Unarmed fighting forms have be a part of Japanese culture for many centuries. Unarmed combat is mentioned in the earliest Japanese historical records. The Japanese fighting systems we know today have their origins found in ancient Japanese battlefield combat systems. The fighting styles that fall under the general name Sengoku Jujutsu were originally not for unarmed combat as much as they were to help a lightly armored warrior defeat a heavily armed warrior. The heavily armed…
Clever Techniques And Simple Principles Applied On The Wooden Dummy.
Wing Chun is a wonderfully fluid martial art with practices and techniques that flow nicely from form to form, with locks, throws and strikes. However, they all take practice, and if you go to a martial arts school, you’ll find that school time is best devoted to lessons with hands on help and sparring, so you can see how those techniques match up when faced against a real person. Wooden dummy techniques are a good way to practice them when you’re not in class.
Coming To America – Jow Ga Kung Fu
I recently got to go as a guest teacher at another school that focuses on Jow Ga Kung Fu. Now, I like learning new Kung Fu styles, and have mostly focused on the Northern Chinese styles, which tend to be more holistic than the Shao Lin styles from the south. Since its discourteous to show up at a school as a know it all about your own style, without learning the style they use to highlight points of similarity, I asked if I could come in for a couple of private workouts …
Develop Complete Body Control, Fine Balance And Fast Reflexive Action.
Jujitsu training is one way to learn complete body control while fine-tuning your balance and reflexive actions. Jujitsu is form of martial arts that originated from the Samurai and is essential to hand to hand combat. Jujitsu means the Gentle Art and are said to be based on many Oriental legends. When using Jujitsu, you use your opponents energy against him. There are some weapons in the traditional version such as the Katana and the spear. However, we will not be fo…
Methods Of Qigong In Kung Fu Training
Qigong is a general name for the systems of hardening and improvement of body and mind, treatment and health enhancement created in China. They primarily based on the ability to control your own consciousness, mentality and through them all the physiological processes of the organism. Practicing Qigong you can achieve stunning results some of which even the powerful modern science cannot conceive and explain.
There are three main categories of Qigong: Health-improving, Fig…
The Bo and other Long Wooden Staff Martial Arts Weapons
A discussion of the long staff as a martial arts weapon.
The Difference Between Karate and Kung Fu
Explanation of the basic differences between karate and kung fu martial arts.
The Martialarm Introduction To Choy-Li-Fut
Choy-Li-Fut is a popular Southern variety of kung-fu in which the opponents oppose from some distance, which necessitate of each the proficient and expert development of long-hand abilities, as well as firm and solid grouning in the body, though the feet must be versatile.
The Martialarm Intro To Chow-Gar Kung Fu
Chow Gar is a short range fighting process from the Southern Shaolin, and is a form of Southern Praying Mantis, which is one of a number of Chinese martial arts. It is an frightening style with emphasis on close range fighting.
Are the Martial Arts still under development?
The changing of the arts
Throughout this history and development of the martial arts and all the combat systems of man our training tools have played a vital part in evolving and perfecting these systems and techniques. All the martial arts have been effected by the role that mechanical devices play whether it be weapons, dojo mats, breaking boards or even the uniforms we wear – all these paraphanialia indentify the martial arts into their systems and style.
Three Steps to Picking a Karate Studio.
Learn the right way to pick out a karate studio. It’s not that hard to do.
Beating Stress with Martial Arts
Are you a busy executive or mom trying to do everything? Are you getting so stressed out that it seems like youre not accomplishing anything? If so, you can use martial arts to combat that stress! Many of the skills and techniques used in martial arts training are the same skills and techniques you can use to rid your body of stress.