Fujian White Crane is a Southern Chinese Martial Art that originated in the Fujan province around 1700 A.D. Fujian White Crane is characterized by deep rooted stances, close range fighting, and hand techniques. Fujian White Crane is one of the five animals of the Five Animal Style of Shaolin Boxing. The other animals in this style are the […]
Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu was originally called Daito-Ryu Jujutsu and is a Japanese Martial Art that became well known in the early 1900s under Takeda Sokaku the Grand Master of Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu. Takeda Sokuku studied Aiki-Jujutsu with his grandfather when he was a boy, and at age 16 begin training under Tanoma Saigo, a Daito Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu […]
Chin-Na is a Grappling Martial Art from China that uses techniques to control or lock an opponent’s joints, muscles and tendons making him unable to move and eliminating his ability to fight. Chin means to seize or trap, Na means to lock or break. Chin-Na is believed to have played a role in the development of Japanese Ju-Jitsu. […]
Atemi Waza, in Japanese the term Atemi means blows to the body. Atemi can be delivered by any part of the body to any part of the opponents body. Some Atemi strikes against vital points in the body can kill or incapacitate an opponent. The development of Atemi techniques comes from the evolution of Japanese […]
Wrestling is one of the worlds oldest Martial Arts, and ancient Combat Sports. When cavemen started fighting other cavemen Grappling was one of the first forms of Combat, and Wrestling evolved from it. There are cave drawings of men Wrestling, estimated by whoever estimates cave drawing ages, to be more than 15 thousand years old…give or take […]
It’s known by many names: Thai Kick Boxing, Muay Thai Boxing, and Muay Thai Kick Boxing. It’s also called the art of Eight Limbs because the hands, elbows, shins, and knees are all weapons in this fighting art. Another thing you can call it is Devastating. Potent and Effective Muay-Thai is one of the most effective […]
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was originally known as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. It was developed by the Gracie family of Brazil, from Japanese Judo, that was first taught to Carlos Gracie. And then refined by his younger brother Helio Gracie, to become the effective fighting art that it has been for almost a hundred years. Although it was not […]
Boxing’s predecessor, Fist-Fighting, is most likely the oldest form of fighting, and only Wrestling predates Boxing as a Combat Sport. People have been fighting and beating the %$#! out of each other since the beginning of time – since the caveman days. And early on someone figured out that punching somebody in the face is […]
Aikido is a Japanese Martial Art developed by Morihei Ueshiba during the late 1920s through the 1930s. Ueshiba is often referred to as (O-sensei) Great Teacher. Ueshiba studied several different styles of Jiu-Jitsu, including Tenjin Shin Yo-Ryu, Kito-Ryu, Yagyu-Ryu, Aioi-Ryu, Shinkage-Ryu as well as Judo and Japanese fencing, and incorporated some of these techniques into […]