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How I Met Anthony

Posted on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 by David Paprocki
How I Met Anthony

When I began my studies in Electrical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, I was a rather shy person. I had desired to start a martial arts club on campus, but I thought it would be worthwhile for me to stop in and try out the Jujutsu class and Continue Reading

Posted In Inspiration

Whole Body is a Weapon

Posted on April 21, 2022September 28, 2022 by Ana Juvan
Whole Body is a Weapon

A concept we have in martial arts is to utilize your whole body in a technique to maximize power. For example when we do a kick it’s not just our leg muscles activating, we use our abs to lift, our hips to thrust, and the strength of your leg and Continue Reading

Posted In Philosophy, Technique

Transferrable Martial Arts Skills

Posted on April 18, 2022September 28, 2022 by Anthony Hicks III
Transferrable Martial Arts Skills

A lot of times when we think about our martial art skills, we only think about them in terms of self defense or tournaments. Yet, our martial arts skills can help us in other situations as well. The skills we develop in training such as break falls, rolling, reaction time, Continue Reading

Posted In Philosophy

Positive Self Image

Posted on April 12, 2022April 11, 2022 by Ana Juvan
Positive Self Image

I’ve been on a long journey with self-confidence, it wasn’t always easy for me to believe in myself. Every time I couldn’t get a new skill, whether it be a new guitar riff or advanced kick, I’d beat myself up, say I suck, and think it’s just never going to Continue Reading

Posted In Inspiration, Philosophy

Top Posts From 2021

Posted on April 7, 2022September 28, 2022 by Urban Martial Artists

Urban Martial Artists have been around for a year now. It’s crazy to us how much we have been able to write and how many people read our articles. Over the past year, we noticed that these were your favorite articles. We thank you so much for being apart of Continue Reading

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