Martial Arts Articles by Ron Shively

in the Internal and External Chinese, Filipino, and Okinawan Martial Arts, in addition to possessing both instructor and master instructor ranks in several styles. Starting in the early 1970’s, Ron began a lifelong career in the martial arts at the age of 13. Beginning in the Hindu-Chinese Martial Arts of Varmaine and Kalari Piyat, Ron began to train in the more esoteric and obscure systems of martial arts. As his training progressed, Ron was able to gain experience in several styles of Chinese Martial Arts: (Biography)

To my knowledge, this text is among the first of its kind to formally document the Fukien White Crane system of Shaolin Kung-Fu. Fukien White Crane is possibly “the” grandfather system to almost every style of martial arts that were ever created in Asia. And, it was the primary method from which both traditional and modern karate – martial arts developed. However, while Fukien White Crane is a style of Chinese martial arts with strong links to Fukien Southern Shaolin, it is actually much older than the Shaolin and/or Kung-Fu systems.(Read Article)

Naihanchi or Tekki kata is one of several traditional Chinese-Okinawan karate katas whose origins have been lost over the centuries.While the Naihanchi kata is a relatively short kata with regards to the number of techniques and the amount of repetition contained within, it also possesses a large number of possible combative applications.
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