57 articles on "martial"

Choosing a Self Defense / Martial Arts School: a Parent's Guide

Choosing a Self Defense / Martial Arts School: a Parent's Guide by: Eric Gehler & Jim Johnson “Daddy, I want to take Karate!” “Mommy, Jimmy on the bus hit me again today” There are many reasons why parents want to sign their childre...

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Training Traditional Martial Arts

Training Traditional Martial Arts by: Peter Vermeeren All to often traditional martial arts and those who practice these ancient arts are considered dreamers, fools or historical mummies because we are training arts that flourished 400 or more y...

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Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) - What Should You Do To Prepare For A Fight?

You have trained extremely hard for the coming fight, a well scheduled fight? This article is going to share with you some steps to make sure you are prepared to perform your best for the coming Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight. 1. You must prepare yo...

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Self-Defence Vesus Martial Arts?

People have many reasons to enrol at martial art schools. However, majority do it to learn how to protect themselves. Most of the martial arts move toward a sport or competition oriented syllabus. We should know that sport martial arts and self-defen...

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Getting Strong For Capoeira

Getting Strong For Capoeira by: Lynn VanDyke Capoeira is all the buzz these days. I turned on the TV the other night to see a Capoeiristas (one that enjoys this sport/game) having a full makeover. On top of that, I went to a Cirque De Soleil sho...

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Is Martial Arts Equal Self-Defence?

The answer is no. No doubt what you learn from combative arts classes could be used for self-defence but they are just not self-defence. In reality, what you have learnt from the martial arts classes have nothing to do with the realities of protectin...

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Children Benefit From Karate

The parents of children who are failing in school often guilt themselves about what they may have done wrong, and will agonize about what they can possibly do better. There are many factors that play a part in determining whether or not a child will ...

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Martial Arts Drills For Kids

Martial Arts drills for kids develops the identical kind of muscle memory. Initially in a significantly simpler way with individual and then linked moves. The simple act of being pushed and stepping back into a well balanced fighting stance seems si...

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Kids Martial Arts

Some people think kids martial arts is tantamount to teaching kids aggressive things. This is not so, kids martial arts is a sport and as such teaches discipline as well in this ever-changing world, self defense. Some of the possible positives of kid...

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Martial Arts For Children

These days, martial arts are something that everyone should know. With crime at an all time high, knowing how to defend yourself is essential. For the children, martial arts can mean a lot of things. Even though martial arts is great for adults to kn...

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