Category: Martial Arts

Science concepts: friction, normal force As I’ve stated before, pivoting for certain kicks (round kick and side kick, in particular) is

Science concepts: pressure Seeing as how this is the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, which is my vacation, I’m

Science concepts:shear force, moment of inertia, F = ma, torque, anatomy   “Repeat after me,” said the second highest ranking

Science Concepts: torque, angular velocity, rotational inertia In a previous article, I talked about the importance of velocity over mass when

Science concepts: angular velocity, linear velocity In the classes I teach, I almost always have the students do knife sparring

Science concepts: friction, force diagrams A big part of fighting successfully is unbalancing your opponent, in any way possible.  Sometimes

Science concepts: torque, Newton’s 3rd law of motionSeeing as how this past weekend I spent a whole day at a

Science concepts:impulse, torque, friction Taking people down to the ground is an essential part of most martial arts.  To train

Science concepts:torque (and a tiny bit of trigonometry) Aikido.  Hapkido.  Jiu-jitsu.  Judo.  Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  Chin-na.  Dumog.  The list of martial

Science concepts:Vectors, vector components, defining axes (and some torque)   Mr. Miyagi had it right.  You shouldn’t learn how to