One of the World’s Best MMA Fighters, Fedor Emelianenko is a Sambo champ and he uses those skills in combat every time he fights. Sambo is the national Russian Martial Art and is used for combat, sport and fitness in Russia. Sambo was developed by the Soviet Red Army in 1923 as a way of [...]
When one thinks of Martial Arts, the concepts of music and dance rarely spring to mind. In fact, one might think that dancing to music while performing Martial Arts might be in direct opposition with what a fighting art is all about! Capoeira flies in the face of such perceptions and blends drums, strings and movement into an athletic combative display that could be interpreted as a group-based activity, or a secret and deceptive form of fighting.
There is perhaps no image more evocative of the Martial Arts than the uniform-clad warrior with his or her foot kicking high into the air and in doing so, demonstrating strength, accuracy, flexibility and balance. Although many Martial Arts around the world focus on kicking as a form of attack, the Korean art of Taekwondo seems to epitomize the approach.
Karate is most certainly one of the iconic Martial Arts of the World. Characterized by strong and powerful strikes, Karate is an art practiced by millions. Shotokan Karate is a school of Karate that has a few notable differences from other styles…
Perhaps the most well-known sport in existence, boxing has been around for centuries. Boxing exists in all corners of the world and features the simple act of defeating another with the use of fists. It is a simple but deep martial art, home to some of the greatest athletes any sport has ever known.
Savate, also know as French Boxing, is a kick-boxing variant in which combatants link strikes and kicks to defeat opponents. What makes Savate unique among kicking arts, however, is that practitioners are only able to use their feet to strike, unlike some other styles that allow shin or knee kicks.
Dancing, Fights and Brawls… oh my!
Find out what happened in the MMA world this weekend that could have alot of people talking. As well a potential rematch between two up-and-coming fighters.
Movies and television shows the world over are filled with martial arts references and fighting sequences. It’s no surprise, as the many different styles of combat developed in the many different countries of the world provide a wealth of material to draw from when crafting physical conflict for the screen. But one thing that’s rarely covered are the true consequences of fighting with weapons and how swift a defeat can come at the hands of someone that really understands the tools that sit in their hands. Eskrima, the Filipino term to describe weapon arts, is a great example of what’s possible when fighting with weapons…
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