Martial Vitality

There are some great deals happening today, or today through Monday. If you need some martial arts gear, consider these offerings. DiamondMMA is offering a 20% discount through Monday. Check out my July post that explains why I think they make the best male protective gear. Use code GIVETHANKS. The KMG USA store has some Black Friday deals. I picked up another sweatshirt and pair of pants. The Kali Center is offering 25% off their store items, and 20% off their online videos. Did you find any good deals that you want to share? Stay informed of new blog posts by following me on Twitter  @martialvitality . If you like martial arts history, be sure to check out my  Martial History Team  project.

Podcasts keep me sane. If you're at all familiar with the traffic in the northern Virginia area, you know what I mean. I spend hours every week driving, many times slowly and with the company of thousands of my not-so-closest friends and neighbors. Thanks to podcasts, the experience is much more enjoyable. When I returned to martial arts training in January , I switched from listening to courses-on-iPhone-or-iPod to podcasts-on-iPhone-or-iPod. (Yes, my car is old enough to require me to use a 2007-era iPod as my primary digital music player!) In this post I share my favorite seven currently active podcasts. I finish by listing a few that were recently active, and perhaps will make a return in 2017. I am not listing the podcasts in order of preference. Many times whatever podcast I'm listening to at the moment is my "favorite." Each offers something novel. The order below does not reflect any favoritism. 1. Bruce Lee Podcast. The Bruce Lee Podcast is relatively new; i...

Eyal Yanilov addresses the group. Have you ever trained in your martial art for a weekend or more? I just returned from the annual Krav Maga Global (KMG) Practitioner and Graduate ("P&G") camp, hosted by Battle Born Krav Maga . It was my first camp and I'd like to share five reasons you might want to attend similar training, whether in KMG or your own system or style. I finish with two bonus reasons for the KMG family! 1. Instructors everywhere.  I am fortunate to train regularly at First Defense Krav Maga in Herndon, VA. Our lead instructor, Nick Masi, is an E-2, and USA director for the system. As of yesterday's grading (more on that shortly), we also have an E-1 instructor, and multiple G-level instructors. I do not take these instructors for granted! However, at the camp we had access to even more instructors -- and this was an amazing opportunity. At P&G Camp, participants learned from some of the highest ranking people in the system -- starting with th...