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There is none to equal him on earth—Shaolin Kung Fu

Thug Catcher deals with a simple attack from the rear. Somebody attacks, and you feel it, and move in front of it. Simple. Well, maybe not simple until you understand that you must not have your awareness aimed behind you, rather, you must be able to stop worrying about what is behind you and focus [...]

One day my son came to me and said, ‘Dad, I think I want to learn Karate. Now this gladdened my heart. Over thrity years of martial arts at the time, and I had never forced my sons to do the art. I had encouraged them, talked to them about the benefits, but never forced [...]

To the best of my understanding, nobody has considered the martial arts as a puzzle. No one has ever thought of the Martial arts as a mystery to be solved. Nobody has ever assembled the puzzle to see what the martial arts actually are.   When the question presented itself to me, and I solved [...]

T At the heart of the martial arts, though I have never seen nor heard of it discussed, is the ability to make beams. I say beams, and I include tractor or pressor or any other kind of beam. A beam refers to a line, though it need not be a line, of energy that [...]

The common attitude towards the martial arts is that they are a rite of passage. Rite of passage is a common concept amongst societies. But, modern society doesn’t really need rite of passage, rather, it needs a logical approach to make the martial arts easier to learn and more effective. This, of course, means that [...]

The first thing you are going to have to learn is that it doesn’t take a lifetime to learn an art such as Tai Chi Chuan or Pa Kua Chang or Aikido. Look, the army makes soldiers in under six months, and that includes some pretty high tech stuff! And, when you add up the [...]

I know, the question is a bit bogus, as one should be comparing arts such as Karate and Aikido merely so as to make them compliment each other. Thus, with that statement made, let us discuss how the fist should wiggle into the glove. No pow and bam, just an honest, up front viewpoint for [...]

But, there is a certain science that has proven true in the martial arts. This is the science of how to use geometrical energy potentials. I discovered this field while reading a series of books called the Lensmen Series. I suppose the first time it hit me was when E. E. Smith, the author, described [...]

Wham and bam! Iron Mike Tyson, a few years ago, was knocking them down faster than they could stand up. More than half of his first nineteen fights ended in the first round, and always with the opposing fighter laying face down like a drunk that had been humped by a bulldozer! No other fighter [...]

There is an ancient martial arts phrase, when the student is ready the master will appear. Sounds pretty good, eh? You get so good that some ancient master pops out of the woodwork and passes along the sacred teaching! The truth of the matter, however is a wee bit different. In fact, the truth of [...]

There is only one thing that holds a martial artist back from reaching the True Martial Art. That one thing has one name…distraction. To the degree that one is not distracted, to that degree he will realize his goals, and to that extent he reaches the True Art. When one learns the martial arts one [...]

Some people would have you believe otherwise, but it is quick and easy to learn good karate or kenpo, or whatever art you wish to learn, from Martial Arts DVDs. You can learn hard core self defense, fighting karate, classical gung fu combat techniques. You can learn virtually any art, there are judo dvds, taekwondo [...]

STRENGTH :: The many stances of Wushu build leg and care muscle ( abdominal & lower back ) strength and the necessity of holding poses while training builds strong stabilizing muscles much the same way you would. Weapons practice works like weight bearing exercises, to build good arm and back strength as well. A [...]

How would you like to learn Jujitsu from Barack Obama? Or maybe a good solid class in Shotokan Karate from William Jefferson Clinton? No…well, how about, I’ve got it…Kung Fu as taught by Nancy Pelosi! You may think I am having a little fun with you, but there is a dark underbelly to all this. [...]