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There are many differing views on the value of kata. Kata is regarded by some to be the very 'soul' of the martial arts....

Rather than the usual layout of chapters etc within a book. I have set out to introduce you to the “secrets” of Karate in...

There is a proverb that declares, “You do as you are trained.” If you are trained to always defend yourself with feet and fist...

A karate chop, or shuto strike, is one of the few things in life that offers visceral proof of the power of physics. If you are untrained in the martial arts and you karate chop a brick, you may break a finger or worse. But if you karate chop that brick with the proper force, momentum, and positioning, you’ll break the brick instead. “Amazingly, there are no tricks involved,” says Michael Feld, a physicist at MIT. “What you have here is one of the most efficient human movements ever conceived.”

All fighters like economy of movement. Make something complicated and there goes your reaction time. It's the same thing with foundational training. As a...

Today’s FMA maintains its traditional weapons-based foundation while adapting to modern training methods and competitive formats.

This article is in response to John Hancock's article, Quest For The Truth : The Origin Of Tang Soo Do's Forms By Brad Dennison ~...

The last of a series of exercises developed by Jou Tsung Hwa at the Taiji Farm, the aim of these subtle, precise, and intensive...

Take Kwon Do Grand Master Young Bo Kong as spent a lifetime perfecting his skills in the ancient art of Korean hand and foot...

Training for combat is not a casual pursuit for the purpose of self-aggrandizement. Using this training to dominate others with the power gained is...

"If you have ever thought about taking on a second job as a bouncer, solider, police officer or a prison guard, you should talk...

Willie Lim likes nothing better than to unlock martial arts truths. He is demystifying martial arts, shattering illusions that many would like to keep...

We have all observed students execute a punch or strike but upon contact there was just no impact power. When I was involved in...

Here’s a shocker for you … martial arts are about survival. Yep, that’s right. The purpose of martial arts is to have the skill...

As a predator attacks, your body will go into an adrenal state. You are flooded with adrenaline (epinephrine), noradrenalin and cortisol. The good news...

Dana Abbott discusses how warriors have been educated since the beginning of time and how training with padded combative weapons improve training. I want to...