Muay Thai For Weight Loss
The Benefits Of Training Muay Thai For Weight Loss Muay Thai, also known as Thai boxing, is a combat sport of Thailand. The sport blends different clinching skills and stand-up striking methods, and is often called the ‘art of 8 limbs’ since it permits attacks using fists, elbows, shins, and knees. Muay Thai spread internationally […]
How Martial Arts Can Bully Proof Children
Bullying is unfortunately quite common among school-going children in Vancouver. School becomes a frightening place for kids who are bullied, and they might feel weak and open to danger. Today, a lot of children struggle with this issue, and their parents often feel helpless as they are not able to defend their children in school. […]
Here’s Why Everybody Should Take Boxing Classes
Thinking about taking boxing classes in Vancouver? This article gives an overview of boxing classes many benefits, physically, mentally, and for real world self defence application. Boxing, as both a sport and a form of self defence, has been around for millennia. Some of the earliest evidence of its practice dates back to Egypt […]
Beginner’s Guide To Boxing
In this beginner’s guide to boxing, Praise “The Technician” Vaughn breaks down the basic movements and attacks used in boxing. Praise teaches boxing classes in Vancouver, BC at Diaz Combat Sports. Boxing is, in a word, great. It is known as both the sweet science and the art of hitting and not getting hit. […]
5 Reasons Everyone Should Train BJJ
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has rapidly expanded to become one of the most widely trained martial arts across the globe. From software engineers training BJJ in Vancouver to MMA fighters preparing for UFC world titles, there is no denying that BJJ appeals greatly to people who want to learn to fight. Further, BJJ is arguably the […]
High Percentage Submissions For MMA & BJJ
The Top Six High Percentage Submissions for BJJ and MMA
The Many Benefits Of Training Muay Thai
This article delves into the many benefits of training Muay Thai! Given the variety of different martial arts to choose from, it may be difficult to nail down which are the best gyms in Vancouver and which style is going to best serve your particular needs or interests. Some may choose Taekwondo for its flashy […]
Seven Basic Guards For BJJ
7 Basic Guard Positions Every New BJJ Player Must Learn This article covers seven basic guards for BJJ that every grappler should have in their arsenal. Whether you train at the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym in Vancouver or simply roll for fun wherever you have access to mats, developing a good guard is crucial for […]
The Magic of Muay Thai: The story of Boom Watthanaya & The Wor Watthana Gym
Comprised of twenty provinces in the northeast of Thailand, Isan is the nation’s largest region — as well as its poorest. The majority of people there earn a living through agriculture, caught in a constant battle against the area’s poor growing conditions, acidic soils, and propensity for both drought and flooding. It is here, in […]
The Basic Positions And Submissions Used In BJJ
In this article we go over the the basic positions and submissions used in bJJ. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has seen ever-accelerating global growth in the past decade, spreading from Rio de Janeiro to Vancouver and beyond. Equal parts sport and ever-evolving martial art, BJJ requires familiarity with a wide array of specific positions, movements, and submission […]