Techniques That A Wing Chun Practitioner Should Learn In His Quest For Mastery Of The Art

Although all parts of Wing Chun are important, when looking for Wing Chun mastery, many good martial artists believe that stance, timing and, of course...

Hyperactive Children - Martial Arts Can Help

Enrolling your child in a quality martial arts school where classes are taught by professional and dedicated instructors might be a good first step to take if your child seems to be a bit “wired”. Or, if you hear teachers starting to use terms like ADD or ADHD.

Joint Locking

Many intermediate martial artists believe they can rely on just one or two martial-arts skills. It takes a seasoned martial practitioner to realize the need to be well-rounded in the arts. You have to perfect long-range kicks, close-in punching, elbows, weapons, pressure points, and... joint locking. This is a Practical and Easy Way to Understand Joint Locking...

Training To Sharpen Your Karate Skills, Accelerate Your Learning And Increase Your Fitness

Keep your blood pumping and your heart rate up while you work so that you can get the most out of your workout. Don't wimp out and rest, keep going...

The Difference Between Fast and Quick in Combat Sports

Before I began to write this article I was searching for the differences in meaning between fast and quick. To my amazement, the dictionary says that they are synonymous in meaning. In the martial arts or combat sports, they are not the same, especially quickness. Being quick means delivering a technique with explosive speed. Fast is speed without the explosiveness. The former should be the goal of any combat sport devotee.

Learn The Essential Skill Set For Understanding The Techniques Of Wing Chun

Practice the punch and these two blocks in combination in front of a mirror, and we'll walk you through learning more Wing Chun techniques.

Learn To Counter The Techniques Of Other Martial Arts As Well As Unskilled Attacks

Hapkido training is suitable for all ages, adults down to young children. For the children under 12, a modified form is taught. No weapons can be used and all joint locking techniques have been removed for these younger children's class and simple throws are aimed at self defense and anti bullying.

Strengthen The Physique, Tone Up The Body And Improve Your Self-Defense Skills

It has been said that during practice, boxers take on many forms and can be as soft as willow twigs, as agile as a smart monkey jumping over a mountain gully, as mighty as a lion, and as powerful as a dragon stirring the sea.

How Important is Kata?

A few days ago, I was walking out of the bank in my town and past a Kara Te DoJo and inside I saw an instructor teaching his young students a Bo kata. I stopped to watch for a minute and could not help but notice the poor quality of the performance of techniques by the students. I quickly looked at the instructor and saw him performing these techniques improperly as well. The reason I am saying that these techniques were improper is that, the Bo Kata that they were performing lacked the internal structure which produces power and the essential techniques which would keep the bo from being taken away. That is when I realized, sadly, that there are two reasons Kata is preformed today, one for demonstration and the other for protection! In many systems the original purpose, protection, has long been deleted for the other more popular reason, demonstration? The internal techniques have slowly disappeared from the original kata.

Do You Get Punked On The Mat?

Imagine you're having a great day and on your way to class to train. You've been looking forward to training all day and can hardly contain yourself. As you're warming up on the mat, you think of all the things you need to work on during and after class and your head is focused on having a good training session when suddenly... BAM!... he walks onto the mat and starts to warm up. There he is... your very own mat bully!

The Origin Of The Earliest Extant Manual On Shaolin Kung Fu

Although remnant writings have been found, one of the earliest extant references to Shaolin kung Fu History was published in 1784 in the Boxing Classic: Essential Boxing Methods. The reference gives the first written documentation of the Monastery of Shaolin and the monks being the originators of Shaolin Kung Fu.

Using And Practising The Traditional Weapons Of Jujitsu

Although there are three main forms of jujitsu today there are actually many styles with completions at all levels. Jujitsu weapons also have their place in competition under very controlled rules and regulations as with all martial arts codes which ensures safety for competitors.