About Arnis
Arnis began in the Philippines over 1200 years ago. It was the fighting technique used against the Spaniards in the 1500's. Today Arnis is...
Eric Knaus on Dog Brothers Fighting and Pekiti Tirsia
Top Dog here, for this once delurking to set the record straight concerning the claim, which pops up from time to time, that Pekiti...
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,...
A History of Kempo or Kenpo
The art of Kempo, also written as Kenpo, is unique as far as its history goes in two respects; it is considered by many...
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...
Behind the Headlines: The Yamam and Israeli Kapap/CQB Training
Kapap was the first CQB training introduced in Israel and was based on stick fighting, knives, guns, hand-to-hand and even stone throwing in the...
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...
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...
White Crane Boxing
The Chinese call this extremely popular Northern style of Wushu "Pao-hao," "Pak Hok," "Bak Hok," or "Ba Fan." It is from the Lama or...
Encounter with Systema – An Interview with Vladimir Vasiliev
This Interview with Vladimir Vasiliev was recorded at the seminar in Tokyo, hosted by Andy Cefai and Ryo Onishi.
Question: When did you encounter Systema...
What Is Lotar
LOTAR is a complete combat concept, derived from real-life situations and personal experience, LOTAR focuses on teaching techniques that recognize, assess and neutralize a...
Rebirth of the Ancient Sport of Sikaran
FILIPINOS, before the arrival of the Spaniards, had their own sports. Notable among these were, Patintero (no word in English) Tago Taguan (hide and...
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...
Kung Fu San Soo
What is Kung Fu San Soo? Kung Fu San Soo is considered, by many, to be the most sophisticated and complete form of martial...
KAPAP: The Original Israeli Martial Art
Four years ago the martial arts community outside of Israel’s borders knew of only one Israeli martial art system, and that was Krav Maga...
Chang Tien Temple Tiger Claw Kungfu
Introduction of Chang Tien Temple Tiger Claw Kungfu
The Ch’ang Tien Temple Set is a Chinese Kung-Fu form that belongs to the Tiger Claw Kung-Fu style...
