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What is the definition of Pencak Silat? The official name used to indicate more than 800 martial arts schools and styles spread across more than 13,000 islands in Indonesia is called “pencak silat”. However, this is actually a compound name consisting of two terms used in different regions. The word “pencak” and its dialectic derivatives …
Bruce Lee.. Bruce Lee (Lee Hsiao Lung), was born in San Fransisco in November 1940 the son of a famous Chinese opera singer. Bruce moved to Hong Kong when he soon became a child star in the growing Eastern film industry. His first film was called The birth of Mankind, his last film which was …
Krav Maga Was Created And Developed By Imi Lichtenfeld.. Imi Lichtenfeld.. Imi Lichtenfeld, Israeli Grand-master (1910-1998). He started it in the late 1940’s when serving as Chief Instructor of the IDF for hand-to-hand combat. As a young man growing up in Bratislava, Slovakia, Lichtenfeld was a champion heavy weight boxer, a top-level wrestler and an …
A Set Of Potentially Life-Threatening Beliefs About What To Do In Dangerous Situations.. By Tim Larkin. Myth #1 You Should Reason With Your Attacker.. You’ve probably never pulled out a knife and demanded someone’s watch. That’s a good thing, of course, but it illustrates a vital point: Someone who would do such a thing doesn’t think …
It Has Always Been Said, Size And Age Don’t Matter In Self-Defense And Martial Art Training.. Here Are A Couple Of Videos That Prove This Saying. Please Enjoy And Be Amazed. https://youtu.be/2Sdo0rYnfIo https://youtu.be/wkrgHZTOw0o The Way Is In The Training..
A Breif History of Akido.. Aikido’s founder, Morihei Ueshiba, was born in Japan on December 14, 1883. As a boy, he often saw local thugs beat up his father for political reasons. He set out to make himself strong so that he could take revenge. He devoted himself to hard physical conditioning and eventually to …
The History Of Kodokan Judo.. by Keo Cavalcanti Judo had its origin in the ancient Japanese art of jujutsu, a system of hand-to-hand combat. The bushi of feudal Japan (samurai) are usually credited for developing jujutsu (at their time the art was known as Yoroi kumi-uchi, a grappling method for fighters fully clad in Japanese armor). …
Chinese Kung Fu.. Kung Fu, an ancient sport popular in China, has a very long history, during which a variety of skills were created and massively improved. Originated from the hunting and defense needs in the primitive society (over 1.7 million years ago – 21st century BC), it at first only included some basic skills like cleaving, …
There Is Very Little Information On Early Development Of Martial Arts.. . Most accounts cite China as having a significant influence on its initial rise, however, it is clearly Okinawa that spawned what we know today as karate. Okinawa had always experienced problems between rival kingdoms, but in 1429, the kingdoms were united and in order …
Champion Bohemian Kick Boxer Meets U.S. Marine I think that this just shows you that you can have a lot of talent but when it comes down to using your first and most important weapon your “Brain” if you do not use it for the task at hand and instead use it to show off …
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