In July we published that the Wii remotes are a small step forward in revolutionizing the martial arts studies.
The partial and inadequate feedback from Nintendo remotes is about to become much better with the introduction of a new, and affordable whole body feedback suit that can relay the movements of different body parts and their trajectories.
At the AKBAN think-tank we guess that this specially developed impact gaming vest that allows the wearer to feel the punches can augment the motion capture suit nicely.
In the boring clip below one can see the potential and ease of construction of the motion capture suit made by MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).
Alas, I don’t think that, at the long run, any kind of system will be able to replace years of hard work in the dojo, only to hasten learning of new movements.
The “12″, AKBAN’s 12 hours nonstop sparring will take place later this week on Thursday evening on top of mount@%^. We will not be doing any -24- this year…
To get into this year’s fall “12″ training you’ll need a written permissions from your AKBAN instructor, Beit Hakerem dojo’s instructor and an augmented signed “S” form.
The “12″ is full contact (including ground techniques) on gravel and rocks and it necesitates being in AKBAN’s top shape and fitness level
The martial art groups of the Jerusalem Tedi dojo will be doing Budo Ninjutsu during The Sukot Holiday on Sunday, September the 30th in Gan Havradim at regular training hours.
The Ramat Hasharon and Tel Aviv Dojo will have a joined training session on Tuesday, October the 2nd.
Recent survey found that most of the British people asked would rather die early than separate from their favorite couch and do some physical exercise.
Dr David Haslam, clinical director of the National Obesity Forum, said that diet alone won’t save lives, it must be combined with physical training. via BBC news AKBAN fitness
A British company is now selling Kevlar lined shirts and hoodies. This meets the rising death toll in teenagers from knife attacks in London. /800px-No_hoodies_sign.jpg
As personal security is always on our scope, we spotted the protective apparel some months ago.
The slash resistant wear can protect the person wearing it from knife slashes and minor stabs and has been purchased by worried parents from Los Angeles and New York.
We liked the slash resistant hoody, of course, but the slash resistant glove is a gem too.
With the help of Guy R. and some friends, we finally managed to accurately translate the about section to Japanese.
This website has an automatic translation into many languages, but it often errs. Hopefully, we will finish an accurate translation to Arabic and Russian soon.
Click this link of a great Muai Thai book in PDF format, and you get to download more then 250 pages of Muay Thai techniques, kicks, elbows and punches, all for free.
Of course, we are slowly advancing toward having all of this Muay Thai material in video, in our AKBAN-wiki, the worlds’ only video encyclopedia.
