When martial arts became teaching businesses (way, way back in history), you can (do most anything) and call it martial arts, as long as it sells....
arrogant? yes. patronizing? kinda. unproductive? NO. aside from combat sports, most MA nowadays are unproductive. martial arts chases after...
same here. did that twice during fights, all the other instances were during cpr...
i'll have to disagree. it's only because many people don't watch fights; a whole lot of fights. only with a proper frame of reference will someone...
Historically certified, yes. If not, why do these nobles invest in these expensive piece of scrap metal. Better than those vouch for their...
No, it counts for something: a sign of money and connections. If you don't have money to pay for the grade, you can't wear it. If you don't have...
well, the guys from the way old days don't have the conveniences of video recording, much less youtube. their kata is their .zip and .rar of their...
simple. not many people want to get punched in the face. they want an achievement that tells them they're badasses but don't want to bleed for it....
if you refer to the downward arm movement as "gedan uke" (low level defending), you'll never see Machida doing so. but if you look at the movement...
for me, there are 2 purposes of forms: 1. an exercise pattern to improve certain physical attributes. 2. a compendium of a style's techniques...
machida's fighting style in mma is virtually indistinguishable from karate competition (in their common points of striking arts) and very...
it's very sad that all of these "how does ___ work in mma" are just chock full of explanations and demo WITHOUT an iota of a fight/competition...
try using false time with a set-up jab, and see if it lands. most good and experienced fighters are sensitive to weight shifting cues from largo...
depends on how much you love your knees...
thanks. highly possible he is ex-jinenkan (as opposed to a current jinenkan member) because: 1. his name does not appear under the jinenkan...
from the looks of it, he references kobusho documents. the thing is, certain people exists; whether that certain person is connected to you...
IMO, they're dressed like jinenkan more, with their patterned keikogi and all. they also referenced manaka unsui's shiho giri kata in one of their...
not sure if jinenkan (but I surely hope not). I mean, having the guts to call their place kukishinden honbu, publishing a book on kukishin by a...
err.. what documentation? that toda hisajiro exists at the same time toda masamitsu was said to? what and where is the documentation that...
it is important if you are talking about styles, not rulesets. yes, many arts share similar techniques. but they focus on a certain set of...
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