Okinawa Karate | Masaaki Ikemiyagi
2019-01-23
Okinawan martial arts refers to the martial arts, such as karate, tegumi and Okinawan kobudō, which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island.Read More →
The Freakiest Freak Show Fight Of All Time
2018-12-03
Flashback: The Freakiest Freak Show Fight Of All Time Ah the good old days, kinda… Back when the Japanese had a strangle hold on combat sports, MMA and kickboxing were literally insane. Keeping with the Japanese tradition when it comes to pretty much anything televised, combat sports shows were totallyRead More →
How Fake Martial Arts Are Created
2018-08-15
How Fake Martial Arts Are Created • Martial Arts Journey Looking at some martial arts, which often times get labeled as fake martial arts, it’s sometimes difficult for a combat sports practitioner to understand what these practices are expecting to achieve with their complex choreographed movements. Is it a wayRead More →
Awesome 2 fake martial art
2018-07-29
The Vulcan neck pinch Star Trek’s Spock is someone you don’t want to mess with. On top of being a pretty accomplished scientific the guy can fight, too. Oh, and he doesn’t need flashy kicks or intricate techniques to fight off enemies. Nope. All he need is a simple pressureRead More →
Are Traditional Martial Arts Really So Weak?
2018-04-18
(LI SHIGONG) A short video on social media showing a “fight” between a mixed martial artist and a tai chi “master” recently attracted a lot of attention. On one side was Xu Xiaodong, a Beijing-based fighter, coach and promoter of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) combat sport. In the otherRead More →
Some signs of a Fake Instructor
2017-12-03
You signed up to take martial arts from a local school. The dojo is well designed and your instructor is a nice guy and a total master – you think. After some time though you begin to realize something is wrong. You watch other martial artists on social media, YouTube,Read More →
Someone Check Bohdi In Already… Part 2
2017-11-04
Here’s a screen shot of Mudit later trying to cover his ass (because it amuses me): Can you smell the stink of “Oh, man…I really fucked up…”? And , of course, Mudit is deleting any comment that contradicts his version of events, just like his lord and master Bohdi taughtRead More →
Someone Check Bohdi In Already… Part 1
2017-11-03
Well, it didn’t take long for Bohdi to make me break my promise. So, Bohdi dropped his bombshell, which has landed with quite a wet thud on his own foot. It’s hard to know what to make of Bohdi’s latest attempt to prove that I am Alain Burrese (or thatRead More →
Do people still think 52 blocks is a fake martial art?
2017-10-24
What you should do is post the lineage traceable to the sources of “African Wrestling” and “European Boxing” and whatever else is in the Mix. Something like this: Goju Ryu was developed by Chojun Miyagi, who learned Naha Te from Kanryo Higaonna, and also learned from Seisho Arakaki and CraneRead More →