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Kung Fu Uniforms
It is necessary for a kung fu master to do swift and fast movement. Kung fu masters need to be agile, flexible and alert. This need is reflected in the choice of the uniforms.Read more…Kung Fu
Kung fu is one of the most commonly used types of Chinese martial arts. In the Chinese language, kung fu means ‘achievement through investment in time and energy and through great efforts’. Kung fu is not only the art of self-defense, but also a philosophy of life.Read more…Self-Defense Fighting Techniques; Part One: Kicking, Does It Work In A Real Fight Or Not?
Being the author on several books that focus on the subject of kicking, I am often confronted by the following statement, “Kicking is ineffective at best in a real self-defense situation and is usually dangerously detrimental to the individual who attempts to use it on the street.” I very rarely hear this type of statement from practicing martial artists, especially from the practitioners of karate, tae kwon do, and kickboxing. It usually comes from the “self-defense” experts and the former/current street tough guys who are now trying to teach everyone how to effectively defend themselves using everything but kicking.Read more…Self-Defense Fighting Techniques; Part Two: Kicking, Does It Work In A Real Fight Or Not?
Continued from part one.WHERE are you at when attempting to kick?Where you are at has a tremendous bearing on your ability to use your kicks effectively.Read more…Cyber-Bullying Is Your Child a Victim - Would You Know
Cyber-bullying uses technology to spread rumors, hateful messages, excessive teasing or even disturbing digital photos (taken on camera phones). It’s a dreadfully harmful form of bullying and can be debilitating for its victims. As adults, we can quite easily delete and ignore offending or disturbing email and text messages, but children and teens cannot do this as easily.Read more…Little League or Martial Arts
What benefits do our children get out of participating in organized sports? How about physical development? What about learning teamwork, discipline and good sportsmanship?Read more…The Sharpshooter - Delivering the Jab
The jab is generally used defensively to keep an opponent off balance; so they can’t strike you. Sometimes it is used offensively to setup a follow on punch such as a hook, cross or even a leg strike.Properly delivered the jab screens your opponent’s vision and temporally breaks his balance.Read more…Knockout Kicks
One if the things that make a Mixed Martial Arts fight interesting to watch are the kicks. MMA is a multidimensional sport. Fighters have to learn to attack and defend at all ranges.Read more…Combinations Man
What’s one of the quickest ways to take a man out of a fight? Body shots.Boxers and Mixed Martial Arts fighters spend hours an hours building up their abdominal muscles so that they can shrug off heavy body blows.Read more…When Is It Wrong To Fight?
I must have been in the fourth grade when I was called into the school disciplinarian’s office.Having just come back from living on Chicago’s South Side, I was wound a little too tightly, you could say.“Big city paranoid” might come closer to the mark in describing my attitude.Read more…Stop the Fight
September was an exceptional month for fight fans on several fronts. Besides the recurring battles of plucky contestants on The Contender and The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), we were treated to praiseworthy performances televised by Pride, UFC, and boxing. The premiere fights on each card—Cro-Cop vs.Read more…Overcoming Fear in a Self-Defense Situation
How do you overcome fear in a self-defense situation? Basically you don't, you learn to use the fear instead. Making it a tool that you shape not allowing fear to control you.Read more…Will Martial Arts Turn my Child into a Bully
I was eight years old when I first started studying Karate. At that time it was just 'karate'. Not Tae Kwon Doe, or Aikido, or Chung Moo Doe, etc.Read more…Weight Training and Martial Arts Training- Should You Do Both?
Should You Add Supplementary Weight Training to your Martial Arts Training?There are four things you should consider before you add supplementary weight training into your workout schedule:• Speed• Flexibility• Endurance• StrengthMartial arts training will naturally help you improve in all of these areas, but many people wonder if they need to add supplementary weight training to increase these areas. The answer is maybe.Read more…Beating Stress and Learning To Relax With Kung Fu Meditation
Train Your Mind and the Body Will FollowThe mind is the master of the body. If we train and discipline our minds, the body will follow. Once the body and mind become focused and in tune, you will see that your whole life will seem to flow; like you are in the zone.Read more…Defining The Female Role In Japanese Fight Clubs
Fight clubs in Japan are no mere rowdy affair, once seen and forgotten fights. Here the fighters bow and congratulate one another after the fight, thereby you can see as well as feel the sense of honor and audiences respond to this display of genuine sportsmanship. Could it be one of the reasons that Japanese fight clubs are always packed solid with female fans?Read more…A Martial Artist’s View of The Film: “United 93”
United Airlines Flight 93 was the plane that crashed in a Pennsylvania field on 9-11, killing all aboard.This film reconstructs what happened on that fateful day and flight, and it is a tense and moving drama involving four simultaneous hijackings and the efforts of authorities to cope with an unprecedented assault on American monuments, people, and security.Every martial artist should see this film.Read more…The Evolution Of Swords
Swords were some of the first basic weapons of ancient and medieval warfare. They were considered badges of honor and symbols of distinction. Swords were first made from copper which dulled quickly, then then they were made from bronze ( which is copper and tin combined together ) and which suited their needs better.Read more…SAD and How to Kick It With Martial Arts
Well, it’s that time of year again when seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is starting to affect us here in the Northwest. Even though SAD has been noted as early as the late 1800’s it wasn’t actually given a name until the 1980’s. That doesn’t mean people haven’t been suffering from it, however.Read more…Karate Kids- Children in the Martial Arts
As a martial arts school owner in Pensacola, Florida I see first hand the wonderful changes that the study of Ryukyu Kempo Karate brings to our youngest students; as a matter of fact, I consider it one of my greatest blessings.I meet the parents of prospective students literally every day (we are located in a high-traffic mall location) and the only real troubling question I get every so often is, "Will the martial arts make my child aggressive or dangerous?”I’d like to respond with a simple and resounding “NO” but that might be an untruth.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Martial Arts category
- How Would Today's Martial Artist Stack Up in a True Warrior Society? - By: Damian Ross
Not long ago the public was reintroduced to the Spartans and their warrior culture thanks to the film 300 based off of Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name. This latest retelling of events that happen in Greece in 480 BC shouldn't be considered historically accurate; it was never intended to be that way. None the less, the real Spartans even without their "Hollywood Personas" still remain impressive to this day. They were truly a martial society. They understood that in order to remain free you must always be ready to fight. Love of country and each other along with disciplined training made them an unstoppable force. They claimed to be descended from Hercules, but they didn't just talk the talk they walked the walk. Ancient Sparta had no need for walls; it relied on its fighting men alone to protect her. - The Economics of Self Defense - By: Damian Ross
The following is a letter I received: "I'm a 52 year old guy who has been pretty active lifting weights for about 20 years but about a year ago I found myself in a situation where a guy suckered me and I friggin was so intimidated that I walked away with my tail between my legs. Thankfully the only damage was to my ego cause I totally wimped out in front of my buddies who were there... but more importantly I realized that I was totally unprepared to defend either myself or my family should the occasion arise. - MMA Digest - By: Rodger Hopkins
The UFC started its journey on the 12th of November, 1993 and gained enormous fame in a very short time pushing other sports to the back seat. The popularity of the sport is almost unimaginable. - Can Martial Arts and Self Defense Training Prepare Our Children for a School Shooting? - By: Damian Ross
The subject hits home to everyone. At one point our biggest safety issue in school was bullying. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. Over the past few years, school shootings have been increasing in frequency and in violence. Imagine, there you are, going through your every day routine, thinking about your next class, upcoming test or joking with your friends and then all of the sudden you are in the middle of a war zone, your world is turned upside down.... - "The Deadliest Man Alive" - The Truth behind the Legend of Count Dante - By: Damian Ross
Any comic book fan of the 1960's will know about "Count Dante, The Deadliest Man Alive." His menacing grimace and "tiger stance" graced the back cover of all major comic books portraying him as another character in the comic itself. - The Black Belt Myth - By: Damian Ross
Every once in a while I get an email from some misguided and offended martial artist with his or her knickers in a twist telling me where I go wrong by saying "Martial Arts will Fail You Every time". But facts are facts. - Martial Arts Training And Self Defense: Do You Take Yours 'Trained or Untrained' - By: Damian Ross
Like religion and politics, martial arts are not for a lack of it's zealots. Decide right now, you can either A. Continue to "sip the kool-aide" or B. Look to improve and learn. One criticism about our training material is that it is simple and could only work against some one who is untrained. What the hell does this mean, exactly? Does trained mean a woman who takes muay thai or the serial rapist, sociopath who has successfully applied his trade a dozen times? Does it apply to the mixed martial artists or the bag-man on a pick up? Who do you want to fight for your life against, the martial artist or emotionally disturbed person (EPD) who gargles with pepper spray? - Keep it Official with Trendy Martial Arts Clothing - By: Kimberly Green
Who is your favorite fighter?? Show off your hostility with MMA Clothing and check out the wide, wide world of Mixed Martial Arts. - MMA Clothing to Represent The New Violent Spectator Sport of Choice, Bye Bye Boxing - By: Kimberly Green
Apparently our threshold for violence has increased, because boxing doesn't seem to cut it for us anymore, adding variables to fighting methods keeps the art ever more challenging to master and entertaining to watch. - My KUNG-FU is Better Than Your KUNG-FU: Which Martial Arts Style is The BEST Martial Arts Style - By: Damian Ross
By Damian Ross of The Self Defense Company It first started long ago when some unkown combat aficionado first posed the question: "Which is BETTER, boxing or wrestling' ?"