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Using Karate, are you able to crush a coconut just by squeezing it? With Kung Fu, can you take a shoot of bamboo and twist it until it breaks? With Shaolin, can you grab a man by the arm and, with a light squeeze, bring him to his knees?

A common conception towards the martial arts is that they are a rite of passage. Rite of passage is part of the social layering amongst societies. But, modern society doesn’t really need rite of passage in the martial arts, rather, it needs a logical approach to make the martial arts easier to learn and more effective.

While MMA is a popular sport, there are problems with it. Let’s be honest, while some fellow is using that Gracie Jujitsu, he is rolling around and vulnerable to an attack from his opponents friends. Not to mention that it is not always the most intelligent thing to roll around on the ground while some fellow is trying to stab you with a knife or broken bottle.

Here’s a question I should probably avoid. After all, as a fellow who sells martial arts instructional DVDs, I should be trying to sell you large amounts of everything, right? Because I prefer happy customers over confused and overwhelmed customers, let me answer this question.

I know there will be people who are not going to like what I say, but I was there forty years ago, and I know the truth. The truth is that the karate fighters of forty years ago, students of such arts as Shotokan and Wado Ryu and Uechi Ryu, and especially Kyokushinkai, could have taken todays mma gladiators apart quickly and easily. There are quite a few reasons for this, and I will go over just one of the main ones right now.

When I was growing up, in the middle of the last century, there was this strange beast called the martial arts. People could defend themselves merely through the use of this strange energy called ki. Heck, women could beat up mugs and rapists, and even children could defend themselves using this thing called Karate.

My first introduction to the importance of strength was through ads in the back of old comic books. Charles Atlas, the bully kicking sand in your face, and the need to lift big hunks of iron would save your life. Why, lift enough iron and roles would be reversed, you suddenly could do the bully to the bad guy, win the girl, and life would be grand.

Bruce Lee is the foremost proponent when it comes to killing the kata. “What is the value of forms,” was his question. And, the statement most famous, “Boards don’t fight back!”

Do enough Pa Kua Chang and something really weird happens. Pa Kua, as many people know, is that martial art where you walk in a circle endlessly. Circles where you find loops within spirals within circles.

In the martial arts, the deadliest tool I know is also the one least used. The actual and effective use of space is what I am talking about here. If properly understood and utilized, space can win any fight.

The best kick I know, nobody else knows it. This is a funny thing, but it’s true, at least, I never see anybody else use it. Not in the MMA, not in tournaments, not even in good, old regular dojo freestyle.