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…
The unsung hero of martial arts isn’t any of its pioneers, or its many students – it’s the wooden dummies that are a mainstay of any martial arts and fighting education. The use of dummies has been documented as far back as three thousand years ago in traditional Chinese combat training, but it has appeared…
In the United States and most of Europe, self-defense is not taught at schools. Yes, schools have after-school clubs with trainers from both inside and outside the school using the gyms and classroom to teach a vast range of martial arts, but schools very rarely have it on their curriculum, let alone as a core…
When you hear “Shaolin,” you probably think of the iconic style of Chinese martial arts. From the famous, 1982, Jet Li film Shaolin Temple, to modern entertainment like Kung Fu Panda, the name of Shaolin Kung Fu is known all over the world! Let’s take a look at some facts about Shaolin that you might not…