Kalaripayattu or Kalari
The origins of the ancient martial art of Kalari-payattu are lost in hoary antiquity. According to some of its proponents, it was the sage...
Sil Lum Kung-Fu or Shaolin Kung-Fu
Sil Lum Kung-Fu (or Shaolin Kung-Fu in the Mandarin dialect) is the most well known of the Chinese martial arts. Born in China's Hebei...
Praying Mantis Fist or Tang Lang Quan
According to legend the Praying Mantis Fist or Tang Lang Quan was created by Wang Lang, also known as Fa Ming, during the Song...
Kung Fu
Kung fu is an almost impossible category. Kung fu is attached to almost any martial art that comes from China. It is the generic name for...
Shooto and Shootfighting
Learning About Shootfighting
Shooto represents the martial arts in Japan. Though it is called Shooting in Japan, it could be easily misunderstood as a competition...
The Walking Stick in Mandatory Palestine and Israel
It was winter, Jan 1941; WWII had been raging across the globe since September 1939.
In a little room in Palestine two men sat down...
Lua
"Lua is a type of hand-to-hand fighting that emphasizes moves that break and dislocate bones (in Hawaiian "hakihaki"). It also uses hand catches and traps...
History of British Karate and Jujutsu
The first Englishman to be made a Samurai was William Adams (read his Wikipedia page) in the 1600s. But Adams was a one-off. He...
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...
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...
History of Jyu-Jutsu
The origins of Jyu-Jutsu are lost in the mist of time, but certainly stretch over two thousand years ago, the book of ancient matters...
Modern Bok Fu Pi
Modern Bok Fu was developed by Grand Master Richard Lee beginning in 1967. After opening a Chinese Kenpo school in California, Lee soon traveled...
Jujutsu: The Art of Yielding and Pliability
Traditional Jujutsu is considered a Japanese cultural art (as are kado, or flower arrangement; chado, or tea ceremony; and shodo, calligraphy). Traditional Jujutsu systems all have documented...
Jutte Jutsu
Jutte jutsu is the Japanese martial art using the Japanese weapon jutte or jitte. Juttejutsu evolved mainly for use by law enforcement officers of...
Shudokan Karate
With the advent of Gichin Funakoshi's introduction of Okinawan Karate to Japan in the early 1920's, the popularity of karate began to grow. Soon,...
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is the martial art of fighting with one's bare fists, utilizing elbows, knees, feet and fists as weapons. No one knows when...
