Aikido: The Derek Eastman Sensei Biography: Part Four

Final Part Four:Relocating and Leaving the HUT. Q: DW. Sensei, You told me earlier that this was around the time you got married and moved away from the HUT and the locality. Could you expand on this time. A: SE. Yes, After I married I moved to Basingstoke in Hampshire.My work involved a lot of traveling as I was working on the drilling rigs, drilling for Gas in the English Channel just off the River Humber.I would also take the opportunity to visit local Aikido clubs and train whenever possi. . .

Proprioceptive Training: A Key to Sports Success

Let’s talk a little bit about proprioception for a minute. That’s a $3 SAT word that means your body’s ability to react properly to external forces. For example: if you ride bulls for fun, you must have the ability to react to gravity and the changing forces of the bull to keep from being thrown off. That’s proprioception. But proprioception is also your ability to walk across a room without falling down. src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"One of the main components. . .

The Plight of Industrialized Man

Living in the Pacific Northwest is a challenge for any body: the poor excuse for weather west of the Cascades is one of the worst on earth for human health. Luckily our Ch'uan Fa Club meets in central Oregon several times a week, rarely missing an opportunity to train outdoors . I'm not speaking here of a prepared arena of asphalt or even grass. I mean we use/find/even search out poor footing surfaces, including ice, deep snow, pebbles, desert sand, and forest floor. Admittedly, it's a challe. . .

How To Reduce Stress That Causes Hair Loss and Bad Hair

Your hair will be radiant and shining if you are healthy physically as well as emotionally. Your hair becomes dull and lifeless if you are upset emotionally. Your hair will begin to fall out, and it will become waxy with the overproduction of sebaceous glands.Stress can affect your hair the same way that affects your other major organs such as your heart. Stress can cause hair loss and many times cause hair problems 3-6 months after some trauma event occurred. As soon as your body finds its e. . .

Stress & Exercise: How do I make it Work for Me?

Copyright 2005 Tanja GardnerTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXERCISE & STRESSEveryone knows that exercise reduces stress levels. Doesn’t it?Actually, some of the research is a little conflicting. For a start, vigorous exercise is actually stressor itself. On a physical level, exercise causes the tiny muscle fibres to actually tear, and then grow back stronger as they heal. Not exactly relaxing for the muscles in question! Quite apart from this, one study showed anxiety levels increase in the firs. . .

The role of nutrition in martial arts, police, military personnel

Copyright 2005 Internet PublicationsFor a considerable amount of time, nutrition has not played a prominent role in the life of many martial artists, police, and military personnel as a means of improving performance. Top athletes are always looking for an edge. Although the martial arts are more of a way of life and a life style than a sport per se, the needs of the martial artist are the same as that of the elite athlete. Mental aspects not withstanding (i.e. mental awareness, strategy, cun. . .

Women in the Martial Arts

I was born in West London in 1963, my father was very involved in the martial arts and a dan grade in Karate he was also a dealer in ancient Japanese arms and armour, although my father has an antiques shop in London's Bond Street, my home was more like a samurai warriors dressing room, with original suits of Japanese armour complete with very frighting face masks that would frighten the life out of my friends when ever they came to visit, there were also very many valuable swords yari and na. . .

3 Powerful Ways to Portray Confidence and Success

A good number of women who are attacked are chosen because of theway they presented themselves. Something about their posturetold the assailant, “here is a weak woman, I can take her”. Ifyou are scared out of your gourd, it will show. Low self esteem or fearfulness looks like slouched shoulders;head down, arms folded in front or in pockets. Confidence lookslike walking tall, shoulders back, head up, eye to eye contact,arms at the side. One statistic revealed that those trained inmartial arts . . .

Common Sense About Low Carb Diets

Copyright 2005 Ardmore Internet Marketing, Inc.With all of the conflicting studies and fuzzy interpretation of information, it's no wonder that confusion reigns when it comes to the value and safety of low-carb diets. It seems like heated debates are raging everywhere! Whether it's Atkins, the South Beach or some other low-carb plan, as many as 30 million Americans are following a low-carb diet. Advocates contend that the high amount of carbohydrates in our diet has led to increasing problems. . .

Carbohydrates – Good Or Bad?

Carbohydrates have gotten a lot of bad press in the past few years with the advent of low carb diets, but the truth is that not all carbohydrates are “bad” and, in fact, your body needs carbs to survive.Many people mistakenly believe that eating bacon, eggs and steak will set them on the road to a thinner body with increased energy and good health, but this is not the case. While cutting out the simple carbohydrates found in processed foods is a healthier way of eating, neglecting the complex. . .

Guide To Some Common Herbs That Heal

Herbs have long been an acceptable way to fight common ailments and while they should not take the place of medical advice, can be a great supplement to your current medical care. There are many common herbs that have healing properties which you may not even know about.Some of the herbs like garlic, parsley, rosemary and cayenne you may associate more with cooking, but these plants also have medicinal properties that you can easily put to use by using them in teas, compresses and even as spi. . .

Fighting Back!

Copyright 2005 Randy StaffordI’m not going to accept any “FACTS” from doctors. Boy, was that a harsh statement. What a way to start an article. I was just diagnosed with advance stages of Arthritis in my lower back. Both shoulders has bursitis in them and I’m only 47 years old. I was told that there is no cure. I was also told that my lower back is bone on bone. How depressing is that? Well, I am not going to take it lying down.I did what most Americans do. I went to another Doctor. I got ano. . .