Imagine yourself in the ring, faced off with your MMA opponent who suddenly takes a spin in the blink of an eye, leaving you not time to react before a foot or shin is colliding with your abdomen. A heel digs into your kidneys and bone on bone contact causes a snap. Before you know…
The samurai of Japan have fascinated the world with tales of their valor, honor, and skill in combat. Many aspects of modern culture, from Japanese cinema to Western media, all have received inspiration from these warriors in one way or another. While the samurai are long gone, their legacy lives on, and their legendary moral…
Karate dates back hundreds of years, but is still going strong, and for good reason. First beginning on the trading island of Okinawa, the word Karate was used to describe a weaponless self-defense style that at the time was very important to know – thanks to all the pirates, thieves, and dodgy locals. The name…
We get these comments a lot, asking why martial arts (be it judo, taekwondo, boxing or even MMA) don’t teach the ‘art of running away’. They claim that in the real world, most of the time the best way to win a fight is to run away, because on the street fights can be violent…
Nobody said that the martial arts was gonna be easy, or fair, or even possible to succeed in. How many practitioners do you know? How many black belts are among them? Heck, how many black belts do THEY know? It’s a long, grueling training process and not everyone can make it through. The road to…
Many of us are inspired by fantastic movies and great martial artists on screen. Here are 10 of the best kung fu movies of all time: Fist of Fury (1972) In one of the decade’s most masterful martial arts films, Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen challenges a Japanese kung fu school to redeem the…
For those who don’t know him, Grandmaster Hee il Cho is one of the worlds greatest taekwondo masters. Spending a lifetime fighting taekwondo, this grandmaster influenced martial arts bodies worldwide through his traditional practices and innovative techniques and is now regarded as one of the founding masters of modern-day taekwondo. Starting martial arts at a…
Probably the oldest martial art in Southeast Asia, the Cambodian ancient art Bokator was almost eradicated during the bloody and oppressive rule of Pol Pot. Luckily today, the tradition still survives thanks to a few brave grandmasters who dared to speak of and practice the martial art once again – something which is even more…
When it comes to self-defense, there is not much you can do about a gun. Sure, you can go train with the Israelis in Krav Maga and come back a machine, but even then you’re skills are only as good as the distance you are away from your attacker. The further away they are the…
[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Video”][/siteorigin_widget] Most of us continue to be fascinated by the concept of the ninja – from their stealthy tactics to their jaw-dropping speed and target precision. But what really captures our interest is the ninja’s fantastic array of weapons and gadgets. An exhibition of ninja throwing star skill can easily astound audiences, but wait…