We receive a lot of requests for accurate videos that demonstrate forms, or katas. The Christian Martial Artist is planning to create a forms database for students to supplement their in-class training with video examples and explanations of their forms.
     We would like you to consider submitting a professional grade video, if you have or are planning to make one. The video will be attributed to the providing school or person each time it is played from our website. 
     Essentially, each submission should teach the form from start to finish. It should include the beginning and any other formalities.
     Please list, in writing, each step of the form, including stances and any other particulars you believe are essential to the proper execution of the Katas.
     Also include who is teaching and demonstrating the form, and whose school or organization they represent. While we would prefer established forms with wide acceptance, regardless of the style, please note if the form is specific to your school. If so, please provide some insight about the form, such as what the form is about, what it accomplishes or any inherent meaning behind it.
     Also, please identify the Martial Art style of the form (ex. For AAU Tae Kwon Do: Poomse Palgwe Pal Jang). Also, please explain the name of the form and translate any necessary words. For example, in Korean the word Pal means 8th
     Please include a trailer with: For more info contact:________
 
     If you have any other questions, please contact me at editor@ChristianMartialArtist.net. 

By Christopher Thurne

     Of all the aspects of martial arts, the one that challenges my students the most is forms. It’s not that they can’t learn the moves, but that they don’t understand the point or practicality of the forms. As a result, some of their forms lack intensity and proper technique. A number of my students ask me: “What’s the point?”….

By Christopher Thurne

     Christian Tae Kwon Do, LLC, is a martial arts school that teaches tae kwon do, kickboxing and t’ai chi.
     ”Christian Tae Kwon Do’s basis is discipleship,” said Bill Sandberg, a fifth dan and the founder of CTKD. “It develops the students’ strength and courage for self-discovery of who they are in Christ by promoting self-confidence through the attainment of achievable goals,….

By Christopher Thurne

              As Christian martial artists we have the knowledge that martial arts does not conflict with Christianity, in fact we know martial arts can be used to spread Christianity. But not everyone knows this.
              1 Corinthians 8: 1-13, “Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God….

By Christopher Thurne

      2 Corinthians 10: 3-5, “For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” 
      For Soke Karl Marx self defense is the most important aspect of any martial art, but self-defense is nothing if it doesn’t provide mental and spiritual training….

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