Developing self-control as a martial artist

Developing self-control for a martial artist is essential for many reasons.  First, Calasanz trained many fighters who competed in point and semi-contact tournaments.  If you have no self-control, you will get disqualified and the fight goes to your opponent.  Secondly, a martial artist who lacks self-control in a fight will be judged harshly in a court of law for using “excessive force.” You have to know when to stop and when enough is enough.  Lastly, over the years, Calasanz has had a number of people stop by the school to “challenge” either Calasanz or one of his students.  His philosophy is to teach the intruder a lesson without beating the daylights out of him…just enough to get his point across. Calasanz demonstrates amazing self-control and is not just doing it for the purpose of “showing off.” All Calasanz students have faith in his technique and the fact that he’s never hit anyone by accident when demonstrating. An experienced martial artist without self-control however is a scary thing.  

Calasanz Personal Training images and videos!

Yellow Belt Test Sparring Evaluation

You Tuber:

What is this really?
I don’t get whats the point with this video.

Response:

The video is entitled “Hard Sparring Evaluation Test” so if we must explain the obvious, it is a belt evaluation test of a white belt testing for yellow. What makes it notable is that the man trained hard for 2 months, never having taken a martial arts class in his life and is actually holding his own.

Pass By Techniques, Sparring without Brutality

Hitting someone doesn’t take a lot of skill. Hitting a well trained moving target takes skill, but passing by someones head at full speed without hitting them, without hurting them, but certainly sending a message of what could have been…takes the most skill:

Great Traditional and Contemporary Martial Arts Mix

These videos show the versatility of the Calasanz System and the components that help produce well-balanced martial artists. These videos show exciting board breaking footage, weapons training, weight training, flexibility exercises, sparring with students, forms, basic techniques, focus mitt training, bag work, kickboxing matches, wooden dummy workouts, and much, much more.

Just One Arm

There was a once a one-armed instructor training a young student, but the instructor was getting beat.

He approached Calasanz and asked for training. Calasanz agreed. Within half a year Calasanz disciplined the one-armed student. Above all, Calasanz taught him how to learn. A constructive lesson was applied without punching or kicking. This lesson was done with less than one minute of sparring.

To be continued…

Stay at Peace with Yourself

At one point I was watching this guy fight. He was confused because he was being beaten by another person that was equally matched. When I told him to simply continue his work he said,”I am too strong and I am scared of hurting someone.”

He never fought again. One day he said, “I stay in shape but I’ll never fight again.”

Two years have passed and I’ve never seen him spar again. In a way he wanted to keep his ego intact but at the same time he was smart enough to say, “let me stay in shape. I train martial arts but I can not fight.” As a Teacher, I wish he would have said, “I am no longer fighting because I just can’t put it together.” That would have been the better way for handling this situation.

Combat Sports Instructional Videos

Published in: on March 8, 2009 at 11:18 pm  Leave a Comment  
Tags: , ,