Peter Lorge on the Development of Chinese Archery Part 2
Peter Lorge on Chinese Martial Arts: From Antiquity to the 21st Century Part 1
GC: Your book charts the development of Chinese archery. Today, archery...
Seeking Improvement in Life and Martial Arts
Last night in our advanced class I told a story about Coach John Wooden. John Wooden was voted the greatest coach in the history...
Martial Arts Morals and Ethics
Ken Gullette talks with Jonathan Bluestein and Byron Jacobs about Wu De (武德), pronounced "Woo-Duh" - Martial Morality and Ethics.
https://youtu.be/E9_U4yOd3vY
All you have to do...
The Term Dojo
This is not an attempt to give either a history of Buddhism or Zen-Buddhisms arrival and its impact on Japan. It is only meant...
Should Parents Lie To Children
I’m currently getting ready to travel down to the Fox News studios in NYC to do a segment asking should parents lie to children....
Israeli Martial Arts – A Look Into History
Google the term Israeli martial arts and you get over 1.7 million pages.
A quick glance at the Wikipedia entry will reveal two short lines...
Kata and Prearranged Drills Are About Cooperation
In today’s hypercompetitive society, where everyone is trying to outdo someone else, these kinds of traditional martial art drills are the closest we can...
Wing Chun Magazine
Wing Chun Magazine, once called Wing Chun Tea House Magazine, is dedicated to Wing Chun in all its forms, spellings, lineages, traditions, innovations and...
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...
Improvisational Movement
This article is dedicated to Ms. Michelle Wood, former editor of Yang-Sheng magazine.
True improvisational movement is a form or level of movement which expresses...
Reality-Based Personal Protection
Jim Wagner Reality-Based Personal Protection will not only teach you the most up-to-date police, military, security, bodyguard, martial arts, and counterterrorism techniques and training...
The Essential Book of Martial Arts Kicks
An effectively delivered kick can mean life instead of death in a self-defense situation, and glory rather than shame in the ring. When a...
Get in Shape and Stay in Shape
The desire to get in shape begins with a very peculiar emotion: the feeling of being disturbed. You may feel disturbed about the way...
John A. Curley Books
John A. Curley books are written by a hard hitting private investigator and author who has obviously walked the streets he writes about and...
KODO: Ancient Ways: Lessons in the Spiritual Life of the Warrior/Martial Artist
KODO: Ancient Ways: Lessons in the Spiritual Life of the Warrior/Martial Artist is a compilation of columns that appeared between 1988 and 1995 in...
Traditional Martial Arts
Traditional martial arts are fighting arts that originated mostly in Asia. They adhere to very specific and traditional training methods and techniques. Most of...
