Goju-Ryu in Japanese means “hard-soft style.” Goju-Ryu is one of the four main traditional Okinawan styles of Karate. It features both hard and soft techniques. Go means hard, and it refers to straight line, closed fist attacks, and Ju means soft and refers to circular movements, and open hand techniques. Goju-Ryu includes striking techniques such as punches and kicks, and also […]
There are a number of different Karate styles, each one developed with the intention of being able to defend one’s self against an attacker and to put an end to the altercation in a fast, painful and destructive manner. Some of the many different styles are:
Okinawan Martial Arts are around 1400 years old. The Okinawan Martial Arts occurred due to the migration of the Chinese Martial Arts into Okinawa. Apparantly the Okinawans like to end a fight fast, with a couple of well placed blows to the vitals rather than to get into a long drawn-out brawl. That was and […]
Gene Lebell is a former American Judo Champion, professional Wrestler and movie stuntman. “Judo” Gene LeBell won the AAU National Judo championships in 1954 and 1955, both heavyweight and overall, while weighing only 165 pounds. LeBell also trained in Wrestling and other Martial Arts. “Judo” Gene fought in the first televised Mixed Martial Arts bout […]
Bruce Lee was a phenomenom. He was a person with tremendous natural ability, combined with a fanatical desire to push himself to reach new levels of expertise. And he had the intelligence to know how to do it. Bruce Lee was a believer in mixing Martial Arts techniques, finding and using the ones that worked, […]
Sanshou is also called Sanda. Sanshou literally means freehand, or it literally means free fighting. Sanshou is Chinese Hand to Hand Combat. Sanshou is not a style itself, but one of the two components of Chinese Martial Arts training, the other being Taolu (forms).
Choi Li Fut is a combination of many different styles of Chinese Martial Arts, (including Northern and Southern styles) Choi Li Fut was developed around 1836 and it includes the Five Animals: the Tiger, Crane, Leopard, Snake, and Dragon styles. Choi Li Fut contains a wide variety of techniques, including Punches, Kicks, Sweeps and Takedowns, […]
Hung Gar is a style of Kung Fu from Southern China. It was founded around 1700 A.D and is known for its low stances, especially the Horse Stance, and for its strong hand techniques including the Bridge Hand and Tiger Claw.
One version of how Chinese Martial Arts started was by a Bad-Ass Indian monk who brought Martial Art techniques along with internal strength or Chi from India to China and the Shaolin Temple. His name was TA MO, or called Bodhiharma in India. Bodhiharma was born a prince in a small tribe from Southern India. And since he […]
In Portuguese it means “anything goes” and it pretty much does. Vale Tudo is a Hand-to-Hand, No Holds Barred, (well not many) sport that started in Brazil during the 1920s. In Vale Tudo different styles of Martial Arts were pitted against each other to see which was the best in a real fight. Carlos and […]
