Systems and Styles

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Kenjutsu

Kenjutsu (swordfighting) along with Iaijutsu, comprise the basic principles of swordsmanship. Kenjutsu is the offensive, aggressive art of the sword, whereas Iaijutsu is more...
Kung Fu Styles

About Kung Fu Styles

The de-generalized list of Kung Fu Styles below was prepared for USADOJO.COM by Sijo Robert Z of the Shaolin Academy. According to Sijo Z,...
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...
Kapap

History of Lotar and Kapap

Definition of the terms Krav Maga and Krav Panim le Panim (kapap): The following definition appears in the 1965 Army dictionary: Krav Panim Le...
Korean Yudo

Tang Soo Do: A Mixture of Hard and Soft Styles

Tang Soo Do is a Korean martial art with an emphasis on kicking. Tang Soo Do stylists use what they feel are the strongest weapons on...
Kobudo Okinawan Weapons

Kobudo: Traditional Okinawan Weapons

Kobudo literally means "ancient martial ways". In the karate world, it generally refers to those traditional Okinawan weapons whose history and practice has been...
Noah Gross Israeli Martial Arts History

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...
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...
Grand Master Chae T. Goh's Moo Doo

Grand Master Chae T. Goh’s Moo Do

Grand Master Chae T. Goh was a student and teacher of several martial arts in Japan, Korea and Vietnam before coming to the United...
Shaolin White Crane Kung Fu

Shaolin White Crane Kung Fu

Shaolin White Crane Kung Fu is a rare system of self-defense which combines foot techniques, hand techniques and chin na (seizing and controlling). Although...
Hwang Ki

Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan

The martial arts system of "Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan" was founded in 1945 by  Grandmaster Hwang Kee. It originated from the ancient Korean...

Shito-Ryu Karate

Karate has been taught outside of Japan for almost 40 years, and was exported to the rest of the world along both stylistic and...
Cuong Nhu

Vietnamese Style of Cuong Nhu

Cuong Nhu is a Vietnamese style of Karate. It's name comes from the Vietnamese phrase for yin and yang because it combines both hard...

Taekkyeon

Taekkyeon is a fluid, full-body Korean martial art that focuses on kicks, leg sweeps and acrobatic lower body movements. The practice, which dates back...
Ed Parker and American Kenpo

Secrets of the Magician of Motion . . . Ed Parker and American Kenpo...

By John Corbett ~ He calls himself a magician of motion, and at 48 years of age he claims he has to be one...
History Of Native Korean Martial Arts

History of Native Korean Martial Arts

Part 1: The majority of today's Korean martial artists believe that the origin of martial arts came only from China. In particular, it is...