Turn Your Life Around
Don’t underestimate what it took to get you to where you are now so if you want to turn your life around you will...
Age of the Samurai: Battle For Japan – Part 2
Hideyoshi - the Second Great Unifier - Invades Korea
After Nobunaga died (betrayed by Mitsuhide) Hideyoshi inherited his empire. After a few more wars, in Kyushu,...
Kyudo
Kyudo, which literally means The Way of the Bow, is considered by many to be the purest of all the martial ways. In the...
FMA: Filipino Martial Arts Masters and Grandmasters.
FMA: Filipino Martial Arts Masters and Grandmasters is about some of the many Masters and Grandmasters of the FMA (Filipino Martial Arts). Some are well...
The Effectiveness of Taiji in Combat
In my previous articles, Earning a Black Belt and The Sparring Dilemma, I discussed how mastery of the martial arts involves learning how to...
The Magical Power of Work Around It
One time I was having a discussion with a good friend of mine, Brian Higgins, about training. We were discussing strategies we both have...
The Old Japanese Fisherman
I have many fond memories of martial arts events from my childhood in Hawaii. There are things I will never forget, like watching the...
Koo Self Defense
Koo Self Defense was developed in Cartersville, Georgia, USA by Master Roger Koo in 1992 following 20+ years of traditional Martial Arts training (32...
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....
Beyond the Physical By Richard Kim
Beyond the Physical By Richard Kim covers over 320 topics discussed by a man sometimes known as the Pied Piper of Martial Arts Richard...
Shobayashi Shorin-ryu
Shobayashi Shorin-ryu is a style of Okinawan Shorin-ryu karate founded by Chotoku Kyan and passed to Eizo Shimabukuro. Eizo Shimabukuro dropped the Chatan Yara...
Ibrahim Janjua: The Making of a Champion
Ibrahim Janjua (Ibby) is a 6 year old from Greater Manchester, England in the UK and he has been kickboxing for almost 2 years....
Kapap Krav Panim Le Panim
KAPAP (Krav Panim Le Panim) began in the period of the "Palmach" (strike forces - plugot machatz in Hebrew) - the original Israeli elite...
The Wrestler’s Dissertation: Wushu, Chinese and Western Wrestling
Pankration, Gladiators, Mongolia, Shaolin kung fu, Catch Wrestling, the Olympics, Wushu, Pro Wrestling, Sanda, and MMA…
The Wrestler’s Dissertation: Wushu, Chinese and Western Wrestling traces...
Sensei: A Connor Burke Martial Arts Thriller
In John Donohue's novel, Sensei: A Connor Burke Martial Arts Thriller, we find that in every case, the modus operandi is the same, and...
Introduction to Russian Martial Art
No rank, no rules, no pre-orchestrated movement, no limitations (except for the "Law of Nature"), Russian Martial Art is a system of education in...