Scott Shaw




Here is a list of some of the articles on the martial arts that have been written by Scott Shaw and published over the past fifteen years.



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The Young-at-Heart Elder Statesman of the Martial Arts
MA Success - September 2010


After-School Program Earns School Owner $350,000.00 a Year
MA Success - August 2010


Dave Kovar: The Teacher of Teacher Received MAIA's Lifetime Achievement Award
MA Success - August 2010


Tiger-Rock International (ITA) 30,000 Members Strong and Still Growing
MA Success - July 2010


Hapkido
Karate -Japan - January 2010


What Makes Independent Schools Great?
MA Success - November 2009


Tough Times? TASMA to the Rescue
MA Success - July 2009


Forgotten Fists of Taekwondo
Black Belt - June 2009


Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
MA Success - April 2009


A Penchant for Retention
MA Success - March 2009


Listen up! How to Publicize Your School on the Radio
MA Success - January 2009


How a Great Staff Leads to Success
MA Success - November 2008


Asking the Masters (Scott Shaw Q & A)
Martial Arts Illustrated, U.K. - November 2008


How to Feed New Students into Your School Through Satellite Programs
MA Success - October 2008


Richard Bustillo: Keeping the Reality of Bruce Lee Alive
MA Success - June 2008


The Secret of Multi-School Success: High Quality Instructors
MA Success - April 2008


Sideswipe: Raising the Bar for Performance Teams
MA Success - March 2008


How to Implement a Padded Weapons Program Into Your Curriculum
MA Success - February 2008


How to Accelerate Yours School's Growth
MA Success - February 2008


XMA: The Second Revolution
MA Success - January 2008


Bill Superfoot Wallace: Superfoot's Legacy
MA Success - December 2007


USA Taekwondo's New Martial Arts Commission
MA Success - November 2007


How to Operate a School in a Highly Competitive Market
MA Success - October 2007


Walking Down the Aisle of the Martial Arts
MA Success - September 2007


Ernie Reyes Sr.: Performer Extraordinaire'
MA Success - August 2007


No-Frills Taekwondo Success
MA Success - June 2007


Mixed Martial Arts Integration: The Next Revolution
MA Success - May 2007


USA Taekwondo: American's New Olympic Governing Body
MA Success - February 2007


USA Judo: Olympic Group Welcomes All Martial Artists
MA Success - December 2006


Once a Teacher - Always a Teacher
MA Success - December 2006


Successful Taekwondo with No Bells and Whistles
Martial Arts Professional - December 2006


How to Operate a Martial Art Super School
Martial Arts Professional - October 2006


Back to the Basics: Joint Locks for Self-Defense
Taekwondo Times - September 2006


Chuck Norris: The Martial Arts Icon Who Defines Excellence
MA Success - August 2006


Herb Perez: Bringing the Olympic Gold Medal to the Masses
MA Success - July 2006


How to Teach High Quality Classes
Martial Arts Professional - April 2006


MAIA Elite: Take Your Business to the Next Level
MA Success - April 2006


The New Premier Martial Arts Licensing Program
MA Success - February 2006


Jump Back: Mastering the Most Difficult Kicks of the Korean Martial Arts
Black Belt - January 2006


Former Power Ranger Powers Up Two Schools
MA Success - January 2006


The Success Secrets of Multi-School Owners
MA Success - December 2005


The ATA One Million Active Members and Growing
MA Success - October 2005


Perception of Your School is Everything
MA Success - September 2005


Bigger Isn't Always Better: Net Income and the Martial Arts
Martial Arts Professional - August 2005


Adaptation: The Science of Teaching the Disabled
Martial Arts Professional - May 2005


David Carradine: More Than Just a Legend, He Started a Revolution
MA Success - April 2005


Taekwondo's Strategy Against the Street Punch
Taekwondo Times - March 2005


Fitness Kickboxing: The Second Revolution
Martial Arts Professional - Match 2005


The Science of Survival
MA Success - December 2004


Passion, Plan, Belief: The Three Keys to Success
Martial Arts Professional - December 2004


ATA and XMA: Old School Meets the New School and They Like Each Other
MA Success - October 2004


Success Through Organization
MA Success - August 2004


Lien Chi: Energizing Your Body with Golden Chi Kung
New Living Magazine - July 2004


The Children Are the Future
Martial Arts Professional - July 2004


Miko Nishiuchi: The Last Real Samurai
MA Success - May 2004


Randy Couture: Lord of the Rings
MA Success - April 2004


The Throws of Hapkido: When They Work, When they Don't
Taekwondo Times - March 2004


The Art of Attracting the Adult Student
MA Success - January 2004


Lean and Fit: More than Just Aerobics for Kicks
MA Success - September 2003


Billy Blanks: Tradition with Rhythm
MA Success - July 2003


Beyond Fighting - MA Success
May 2003


Royce Gracie: From King of the Ring to Road Warrior
MA Success - April 2003


Teach 100 Students in One Class with the Rotating Curriculum
MA Success - February 2003


Krav Maga
MA Success - January 2003


The Way of the Sword: The History and Development of Kumdo
Martial Arts - December 2002


Mike Swan: Judo Champ Flips into Entrepreneurial Success
MA Success - December 2002


Martial Art Industry Association: What a Year
MA Success - November 2002


Integrating Taekwondo and Hapkido
Taekwondo Times - July 2002


USTU: Taekwondo's Olympic Side Kick
MA Success - July 2002


Movement: Hapkido's Secret of Self Defense
Taekwondo Times - March 2002


Self Defense for the Street: The Principals of Continuous Motion
World Budo Alliance On-Line Articles - January 2002


The Art of Kumdo
Martial Arts Combat Sports - January 2002


Unleash the Pain: Hapkido Joint Locks
Taekwondo Times - November 2001


Foundations of Self Defense
Inner Self Magazine - May 2001


Self Defense the Hapkido Way: The Dynamics of Distance, Control, and Deflection
Martial Arts Combat Sports - April 2001


Solo Training in the Martial Arts
Martial Art Legends Presents: Combat Fitness - February 2001 


Deflection: The Heart and Soul of Hapkido
Taekwondo Times - September 2000


Hapkido: Intercepting the Energy of an Attack
Martial Arts Combat & Sports - June 2000


Kumdo: Just How Korean is Korea's Way of the Sword
Black Belt - May 2000


Fighting Secrets From Traditional Taekwondo
Black Belt - February 2000


Korea and the Historical Foundations of Ki
Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness - Winter 1999 - 2000


The Staff of the Korean Martial Arts
Martial Art Legends - November 1999


Korean Qi Gong
Martial Arts Illustrated - October 1999


Hapkido Grappling: Tradition Verses No-Holds-Barred
Taekwondo Times - September 1999


History of Taekwondo
Martialinfo.com - On-Line Articles 1999


History of Hapkido: A Korean Martial Art
Martialinfo.com - On-Line Articles 1999


History of the Korean Martial Arts
Martialinfo.com - On-Line Articles 1999


Scott Shaw: Straight to the Heart of Hapkido (Interview)
Taekwondo Times - November 1998


Raising Cane: Hapkido's Street Legal Self Defense Weapon
Inside Karate - November 1998


Redefining the Taekwondo Jumping Front Kick
Black Belt - October 1998


The History of Taekwondo
USMA On-Line - Martial Art History 1998


The History of Hapkido
USMA On-Line - Martial Art History 1998


Hapkido's Theory of Circular Self Defense
USMA On-Line - Articles 1998


Hapkido's Theory of Circular Self-Defense
USJJF On-Line Articles 1998


The Front Kick: Devastatingly Simple
Inside Karate - January 1998


Scott Shaw's Hapkido
Kick - Germany - December 1997


This is Very Dangerous - Editorial
Inside Karate - December 1997


Hapkido's Circular Method of Self Defense
Inside Karate - August 1997


The Low Kicks of Taekwondo
Black Belt - July 1997


Scott Shaw: Hapkido American Style (Interview)
Karate - Japan - June 1997


Up Against the Wall
Inside Karate - May 1997


Free Yourself: Hapkido's Defense Against the Grabbing Attack
Inside Karate - April 1997


Hapkido Interception
Inside Karate - February 1997


Scott Shaw: Philosophy and the Martial Arts (Interview)
Martial Art Masters - September 1996


Hapkido: Self Defense with Ki
Inside Karate - September 1996


Hapkido Ground Fighting Techniques
Inside Karate - August 1996


The Linear Kicks of Taekwondo
Black Belt - July 1996


Hapkido: Elements of Deflection
Inside Karate - May 1996


The Equipment Training Techniques of Taekwondo Master, Hee Il Cho
Inside Taekwondo - December 1995


So You Want to be a Martial Art Movie Star
Martial Art Movies - November 1995


Tae Mon Kwon: Hapkido Philosophy Converted to Combat
Inside Taekwondo - September 1995


Take 'em Down: Hapkido's Defense Against the Korean Kick
Inside Taekwondo - July 1995


Taekwondo Kicks: How To Use Them, How To Beat Them
Black Belt - June 1995


How to Effectively Train at Home
Secrets of the Masters - May 1995


Hapkido Knife Defense: Don't Get Stuck
Inside Karate - April 1995


Hapkido: Joint Locks for Self Defense
Inside Karate - March 1995


Dana Hee: From Olympic Gold Medalist to Hollywood Stuntwoman
Inside Taekwondo March - 1995


Raising Cane: Body Locks and Throws with the Hapkido Cane
Inside Taekwondo - February 1995


Grabbed From Behind
Inside Karate - February 1995


Hapkido Grappling
Black Belt - December 1994


Conrad Palmisano: The Man Who Puts the Action in the Action Adventure
Martial Arts Movies - December 1994


Closing the Gap
Inside Taekwondo - November 1994


James Lew: He Gained His Fame The Hard Way - He Earned It
Martial Arts Movies - November 1994


Lights, Camera, Action: The Other Life of Scott Shaw (Interview)
Inside Taekwondo - November 1994


Hapkido In-Fighting
Inside Karate - October 1994


Simon Rhee: Class Act in a Reel Story
Inside Taekwondo - October 1994


Hapkido Knee Fighting
Martial Art Masters - September 1994


Foot Intercepts Fist: The Dynamics of the Defensive Kick
Masters & Styles - July 1994


Lock 'em and Throw 'em Hapkido Style
Inside Karate - July 1994


The Hapkido Cane
Taekwondo Times - May 1994


Hapkido Verses Street Weapons
Masters and Styles - April 1994


Defense Against the Taekwondo Kick
Black Belt - April 1994


Taekwondo's Street Savvy Kicks
Inside Taekwondo - April 1994


No Holds Barred: Self Defense for the Streets that Works
Inside Karate - March 1994


Hapkido Ground Fighting
Karate Kung Fu Illustrated - February 1994


Go With the Flow: Principals of Continuous Motion
Inside Karate - February 1994


The Korean Short Staff
Inside Taekwondo - February 1994


Cardio Aerobic Kickboxing: Heath Craze of the 90's
Martial Art Masters - January 1994


Tae Kwon Do's Continuing Evolution
Inside Tae Kwon Do - December 1993


Hapkido's Circular Kicks: Straight to the Point
The Complete Guide to Kicking and Stretching 1993


The Motion Philosophy of Self Defense
Inside Taekwondo - December 1993


Taekwondo's Arsenal of Spinning Kicks
Black Belt - December 1993


Real Verse Reel: The Secret of Dual Purpose Fighting
Masters & Styles - November 1993


The Knife Hand
Inside Karate - November 1993


Kumdo: The Korean Art of the Sword
Martial Art Masters - September 1993


Samurai Iai-do: A look at Japanese Swordsmanship
Inside Karate - September 1993


Hapkido: Self Defense with a Vengeance
Inside Taekwondo - August 1993


Hapkido's Circular Theory of Defense
Black Belt - July 1993


The Hapkido Cane: Street Legal Weaponry
Inside Karate - June 1993


Defend and Counter with the Feet
Inside Karate - May 1993


Economy of Motion: The Offense of Defense
Inside Karate - March 1993