Martial Arts Stories

UFC Silva pursues a career in acting

Mike Chiappetta Updated Sep 27, 2013 3:40 PM ET   At this point, there has been so much talk about the July fight between Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman as well as the December rematch that there is little actual news to report in regards to either…

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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu History

by MartialArtsNomad.com Brazilian Jiu Jitsu History The history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu goes back very deep and is very complex to explain. If we were to sit here and write out all the details about the history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and where it came…

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THE TRUE GOAL OF THE MARTIAL ARTS – KENSHO – SEEING THE LIGHT

In 1447, Iizasa Choisai Ienao dedicated his life to worshipping at the Katori Shinto Jinja (shrine). While worshipping there one day, engaged in martial arts training, which was an aspect of his Shinto discipline and purification, a divine being appeared to him and presented him with a book on strategy, written reportedly by divine hands. This book, called the HEIHO ...

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THE REAL SECRETS OF JUJUTSU

THE REAL SECRETS OF JUJUTSU Jigoro Kano was a young man, already seriously involved in education, and he saw the trend of his nation. Things were changing. The emperor was leading a charge into the next century, trying to modernize Japan as quickly as possible. This was causing Japan to disregard it’s indigenous arts in favor of Western culture. While ...

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The History of Teaching Methods used in the Martial Arts

Too many times it is easy to assume that the martial arts have always been taught the way they are now. But this is highly unlikely, in that it is modern conveniences and attitudes, that have caused the martial arts to metamorphosis into the forms that they are now. Modern medicine has allowed the practice of the martial arts to ...

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Tachi: Stances for a Reason

In the Okinawan martial arts there has always been a great emphasis on stances. The reason for this, is that, through proper stance training, a small person can generate maximum power, which can then be used to effectively defend against a larger opponent. When Karate was first introduced into the Western world, one of it’s attractions was the power which ...

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Kata Ido: A Complete Training Method

Kata Ido, literally translated, means form movement_. It is used by many Okinawan stylists to develop the turns utilized in Kata. Many of the Goju Ryu Karate systems use Kata Ido, as does, Kiyojute Ryu Kempo. Basically speaking there is a formal method of practicing Kata Ido, which utilizes the three basic turns. First of all, there is the one ...

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Black Family Martial Arts 90th Anniversary

Black Family Martial Arts Celebrates 90th Anniversary In the winter of 1914, a fourteen year old boy ran away from his Pennsylvania home intent on seeing the world and to accomplish this he would lie about his age and join the Army. He was a large boy, larger than most men in his community. You had to b 16 years ...

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