Korean Martial Arts started over two thousand years ago with a form of Wrestling called Ssireum. Two thousand years later another form of Korean-Martial Art, Tae Kwon Do is the most widely-practiced Martial Art in the world. In between those two thousand years there isn’t a whole lot known about the ancient Martial Arts of Korea, because […]
If history’s greatest fighters weren’t the Spartans then they were trained in the Japanese Martial Arts, the Samurai Warrior. These two great Warriors had a lot in common. They both were fearless, trained for years to hone their fighting skills and had the mindset to either win in battle or die fighting. Both were trained […]
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 […]
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 […]
Luta Livre Esportiva is a Martial Art that in Portugese means “free Fight”, and is an “all encompassing” Martial Art, that contains both Grappling and Striking. Luta Livre Esportiva was created by Euclydes Hatem in the mid 20th century in Rio De Janiero Brazil. Luta Livre started out as a Ground Fighting style, that emphasized […]
Grappling is a general term for a form of fighting that utilizes techniques such as Clinches, Takedowns, Sweeps, Throws, Pins, Submission Holds, Escapes, Turnovers and Reversals, but no Striking. The eariest forms of Grappling date back to the beginning of Man. Wrestling is a form of Grappling and has been around since the first humans […]
The Greek Martial Art of Pankration was the first form of today’s MMA Fighting. The Greeks were the Bad Boys of the ancient world. They lived to fight, and fought to live. Greece was a group of city states that would ban together to fight foreign invaders. And when no other enemy was around, they […]
Martial Arts are systems of techniques practiced with the objective of developing Fighting Skills to be able to defeat an enemy, or opponent in a fight. Some Martial Arts are practiced competitively, (combat sports) such as Boxing, Wrestling, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing and Muay Thai. And some are purely for Self Defense, such as Combative Systems that were developed with techniques […]