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Sumo

History of Sumo

Origins and Ancient Sumo The earliest written mention of sumo is found in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters), a book from the year 712,...
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...
The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Game Plan

The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Game Plan: How to Develop a BJJ Game

The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Game Plan: How to Develop a BJJ Game is a how to guide that basic, intermediate and advanced Brazilian Jiu...
Real Fighter Magazine

Real Fighter Magazine

Real Fighter was a magazine for real fans of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), the sport featured in the red-hot phenomenon The Ultimate Fighting Championship...

My MMA Trainer APP

Description My MMA Trainer App, is the only complete mixed martial arts training application is back and better than ever with an improved Workout Builder,...

Doing a Form of Tai Chi Chuan

Speak to your friends who do Karate or Tae Kwon Do about Tai Chi Chuan and they will tell you it is a slow...
Rodney King has the Freedom to Play

Martial Arts And The Freedom To Play

Freedom to Play is vital to my enjoyment of martial arts. You might find this is a puzzling, challenging, or controversial statement. I know that many...
ATA World Magazine

ATA World Magazine

ATA World Magazine is the official publication of the American Taekwondo Association (ATA). It is a four-color magazine published quarterly to benefit members of...
Donald Miskel

Understanding the Roots of a Martial Arts System

Everything has to start somewhere. Everything that is to stand must have a foundation. Nothing exists in a vacuum. I’m real big on finding...
Knowledge and Judgement

Knowledge and Judgement in the Martial Arts

Knowledge and judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from good or bad judgment regarding life situations, which leads to evolution over time. That’s how...
Martial Arts DVDs

Learning Martial Arts By Video

Traditional martial artists frequently scoff at the idea of learning martial arts by video, arguing that you need a live instructor to guide you...
Bersilat

Bersilat

Bersilat means "to do fighting" and this Malaysian martial art is similar to Pentjak Silat, an Indonesian martial art, which it is thought to...
Kimo Williams

The Tao in Jujitsu

What is the Tao? Master Okazaki wrote in his Esoteric Principles "...To perfect one's character one must be grateful for the abundant blessings of Heaven,...
Ronnie Colwell

History of Jyu-Jutsu

The origins of Jyu-Jutsu are lost in the mist of time, but certainly stretch over two thousand years ago, the book of ancient matters...
The Leo Fong Martial Arts Connection

The Leo Fong Martial Arts Connection

The stories you are about to read are true and are as accurate as the old sensei remembers. There are many lessons learned at...
Baranta Hungarian Martial Arts

Baranta

Baranta martial arts involves both armed and unarmed techniques and is based on the martial training forms of the old Hungarians, who lived between...