first thing you want to do is interpose your hand, or better yet, the outside of your forearm on the line of attack. Just like you do an inside block or outside block on a punch, you do the same thing against a guy with a knife. Again, you’re going to get cut – the key here is to make sure that when you get cut, it’s on a part of your body where it won’t permanently injure you. Try to block his wrist with yours, barring that, block his blade with your forearm. It’ll hurt, but you have to get through the pain to follow up with the punch.
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So you’ve chosen to take up the guitar. Good for you! Now comes the hard part: which guitar is the best to start playing on? Well, the answer to that question depends on many things. It depends on what kind of music you enjoy listening to, what kind of music you are looking to play, and what kind of level you wish to reach–amateur or professional.

Before we go over each topic, let us first discuss the differences between Electric and Acoustic guitars.

The main difference between an Electric and Acoustic guitar is the fact that the Electric must be plugged into an amplifier in order to be heard loudly, while the Acoustic can be played and heard without the use of an amp. This is because Acoustic guitars have sound holes, which produce the sound. Electric guitars, on the other hand, don’t have a sound hole and are thus known as Hollow-body’s. Electric hollow-body’s can be heard by the people playing them, but are inaudible to others without the use of an amp. Additionally, there are Electric guitars with the ability to be played both acoustically and electrically because they have little sound holes. These are known as semi-hollow bodies and are very versatile because they can sound one way unplugged and another way on an amp. Finally, there are some Acoustic guitars, known as Acoustic-Electric’s, that can be played acoustically or on an amp. However, these are very different from semi-hollow bodies, because they sound pretty much the same unplugged or plugged–the only difference being that the Acoustic-Electric when plugged into the amp.

OK, now that we’ve briefly gone over the different types of Acoustic and Electric guitars, we can now move on to the criteria for choosing a guitar.

The Music You Enjoy Helps You Decide What Guitar to Buy: Let’s start off with the first topic. Obviously, those who enjoy listening to a certain kind of music are most likely going to want to play it on guitar. That is why you must take this into consideration when looking for a guitar. Choosing the wrong type of guitar could lead to frustration and giving up the instrument all together. Do you enjoy rock music–metal, modern, alternative and otherwise? Then chances are a hollow-body electric guitar is a wise choice. If that is the case, you will also want to purchase an amp. But what if you like rock music that makes use of both acoustic and electric guitar? Then perhaps a semi-hollow body guitar is the best choice. Or maybe you don’t like rock and instead enjoy country or mellow music. Acoustic or Acoustic-Electric guitar is then your best bet. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t ask me how: I don’t know!

Perhaps some Expert can tell me? Perhaps YOU can?

My hobby – obsession actually – is the Martial Arts. In which I hold a 4th Dan Black Belt.

Though these days (after forty years) I’m really into Personal Protection using self-defense weapons.

Once upon a time – many years ago – it was Speed, Skill, Panache.

These days it’s all about SURVIVAL – on the street, in the Park, indeed even in the house and the bedroom.

Using weapons.

The Mugger has Youth, Hostility Aggression on his side. Perhaps Drugs and the desperate need for money to buy them.

I have (only) my legal survival weapons – the Walking Stick, the Umbrella and – the Sjambok. That 42” long South African ‘whip’ much used by their police in crowd control.

The ONLY way I would be able to survive a street mugging (or Park rape-attempt, if I were a woman) is by the use of a powerful, drastic but non-lethal – Weapon. But a legally permitted one, not on any prohibited police or Home Office list.

Forget about the Martial Arts as such. They are of absolutely no use whatsoever in self defence life survival situations. Unless you are a 4th Dan Black Belt, when the whole situation takes on a different aspect, and the Mugger will find himself at very grave risk.
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