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Martial Arts Professional Magazine

Martial Arts Professional Magazine

Martial Arts Professional Magazine is published by NAPMA professionals with information about where the industry is headed, with experience and success stories from fellow...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Martial Arts Training is Life Altering

I love what martial arts training does for people. I am currently on my way home from a four day, back-to-back seminar tour. On Thursday,...
Ask Dr. Robyn

Helping Your Child Learn Self Control

Dr. Robyn Silverman, the founder and creator of the Powerful Words Character Development System provides some helpful parenting tips to parents on how to...
Dan Anderson

American Freestyle Karate

"Karate" is a term made up of two Japanese words, "kara" and "te" meaning "empty hand". It is one kind of self defense system...
Kun Tao

Kuntao Way of the Fist

Kuntao is often translated "way of the fist",  but literally it means fighting art. It is a Hokkien term for martial arts created by...

The Art and the Way By Robert Hunt

The Art and the Way By Robert Hunt begins in the 15th century when a young Okinawan boy is initiated into the martial arts of...
Gary Lee Sport Karate Museum

The Day I Was Saved by Grand Master Jhoon Rhee

When Grand Master Jhoon Rhee heard of my endeavor with the Sports Karate Museum almost 20 years ago, he sent me personal autograph pictures...
Eastern Arts Online Magazine

Eastern Arts Online Magazine

Eastern Arts Online Magazine website was one of the first, if not the first martial art websites created. In the many moves from server...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

Discover What You Have to Contribute

I don’t want to spend the life I have left just squeaking by, I’m going to “go for it”. When I say “squeaking by”...
Judo

Judo

"The aim of Judo is to utilize physical and mental strength most effectively. Its training is to understand the true meaning of life through...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Living Lessons: Grandpas, Guilt and Gratitude

My children have been blessed to have all four of their grandparents alive, healthy and living close to them. Each grandparent is amazing in...
Living Lessons with Duke Tirschel

My Last Arena

  What time in life should you consider yourself a man? Is 'becoming a man' something that just happens to you? Maybe it's after an accomplishment...
The Limitless Spirit by Marilyn Fierro

The Limitless Spirit of the Martial Arts

In the early 1970s Marilyn Fierro found herself pursuing a way of life that was supposed to be closed to women - the martial...
Abbe Sensei in UK

Is Aikido A Martial Art

Sensei Henry Ellis - 2001 This article originally appeared in 3 parts on the Cyberkwoon website. It is here published in its entirety. PART 1 At...
Sensei Ryan Speaks Out

Tie A Bowline Knot in Under 2 Seconds

The Bowline knot is the best knot ever! Do you want to learn how to tie this climbing knot in UNDER 2 seconds? Learning...
The 47th Ronin

The 47th Ronin by Dana Abbott

The 47th Ronin is a collection of adventurous stories written by Shihan Dana Abbott. He spent years of study in Japan to master the...