Thursday, September 28, 2006

Self Defense, Training and Travelling.

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Hi everyody. I didn't post to my blog since a while... I was living in Dubai, and I decided to move to Alexandrie, and stay there for a while.

I am a Martial Artist and a great traveller too. I am thinking that I should update my About me page. I will do that soon.

The reason I didn't post for so long is that I've left everything behind me.. in Dubai.

I am totally new to Alexandrie, and happily, I already know a lot of people here. It makes your life easier to find a flat...

The only draw back when you travel often is that you are obliged to leave your club.

I was training in Dubai in BJJ, Aikido Yoshinkan and Karate Seibukan (The original School of Shotaku Kyan).

If you are new to my self defense blog, you should know that my core art is Silat with Charles Joussot (France).

Here I don't know any teacher, I don't know what is going on with Martial Art. I only know that Egypt is reputed to have very strong Karatekas.

Before chosing to travel like I am doing, be sure that you have a strong experience in fighting, and years of training behind you, otherwise you will never get strong basis if you jump from one martial art style to another every three months.

It is really important to have strong basis, because you will be able to train alone. This is the power of Lankas (or langhas) (same as kata in okinawan karate).

You must also understand all the stretching exercise, along with push-ups, pull ups (Dips) and every exercise that do not require any equipment. Like that, you can stay fit even if you don't go to a club.

Jogging is also a must, and personaly, I like swimming and rope.

Feel free to comment on my tips to stay fit and keep up the training when you are travelling.

What is really good when you have a strong experience in Self Defense, is that you are able to go everywhere (almost everywhere... there are some places that you should never go except you want to die fast..) and be confident that you can handle any situation... or not handle it.

It's not because you are a muay Thai champion that you should think that you will never loose. Forget this, it is a myth.

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