The Most Essential Techniques of Shaolin Kung Fu

Different forms can be used in different situations and used to react to the movements of the opponent or attacker. With so many difference stances and forms, many students find that there is a lot to remember mentally, and a lot for the muscles to have to remember as well.

Hyperactive Children - Martial Arts Can Help

Enrolling your child in a quality martial arts school where classes are taught by professional and dedicated instructors might be a good first step to take if your child seems to be a bit “wired”. Or, if you hear teachers starting to use terms like ADD or ADHD.

Train Hard, Laugh Hard

So, how do you pick out a true warrior from the THOUSANDS of soldiers, cops, martial artists, athletes, and other assorted toughies? Simple. The ones that make you laugh hardest are the toughest.

Muay Thai Training Camps in Thailand

A Muay Thai aspirant should train at one of the Muay Thai training camps in Thailand. This is because the type of environment he will get here will not be available elsewhere.

Sambo, The Unique And Effective Russian Fighting Art

Russian martial arts differ from those of the east in that they are not so much based on techniques but are based on training concepts. In Eastern martial arts, the instruction is through rehearsing moves and techniques where as in Sambo and other Russian forms, they are taught to use improvisation but within a certain structure

Strengthen The Physique, Tone Up The Body And Improve Your Self-Defense Skills

It has been said that during practice, boxers take on many forms and can be as soft as willow twigs, as agile as a smart monkey jumping over a mountain gully, as mighty as a lion, and as powerful as a dragon stirring the sea.

Martial Arts Book Review: Karate Kata Heian #2 and Heian#3 by Masatoshi Nakayama

Sometimes, depending on the school and the instructor, the Heian katas are also called the Pinan katas. The section on the katas starts out with a very well done diagram of the footwork as it is to be performed in the kata. These diagrams are very clear and precise in their presentation. You may be a bit confused by them at first, but they will clear up just as soon as you perform the kata a few times.

An Interview with Sensei Bruce Miller Author of Secrets Of Power - The Mental Warrior

BM: I realized that the real power of martial arts was not in the physical side of the realm but instead in the ability to both train and understand the mind. But there have been so many feel good books that didn't give the real facts that I felt it was time to give people who really wanted to know an alternative. This is especially true with Autohypnosis which is a extremely useful mental technique but most people don't know about because there just isn't much factual material out there that is in a format that the non PHD psychiatrist or psychologist can easily understand. Furthermore none of it is really explained in a way that is applied to the martial arts. So I wanted to give martial artists the option of understanding and developing this tool.

The Secrets Of The Oldest Existing Chinese Martial Art

Although Shuai Jiao is the oldest martial art, it's split up into a bunch of different styles. In different regions of China, they practice Shuai Jiao with a little bit of a different flavor.

A Word About The Historic Beginnings Of Martial Art Vital Points

The Vital Point combat arts, has been misunderstood for many different reasons. One reason that needs to be acknowledged is that the early development of these art forms were created to destroy the enemy and the need to make these arts instinctual. There fore in those days the combat arts were a lethal art. It was a war-developed form of lethal hand-to-hand combat, which would render a man inanimate by means of unconsciousness and or death, preferably within one strike.

Do You Get Punked On The Mat?

Imagine you're having a great day and on your way to class to train. You've been looking forward to training all day and can hardly contain yourself. As you're warming up on the mat, you think of all the things you need to work on during and after class and your head is focused on having a good training session when suddenly... BAM!... he walks onto the mat and starts to warm up. There he is... your very own mat bully!

North America's Devils

The Devil's Brigade was a joint American-Canadian commando unit that was assigned some of the toughest mission in World War II. They pioneered close combat martial arts and tactics that paved the way for today's Special Forces units.

How Will You Feel If You Don't Do It?

There was a man always looking for some adventure in his life and decided to try bungee jumping. So, he found a group that scheduled local bungee jumping trips and he went with them. While on the trip, he noticed that there was an older lady that reminded him of his grandmother and he didn't think that she would have the nerve to jump when it was her turn. So, he paid close attention to her.

Listening Hands

Teng Lik or Listening Power forms the main essence behind the foundation of the Shaolin Ancestors system. During San Da (free fighting) whenever your opponent is outside your striking range you have the option to make or not make deliberate contact with your opponent's strikes and to do so would form what is called a Kiu (Bridge) and hence the expression Kiu Sau (Bridge Hand).