martial arts
martial arts
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by James Dunn - 2007-06-21
The history of martial art Hapkido runs deep into the roots of Korea, however, the exact origins of Hapkido are not well known. Due to anxiety and apprehension between the Koreans and the Japanese, m...
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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
It is well known that martial arts and fighting has been prevalent in Japan for many, many years. In fact, some of the earliest records that Japan has, such as the Record of Ancient Matters (also kno...
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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 Chris Pizzo - 2007-06-28
Every culture throughout history has created some form of martial art so their people can defend themselves in a time of crisis. But the only true test of a martial art is actual combat.Known as Kali ...
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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...
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by MIKE SELVON - 2007-06-29
People often try to separate martial arts business from martial arts lifestyles and martial arts traditional teachings. This is a horrible thing to do, as it turns a way of life into nothing more than...