Systems and Styles

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Willie Lim Classical Dimension

Tai Chi Chuan

Speak to your friends who do Karate or Tae Kwon Do about Tai Chi Chuan and they will tell you it is a slow...
Kuk Sool Won

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...
Jim Harrison of American Bushidokan

American Bushidokan

In the late 1960's Jim Harrison founded the first Bushidokan school in Kansas City, Kansas. Harrison had studied judo and was top in his league....
Kayin Kids

Burmese Lethwei: The Tradition of Child Fighters

Burmese Lethwei, or Myanmar traditional boxing, is an ancient bare-knuckle fighting art that has survived in Myanmar despite decades of endless violence and governmental...
Ken Park Family Secrets of a Korean Martial Arts Clan

Ken Park Family Secrets of a Korean Martial Arts Clan

There was a time when the only way a person could learn a martial art was to be taught that skill in secret, usually...
Burmese Boxing

Burmese Boxing

This hard, offensive style of martial arts is the opposite of the Burmese style of self-defense called Bando. It is also known as Lethwei....
Lou Reed Kung Fu

Lou Reed on Tai Chi

Redwood City's Fox Theater is still reverberating from the rock and roll pounding it took last November. During a stop on his latest tour,...
WSEF System of Serrada Escrima

Fundamentals of WSEF System of Serrada Escrima

An interview with the Author of Fundamentals of WSEF Serrada Escrima - Guro Michael Schwarz of World Serrada Escrima Federation. In this interview martial arts...
Master David Charng

Master David Charng and Legacy of Shuai Chiao

For a six-year-old boy, there's nothing like a day at the movies, especially when Grandpa Master David Charng treats you to ice cream. David...

Jodo the Way of the Stick

Shindo Muso Ryu, a school that devised the dynamic art of jo-jutsu was developed by Muso Gonosuke Katsuyoshi, a student of the Tenshin Shoden...
Kajukenbo

Kajukenbo: Karate, Judo and Jujitsu, Kempo, and Boxing

The Martial art of Kajukenbo is a blend of Karate, Judo and Jujitsu, Kempo, and Boxing. From theses arts it gets its name ka...
Shootfighting

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...
Shihan Dana Abbott

Secrets of the Japanese Sword

Over the last 30 years there has been a lot of hoopla about all the different styles and facets of martial arts and the...
How Tae-Kwon-Do Won the West

How Tae Kwon Do Won the West Part Two

From 1970 to date, Tae Kwon Do experienced its most explosive growth in the Western world. It became arguably the most popular martial art...
Lai Chung Ch’uan Fa

Lai Chung Ch’uan Fa Modern Kung Fu

Lai Chung Ch’uan Fa is a modern form of kung fu that was developed in the late 20th century and mixes two traditional Shaolin...
Baranta Hungarian Martial Arts

Baranta

Baranta martial arts involves both armed and unarmed techniques and is based on the martial training forms of the old Hungarians, who lived between...