Coming Soon . . . Written by: John Venson Excerpt: Let’s leave our ego outside, and delve a little into martial arts academia. Please understand that we can only address so much within a magazine article. Hopefully, the information will encourage one to seek further information and/or send more instructors ‘back-to-school’. We want to focus on three aspects of the martial arts that quite often have been the subject matter of questions to our ‘ask the master’ column in previous issues. We hope to dispel some myths, and address some history and traditions of the martial arts, traditional martial arts weapons & kata, and advanced fighting theory, without specific reference to a given style, system, or region of study. There are many basic approaches to the martial arts that have no boundaries based on instructor, school, style, or country. Examples of which are: • Basic stances  • Animal forms  • Study of the five elements  • Zen philosophy  • Moving forces Written by: Marlin Sims Excerpt: In the third and final part of this three part series on the 15 fundamental joint manipulation techniques, I will continue to discuss and analyze where I left off, technique numbers 11 - 15 continue the discussion on how to use your body as a lever, to throw and control your opponent’s movements around the five planes that encircle your body. It is important to understand how to structurally align (bring your joints and bones into line) your body, how to distribute your weight, how to control your center of gravity as well as that of your opponent and how to convert the torque from your body into that of your opponent. Written by: Kevin janisse Excerpt: A truly effective technique can be performed with ease and grace when a combination of principles are applied throughout its application. Many technically skilled martial artists seemingly create amazing results with minimal effort which to the untrained eye seems to be either magical or fake. What is not apparent are the multiple and/or 3 dimensional attacks that are occurring along with the disruption of normal energy flow through the body. When a technique is performed the desire is to gain and keep control from the beginning, to the end of the technique. The movements should be quick, flowing and precise. If there is a pause of control anytime during the execution it will give the opponent time to react enabling him to escape or counter the technique. Written by: Craig Snyder, Pt, MPT, ATC, CSCS Excerpt: Push ups as an exercise have been around for years. From the basic push up with palms under the shoulders to the many hundreds of variations, they are very beneficial to the shoulders and the core musculature. With simple modifications, the push up can be made easy for novice trainees, or very difficult for advanced practitioners. For the health of the shoulders, the main benefit of the push up comes not in strengthening the large pectoralis muscles of the chest or the triceps of the arms, but of the scapular stabilizer muscles, such as the serratus anterior, as weight is transferred through the arms and into the shoulder girdle. Also, being the in the plank position is challenging to the abdominal muscles, and stabilization to the core is very important to back health. Written by: Rebecca Mornar Excerpt: Many martial artists traveled from around the U.S. and Canada to participate in the 2008 Kenpo Super Camp/Plus held on June 20 through June 22, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Tinley Park, IL, home of the 2007 Gathering of Eagles and Kenpo Hall of Fame. They came with open hearts and minds ready to be filled with the knowledge and expertise of a diverse group of Masters who gave up their time to pass on the results of years of study, training, and sacrifice. The weekend event began Friday evening with registration and a “meet and greet” opportunity to meet and get autographs from the seminar masters and grand masters. This was a relaxed atmosphere where many participants and seminar instructors were able to touch base and informally ask/answer questions. Much, Much More Iinformation is included in this upcoming edition of Art of the Warrior, Martial Arts Magazine. Make sure you renew your subscriptions or subscribe today!!!