K-1: Past and Future

Mixed martial arts is on the cusp of achieving popular commercial success. K-1 , as it begins to make the transition from kickboxing to full contact, may be the organization leading the charge.

Shin-Toshi – Best Kept Martial Arts Secret

Shin-Toshi Karate is a form of Karate that was developed before Bruce Lee's Jeet Kun Do. It is the first martial-art developed in the United States.

Martial Arts Day Camps

Summer day camps are summer camps where the campers can go home at the end of the day and return the next day. These camps are designed for children who may not be able to handle long periods of being apart from their parents. Usually, these camps also offer the same activities and the same games that traditional summer camps offer. One of the most popular summer day camps are martial arts day camps.

The Simplest Form of Defense is Attack

In a very stressful situation, the pressure, confusion or adrenalin has affected you to a point so you cannot remember even simple techniques but if there is one point to work on here is to practice striking straight back at your attacker, targeting weak or sensitive areas.

Bruce Lee and Wing Chun

Want to know more about Bruce Lee's martial art secrets? Here's some insider tip you'd never find anywhere else...

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Belt Requirements

Belt levels are important for several reasons beyond the traditionally obvious; they allow us to place techniques in order of importance and build in a logical order. Just as anything you build, the foundation must be solid first and will determine the limits of our structure. The belt ranks help us to award students for their achievements, time in and aid in goal-setting.

Martial Arts Supplies

Martial arts are increasingly becoming sports in the contemporary world, with fighting styles such as boxing, tae kwon do and judo being turned into competitions. The popularity of marital arts has also resulted in the innovation of martial art supplies.

Is Karate Any Use as an Effective Self Defense System?

Is karate an effective martial art for self defense in modern society? What can we learn from mixed martial arts and is there a place for such training methods within traditional karate? If karate is to maintain a reputation as a valid self-defense system we have to stay with the times and keep our traditions alive by adapting to the latest proven training methods.

Tae Kwon Do Basic Information

What do you know about this Korean form of martial art? In Korea, it is practiced as the national sport, but it provides more than entertainment for those who learn it. Tae Kwon Do is used as a form of self-defense and exercise. Competitors come together in matches, somewhat like boxing, to fight, or spar, with one another.

Krav Maga Explained

Hebrew for contact combat. Krav Maga is the official self defense and hand to hand combat system of Israel. Krav Maga is a very modern and practical style of self defense that is the only style worldwide known as an art of self defense and not as a martial art.

Ultimate Fighting Championship - Not Quite What It Used to Be

Ultimate Fighting Championship is not what it used to be. Remember the days when the anticipation for fights was almost as much fun as watching the fight itself?

Martial Arts: The Number One Way to Combat Bullying

As parents, we do everything we can to protect our children from harm and to provide them with the skills they need to be healthy, successful adults. The problem is, we are not with them all the time. What our kids do at school is sometimes a mystery to us. Are they polite to their teachers? Do they participate in class? Are they bullying other kids? Are they being bullied?

Karate and Religion: Can They Work Together?

This article opens up the issue regarding the misunderstood customs of karate protocols, salutations, and disciplinary acts that may be mistaken for a religion or sect.

Become A Dangerous Martial Artist -- Fast

If you would like to double the speed in which you become a truly dangerous opponent to anyone who attacks you on the street, then you're going to love this. Check this out: