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by Chris Pizzo - 2007-06-10
Like many people over the Memorial Day weekend I took time out to remember our nation's fallen heroes, but afterwards I went to a friend's house to enjoy a barbecue.The food was great and except for t...
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by Yoshi Kundagawa - 2007-06-13
Shuai Jiao is probably the world's oldest martial art. In modern Chinese, its name is used to refer to any wrestling sport. Outside of China, though, it means the ancient Chinese and Mongolian wrest...
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by James Dunn - 2007-06-13
The martial art form known as Aikido was founded by a man by the name of Morihei Ueshiba. To those who practice this martial art, he is known as Osensei, which means Great Teacher. When Morihei Uesh...
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by Yoshi Kundagawa - 2007-06-20
Kickboxing is a sport that is somewhat similar to boxing but allows the use of kicks. This simple change creates many more variables and changes the way a fighter must fight. Kicks can be very devasta...
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by James Dunn - 2007-06-21
Capoeira was formed by African slaves that were forced into immigration by Portugal into South America between the 16th and 19th centuries. The most popular destination for these African captives wa...
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by James Dunn - 2007-06-28
Unlike many forms of martial arts that have unclear histories and origins, Judo is one of the few forms of martial arts that has a clear founder and creation. Judo was conceived by Kano Jigoro (1860-...
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by MIKE SELVON - 2007-06-29
It is a little known fact that before the samurai of ancient Japan incorporated the sword into their martial arts training, the samurai practiced the classical fighting arts of the bow. The Japanese ...
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by MIKE SELVON - 2007-06-29
The fighting arts began as a means to hide combative applications from kings and other rulers, who restricted the use of fighting arts to keep peasants from fighting back or rebelling. As a result, th...
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by MIKE SELVON - 2007-06-29
Martial arts. Just the name brings all sorts of near mystical thoughts to our minds. Thoughts about the wonderful Korean martial art of tae kwon do, the Japanese martial art of jujutsu and the Chinese...
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by MIKE SELVON - 2007-06-29
So after seeing so many different martial arts movies, you want to see if you can do that kind of stuff? Good luck -- it's not easy to learn. It takes years of discipline and proper schooling to under...