Karate
Karate can be described as a martial art, or fighting method, involving a variety of techniques, including blocks, strikes, evasions, throws, and joint manipulations....
Jujutsu
Jujutsu is the empty handed fighting art of the famous Japanese Samurai. Originally it was created to be used by warriors wearing a full...
Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu
Arts such as sumo, judo, karate, and wrestling, are often called "fighting arts." While it is not our purpose here to argue whether or...
Seifukujutsu Art of Healing
Seifukujutsu is the art of healing developed and propagated in Japan as much as 1200 to 1600 years ago. The origins of the art...
Types of Jujutsu Systems
Traditional Jujutsu is considered a Japanese cultural art (as are kado, or flower arrangement; chado, or tea ceremony; and shodo, calligraphy). Traditional Jujutsu systems...
ACCS: Advanced Commando Combat System
Development of Military Martial Arts:
Military Close Quarter Combat (CQB) Arts are very different from Civilian Martial Arts. Tracing the development of Military Martial Arts (Now also...
The Djurus of Pentjak Silat
Silat is a term generally used to define the indigenous arts of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Southern Philippines, countries comprising a cast archipelago of...
Russian Martial Arts
Nikolay Travkin, President of AARMACS, Inc., American Academy for Russian Martial Art and Combat Skill, shares the history of Russian Martial Arts.
The History of...
Shotokan
The term Shotokan was derived from Gichin Funakoshi's first official dojo built in 1936 at Mejiro. The dojo was destroyed in 1945 by allied...
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...
Chito-ryu Karate
The history of Chito-ryu karate begins with our founder, Tsuyoshi Chitose (1898-1984). He was born in the Kumochi area of Naha City on the island of...
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...
Wing Chun Taoism: Effortless Fighting
"To return to source is true knowing. To be simple is to be truly complex. To let go is to truly grasp."
Wing Chun Taoism...
4 Main Styles of Karate
History of Karate
Bodhidharma also known as "Daruma" in Japan and as often as not, this Indian Buddhist monk is cited as the prime source...
Shuai Chiao Bare-Handed Fighting
Shuai Chiao bare-handed fighting is the oldest Chinese bare-handed fighting style which incorporates the principles of T'ai Chi Ch'uan.
Shuia-Chiao emerged around 2,000 years ago....
Tukong Moosul
Tukong Moosul gets its name from the elite Tu Kong (Special Combat) commando unit of the South Korean Army. The originators of Tukong Moosul...
