Within the martial arts industry there remains a growing conflict between traditionalists, occupied with upholding the 'original' karate-do, for example, and modernists, who conform to 'popular culture'. The intensity, with which these views collide, highlights the simplicity of the issue. The ‘evolution’ of martial arts throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries has created ‘arts’ which […]
This time Martial Arts Day was held in the “Weisse Halle” (white gym) in Detmold. There spectators could enjoy the sight of motion and dynamics: “a single harmonious wave of movement” was how one of the participants put it: “350 people are using sticks and their fists to train Martial Arts and still it was […]
Todd Group specialist security training course in close personal protection 1997 Professionals and the public alike will be pleased to see new legislation that will ensure door staff and crowd controllers are licensed and trained. The Todd Group formerly the Baldock Institute was established in 1927 and is the oldest tactical training provider of its […]
It takes skill, balance, and athletic ability to succeed in martial arts. But it also takes a good deal of training, whether it’s for an upcoming fight or just to stay in shape. Cassidy Phillips, CEO and founder of Trigger Point Performance has developed a line of therapeutic tools that manages aches and pains of […]
When we walk into our dojo, we find that we have blue and red coloured mats. The blue square in the middle is where most of the activity happens, and when the door is opened and the sun shines through, you can see the mats have been marked. I saw this and it made me […]
Update on Oceania fighters in the K-1 in Japan It has been an extensive year in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Circuit. Jayson Vemoa (NZ) more commonly known as Supercharge is based at the Ichigeki Academy in Tokyo Japan, he has trained and coached some of the most well known K-1 fighters in the world. I […]
Back in the days of the Wild West, there was only one fist-fighter the bad guys really feared. Kwai Chang Caine was a hard-punching half-American, half-Chinese orphan with a weakness for spiritualism and hands that were more dangerous than a gunslinger’s holster. But Caine, a character played by David Carradine in the 1970’s television series […]
When one thinks of “yoga system” what comes to mind? For many here in the west it is a healthy lifestyle of eating right, classes of stretching, possibly intertwined with Hindu spirituality and having a guru. But truly yoga is more. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit and often is interpreted to mean “to […]
“Martial Arts Odyssey” has been a web TV show for nearly three years, and 160 webisodes, spanning nine countries and countless martial arts. Now the web TV show is moving to an artfully edited DVD series edited by filmmaker, Charlie Armour and of course, starring Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo. Finally a true and clear perspective […]
Training in martial arts has become widely popular over the last decades, especially with the influence of movies. It is however still fundamentally a male’s world, or so it could seem. Girls or a woman usually only begin training after they had experienced a traumatising or violent event, or feel that it is a good […]