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This information is provided by Orange County Jiu Jitsu and MMA to help people become more aware of self defense scenarios. In this article, we will explain the most useful method to defend against multiple attackers.
Bob Sapp, an athlete born September 22, 1972 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is an accomplished kick boxer and martial arts fighter. He is known as "The Beast" and is most famous in Japan and Korea where he has appeared in television commercials and has even released a music CD called "Its Sapp Time". Related Article Tags: , , , , , ,
Like all martial arts or sports for that matter, Aikido has their own set of uniforms. The aikidogi or the uniform used in aikido is similar to the keikogi used in most martial arts. Keikogi is a term used to refer to uniform for training. This is a general term used to refer to uniforms of donned for traditional martial arts class. For Aikido it's the aikidogi, for Judo it's judogi, for Jiujitsu it's the jujutsugi, karategi for Karate, kendogi for kendo and the shinobi-iri and shinobi shozoku for Ninjutsu arts. The training uniforms used in martial arts are often times referred to as mere gi or dogi. Related Article Tags: , , ,
Even though it has been around for many years, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was made famous in the United States by Royce Gracie in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Many people weren't all that familiar with the style until Gracie entered the UFC and continued to dominate fighters of all styles and weight classes one after the other. Once people began to see how quickly Gracie could defeat an opponent, they quickly became interested in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
Throughout the world of martial arts, the style known as Kempo is one of the best. Kempo uses extremely fast strikes, which is the area it is most known for. Kempo has been around for many years, originating from Japan. It was tested on the ancient battlegrounds, using punches, kicks, and very little grappling. Kempo employs weapons as well, including disarming techniques against opponents who are using weapons. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
Imagine walking home late at night when suddenly a group of people come out of nowhere and begin to surround you. The individual can cry out for help in the hopes that the locals will offer assistance or just give the money and hope that the hoodlums will leave after that. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
What Is Jiu Jitsu? It is a Japanese form of martial art styles which consists of grappling and striking techniques. History shows that this was first introduced before 750 AD and this reached its peak when Japan was united in the early 1600's. The reason why Jiu Jitsu flourished was because no one was allowed to carry weapons anymore. This meant that the only way to protect yourself was through hand to hand combat which even someone smaller can do to win over a bigger and heavier opponent. In the years that followed, this martial art was taught to both the police and the army. Related Article Tags: , ,
Aikido is a kind of martial arts which is often considered as modern Japanese budo. This martial art's emphasis is on the spiritual and philosophical development of one's self. The word "Aikido" basically means "The Way of Harmony with the Spirit." It is the study of the natural laws and how they harmonize with the mind and body. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
An explanation of one mans introduction to boxing and martial arts and why he's never looked back. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
What is MMA? MMA stands for mixed martial arts. Mixed martial arts is the blending of two or more fighting systems. The most common styles combined are striking and ground techniques. Related Article Tags: , , ,
Learn the right way to pick out a karate studio. It's not that hard to do. Related Article Tags: , , , , ,
With the rules and sanctioning of certain mma events there has been an explosion of new followers of mma (mixed martial arts) The purpose of this article is to help familiarize the new fans of this sport with some of the terms that are used. Related Article Tags: , , ,
There is a lot of confusion over the word and rightly so as there is no true equivalent word in English. There are at least 3 common usages of the term which are all correct depending on the context. The first two are easy to explain and most of them have heard them before. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Shuai Jiao is probably the world's oldest martial art. In modern Chinese, its name is used to refer to any wrestling sport. Outside of China, though, it means the ancient Chinese and Mongolian wrestling styles. Legend has it that Shuai Jiao is descended from a sport called Jiao Di, where the contestants wore helmets with horns on them and tried to head butt each other. I don't know about you, but I bet getting hit by one of those hurt! In 2687 BC, the Yellow Emperor's army even used Jiao Di to gore rebel soldiers. Related Article Tags: , ,
If you train in any sort of martial arts grappling, you know that protective equipment is extremely important. Anyone who has the stones to enter a sparring match without a cup on, wont be standing for for long. Theres protective equipment like the well-padded foot gloves that I wear when Im coaching, so I dont do a spin kick and accidentally take someones head off if they miss a block. But the protective equipment I want to talk about today are the martial arts sparring shoes. Related Article Tags: , , , ,
The UFC, or Ultimate Fighting Championships, was off to a rocky start in 2001. The first pay per view special went overtime and the viewers did not get to see the end. Additionally, the early era, when rules were much less strict, was seen as spectacle instead of sport. This has completely turned around. The UFC was able to enforce standards, recast from no holds barred to MMA, or Mixed Martial Arts, and now threatens to KO boxing. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
In order to learn Wing Chun, it is important to understand the history behind it. There are many versions of how Wing Chun came into being. Some say it was started by Ng Mui, a Buddhist nun who developed it over 300 years ago in southern China and named it after her student, Yim Wing Chun. While others believe it was started by a Shoalin monk in the early to mid 1700s. Related Article Tags: , , , , ,
My coaching, consulting and article submission clients always ask me, "Eric, what should we write about?" Related Article Tags: , , , , ,
Article on starting the martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Do you want to know about one of the most unusual, most underrated types of martial arts fighting? I learned all about this great fighting style called Ba Gua Zhang. It really blew me away because this style of fighting is not like most fighting techniques, especially not like all those extreme moves you might see on television or in the movies. Related Article Tags: , , , , ,
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