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Irregular’s Intel – My Virtual Training Partner

Lately, I’ve started getting back to my martial arts roots. I remembered that one of the things that I would do to stay inspired would be to read training manuals and to watch training videos. But it is no longer the 90s and we have YouTube! So, now, I get to mix my training with some of my fandoms, such as watching a video about how many martial arts does John Wick know or real life examples of CQC (close quarters combat) from Metal Gear Solid. There are also the videos that I used to watch for inspiration on there, too.  Continue reading Irregular’s Intel – My Virtual Training Partner →

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Irregular’s Intel – Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting!

Back in the 70s, the martial arts were all the rage. In magazines, books, comics, movies, tv and even on the radio, popular culture was inundated with it. Although there had been a handful of instances where the martial arts had made appearances in the US (e.g., Teddy Roosevelt studied judo and jiu jitsu, early police techniques included jiu jitsu, Elvis Presley studied kempo karate) it wasn’t until Bruce Lee that “kung fu fever” took hold. Honestly, it seems that although the interest in the martial arts is still present in modern culture, it was the 70s where the love affair burned the hottest! Continue reading Irregular’s Intel – Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting! →