A great article from Pramek Instructor Level 1, Dennis Zijlstra, of Holland: ‘We train. We make jokes, and laugh. We giggle while we punch, or…
Passion in instruction
I have been to a lot of seminars. Over the past 15 years I have seen demonstration, gone to more demonstrations, learned at more seminars,…
Taking short cuts….
In the martial arts, we talk alot about two subjects…science and short cuts. Tighten up the circles, a quicker way to execute a throw, The…
Are you an instructor or demonstrator?
Which are you? An instructor or demonstrator? Or are you a teacher? In this video, Matt Powell discusses the difference between an instructor and a…
Tension Testing
Prior to the release of the CLM Directed Perceptual Testing methods (https://pramek.com/p-shop/product/clm-manual-2-directed-perceptual-testing/) we ran 9 months worth of final trials to test out the methods.…
A diagram…
My house was built in the 1940’s. In the small hallway is a telephone stand, built into the wall, popular at the time for the…
CLM Manual 3 Releases
Friends, We are excited to announce the release of the the third manual in the Conceptual Learning Method series. For those unfamiliar, Conceptual Learning…
Why some techniques don’t work (video)
Friends, In our manual, Efficient Perceptual Learning (EPL), we talk about how the brain and body learns. (EPL here: http://goo.gl/f1LA0) In Direct Perceptual Testing (DPT), we…
Shearing: The push/pull method (video)
The push/pull method of breaking balance is a popular one – but doesn’t always work effectively. Many use it, but in real life, it crumbles…
How to properly teach technique…
Friends, How does one properly teach a technique? This is one of the primary questions we work to answer in Pramek’s CLM: https://pramek.com/new/shop/default/reading/clmbundle In Pramek’s…