Since I recently dropped my martial arts newsletter and do only this martial arts blog I decided I should go over the concept behind matrixing. Before we start…subscribe for these free blogs. First, I selected the name for  Monster Martial Arts because i really liked the old TV show, Monster Garage. They took cars and put them together  to create original concept cars. Houseboat…

One of my favorite concepts is the idea of ‘Golden Bell’ training. The Golden Bell was supposed to be a shield of energy that covered the body. They say ‘bell,’ but really it is the ability of the student to focus energy at the point of impact anywhere on his body. This concept was primarily a kung fu concept. I believe it was ‘handed down,’ or at least inspired, by kung fu-ists in the…

I originally published this book as Chiang Nan. I added several hours of video links and renamed it ‘Hidden Techniques of Karate.’ Oddly, The version called Chiang Nan without the video links has five star ratings. Hidden Techniques, however, has no ratings. Weird. You’d think I would have more and even better ratings  for a book that includes several hours of videos. Anyway, I want…

Yep, there are only about eight martial arts techniques, everything else is fluff and stuff. Of course there are a thousand deviations, and they are valuable for your overall education, but, when you get to the down and dirty, there are only eight techniques. Now, this is not boxing. This not padded gloves to dissipate force, and eliminate grabs. This is somebody strikes or is going…