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Hwang Ki

Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan

The martial arts system of "Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan" was founded in 1945 by  Grandmaster Hwang Kee. It originated from the ancient Korean...
World Hapmudo Logo

Hapmudo

Hapmudo is a system of self-defense based on fundamental offensive and defensive techniques. These techniques can be classified as follows: Empty hands against empty hands. Empty hands...
Ask Dr. Robyn

3 Ways to Teach Your Kids to Be Media Literate

How can you teach your kids to be media literate in a world that delivers their messages in surround sound? Buy this! Lose weight! Build...
Kenwa Mabuni Shito-Ryu

Shito-ryu

Karate has been taught outside of Japan for almost 40 years, and was exported to the rest of the world along both stylistic and...
MMA Worldwide & TapouT Magazine

MMA Worldwide TapouT Magazine

MMA Worldwide & TapouT Magazine - The HOTTEST MMA Magazines On The Planet. MMA Worldwide is the world famous Bi-Monthly MMA Worldwide Magazine. Each issue offers: Fighter...

Vladimir Vasiliev and Systema – The Source of Strength and Peace

By Rob Poyton, the head instructor of Cutting Edge Systema Academy in UK and the editor of Systema International publication. Systema International (SI): First of...
The Leading Edge: A Complete Guide to Tactical Edged Weapon Use

The Leading Edge: A Complete Guide to Tactical Edged Weapon Use

A knife in the hands of a skilled fighter is one of the most devastatingly effective self-defense weapons known to man. Unfortunately, finding the...
My Karate Odyssey

My Karate Odyssey by Hoosain Narker

My Karate Odyssey By Hoosain Narker is the true story about how a man's spirit is developed under the harsh “Apartheid” regime in South...
Shotokan Style of Martial Arts

Shotokan

The term Shotokan was derived from Gichin Funakoshi's first official dojo built in 1936 at Mejiro. The dojo was destroyed in 1945 by allied...

A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do

The leaders of Tae Kwon Do, an Olympic sport and one of the world’s most popular martial arts, are fond of saying that their...
Jujutsu

What Jujutsu Is Not

Over the last few days I have had a few occasions to discuss what Jujutsu is and what Jujutsu is not, and in both...
Chi

A Practical Definition Of Chi

As a viable part of the martial artist's arsenal, chi, and specifically noncontact chi, is dubious, at best--at least as long as its proponents...
Hsing Yi Chuan creator by General Yu Fe

Hsing I Chuan Body Mind Boxing

Hsing I Chuan translates to "form and intention boxing" or "body-mind boxing". The history of Hsing I Chuan is unclear. One account credits Boddhidarma...
Luca Cavallotto's Aikido in Berlin

Luca Cavallotto Photographer – Aikido in Berlin

Young Italian Photographer, Luca Cavallotto, shares his love for Aikido with his black and white photos of Aikido in Berlin. Perhaps the youngest Japanese martial art,...
Aikido Today Magazine

Aikido Today Magazine Complete Collection

For the price you used to pay for a 1 year subscription to Aikido Today Magazine, you can buy all 100 issues from 1986-2005...
Donald Miskel

The Black Dragon Fighting Society Has Come of Age

I absolutely adore children. Next to women I think that children are one of God’s best inventions. Infants, babies, toddlers and children; I love...