WHEN it comes to the popularity of judo, tae kwon do and other combat disciplines, the math says it all: Asian martial arts studios in the United States outnumber Dunkin' Donuts outlets by more than three to one.
However, other differences between the two combat disciplines could influence the volumetric findings.
Edwards, in his crossover role of school leader and judge, embodies a new kind of firepower that civil-rights and children's advocates want to use to combat school discipline policies that lead to dropouts and arrests for minor infractions.
This is designed to take civilians and teach them how to survive in combat, while enforcing discipline and preparing them to be effective soldiers.
De Jouvenel described fascism as a "revolution of the body" that reflected youth's hunger for discipline, effort, combat, and courage.
He survives – indeed, succeeds in – numerous battles, regardless of his apparent clumsiness, which suggests a Jedi-level connection with the Force, if not specific training in combat similar to the discipline of "drunken fist" kung fu.
In Combat: Survival depends on discipline and obeying orders.
During World War I, football was virtually enshrined on the military bases to instill military discipline and combat toughness.
Corbulo used this lull to restore his troops' discipline and combat readiness, which had diminished in the peaceful garrisons of the East.
The Red troopers were not professional soldiers but armed civilians, whose military training, discipline and combat morale were mostly both inadequate and low.
What they could use is an elder "platoon leader," for instance, a Vietnam or Iraq War vet who could command the respect of street toughs and even give them real combat training -- and discipline.
