Why I Put a White Belt Back On

Eric Turner

Published on: 27/09/2026

After 27 years as a head coach, I became a beginner again. Why I returned to the Inayan System of Eskrima, what the Filipino martial arts really offer fighters, and what starting over teaches you about the small things.

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The Fighter Who Never Fights: What Hobbyist Members Get That Competitors Don't

Eric Turner

Published on: 22/08/2026

Never competed? You are not doing the lesser version of martial arts. This piece makes the case that hobbyist training is the original path: the whole art, a fifty-year runway, and a body that never cashes a fight camp's checks.

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