Iai or Batto
The very word Iai is the subject of numerous grading essays and has many layers of meaning but its basic interpretation seems to be...
About Ba Gua Zhang
Ba Gua Zhang is literally translated as Eight Trigram Palm. This style is one of the three Nei Jia Quan or internal styles of...
Samurai Japanese Warriors
The samurai (or bushi) were the members of the military class, the Japanese warriors. Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and...
Kuk Sool Won
Kuk Sool Won is beautiful and dynamic "hard-soft" style of martial arts emphasizing speed and fluidity. At the same time it is an elegant...
Young Bo Kong: Board Breaking Builds Confidence
The ability to smash stacks of wood, piles of bricks and giant slabs of ice with a single appendage demonstrates the power that can...
Basic Sumo Terms
Banzuke: An ordered list of men fighting up through the ranks of professional Sumo; a ranking sheet.
Basho: A sumo tournament. In a sanctioned competition,...
Martial Arts and the Knowledge of Self-Defense
The origins of self-defense have their roots in the most basic forms of fighting which have developed throughout the world, independently from one another....
Ultimate Grappling Magazine
Ultimate Grappling Magazine was the number one magazine of mixed martial arts (MMA) and Ultimate Fighting Championships. UGM delivered in-depth instructional features, product reviews, nutritional...
How Tae Kwon Do Won the West Part One
Ike was in the White House and Elvis had just rocketed to rock 'n' roll prominence when a 24 year old, 3rd degree black...
Push Beyond Your Limits
As a martial artist, I have this hope in the back of my mind that I will continually get better at what I do....
Wing Chun Kung Fu
Wing Chun literally means, "beautiful springtime," or "radiant springtime." It is sometimes called "Wing Shun" or "Wing Tsun." This style of Wushu was the...
About Aikido
Eight forces sustain creation:
movement and stillness, solidification and fluidity,
extension and contraction, unification and division.
Techniques employ four qualities that reflect the nature of our world....
Karate the Practical Fighting Art
A Karate block can also be a strike, lock or take down throw!
The disciplined and dedicated practice of Karate, the practical fighting art, can...
Classical Fighting Arts Magazine
Classical Fighting Arts Magazine is a quarterly, full color magazine published in California, and distributed by mail to subscribers, through Barnes & Noble, Hastings...
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...
T’AI CHI Magazine
T'AI CHI Magazine was published since 1977, and provided an exchange of information and ideas as well as news of activities in the T'ai Chi...
