UFC Owners Purchase Pride Fighting Championship

If you're a mixed martial arts fan, you're probably sick of that headline. You're sick of hearing how Lorenzo J. Fertitta and Frank J. Fertitta have purchased PrideFC from it's former Dream Stage Entertainment owners and ousted former CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara. You want to hear more about what is possible the biggest month in Mixed Martial Arts history, April 2007.

Fighting Postures to Create Power, Flexibility and Movement

Ever wondered why Chuck Norris always looked as if he just came off a horse when he delivered a punch? It's all in the stance. Learn the basics of Karate and why the stances are so important.

Great Honour for Martial Arts Instructor

Brighton Fitness and Martial Arts Instructor Matt Hobden recently visited Choi Kwang Do HQ in Atlanta USA to test for his black belt in front of Martial Arts legend Grandmaster Kwang Jo Choi. Choi Kwang Do is the world's fastest growing martial art. The art is non-contact and non-competitive and promotes wellbeing, health and fitness through it's easy to learn sequential movements, which attracts people from all walks of life.

What Does Functional Swords Mean

The term Functional Swords is widely used but not understood. This article may help to explain this confusing term for sword buyers.

The History of Tai Chi

What do you really know about Tai Chi? By knowing it's true roots, one can fully appreciate the way it works in conditioning our mind and body.

How To Explain Karate Kata To Beginner Students

Kata training is at the heart of karate - but how do you explain kata to a beginner or non-martial artists?

Modern Components of Reality-Based Self-Defense

Looking for real self-defense training? Make sure you get what you are looking for. Discover the 5 essential components needed to improve your survival options.

How MMA Sparring Shoes Saved My Marriage

The bones of the foot are fragile. And kicking a wooden dummy in martial arts class was crippling me. My wife was making fun of me at the dance studio. I needed a solution!

Mixed Martial Arts Clothing: Wear and Beware

Clothing and martial arts have become fused into a culture, a lifestyle, and a visual statement of who you are and what you stand for.

Diego Sanchez Faces Josh Koscheck At UFC 69

According to Josh Koscheck's web site, it looks like the long awaited rematch from the Ultimate Fighter season one is here. These two Mixed Martial Arts, UFC contenders will face each other at UFC 69.

Does Kicking Work In Combat? Jeremiah Johnson Certainly Thought So and So Did His Enemies!

Perhaps one of the most influential yet little known historical facts about the utilization of the act of kicking in a genuine life and death situation comes to us not from the Far East, as one might expect, but from the Great Northwest Territories of the United States of America during the mid to late 1800’s. The man in question who utilized kicks to his advantage long before the average man had even really heard of kicking let alone trying it himself, was the famous or perhaps infamous mountain man, Jeremiah Johnson.

George St Pierre vs Matt Serra

Sometime early in 2007 (originally scheduled for February 3rd), George Rush St Pierre will put his UFC welterweight title on the line against Matt The Terror Serra.

Shaolin Tiger Kung Fu Mysteries Revealed

Since I watched Hong Kong kungfu movies as a kid, I loved Shaolin-style martial arts. Weapons, crazy kicks, open palm boxing, the works. It has a cool past, created by a hermit monk.

How I Started Writing My First Book and Why I Decided To Write It

Ever since I started my martial arts training back in the early 80's, I bought any and every book that I could get my hands on concerning every martial art that I could find. Even if it had nothing to do with the ones I had actually started studying. I had books of all kinds from Aikido to Zen and everything in between. Some of those books I still have to this day.