Fighting - Sport and Traditional

By Kent Fung - I’m not generally a big fan of this whole blogging phenomenon, but I recently discovered this blog written by a bouncer at two New York City "mega clubs." Inspired by his entertaining and usually intelligent entries, it’s occurred to me that quite a few martial arts students, possibly including some of you reading this, are into the arts to become a “tough guy.” You don’t want to take any sh*t from people, and you want to be the “man” – the guy who goes around enforcing what he thinks is justice, but is in reality his own selfish desires. Possibly you think doing so will garner you a “posse” and a score you a lot of sex with hot girls. (It won't, in case you had to ask.) (Read Article)

By Kent Fung - I've never portrayed myself as a top-level martial artist or fighter. But I like to believe my skills and competency level are respectable and that I can take care of myself. This belief is rooted in not just the opinions of martial artists that I respect greatly, but also a confidence that comes from having successfully used my skills in real life. (Read Article)

By Brett Denison
I started reading a martial arts book the other day titled Pressure Point Fighting, by Rick Clark. After reading the introduction, and then the first chapter, I marked my page and closed the book. In doing that I took a moment and looked over the cover--then it hit me--Pressure Point FIGHTING. Are most martial artists engaged in fighting? According to Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, fighting is defined as: (Read Article)

Anyone who's been involved in the martial arts for the past 10 years has heard of Gracie jujitsu ("GJJ"). A Brazilian modification of old-time Japanese jujitsu, the art (also known as Brazilian jujitsu, or "BJJ") is mostly known for its emphasis on systematic groundfighting.
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By Jason Armstrong, Ph.D.
The recent evolution in sports karate and research into rejuvenating karate bunkai has required schools to change training curriculums in order to be correct and effective in their fighting. Embracing the old and the new Ways is a difficult but necessary challenge to make ones’ karate a complete and educated empty handed fighting art.
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By Jason Armstrong, Ph.D.
There is a good reason the samurai adopted Zen philosophy and its strategic insights – it optimized fighting strategy and taught them to deal with fear and death to obtain victory. The benefits were proven over hundreds of years in situations where the penalty for failure was not loss of a “point”, but death. Today Zen is rarely taught in fighting, and the focus of martial arts classes are usually all physical despite the fact that the mental component is the most important attribute in any fight – tournament, or real life. (Read Article)