Archive for the ‘karate’ Category
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Important Exercising Habits for Kung Fu Students
When people think of martial arts, they often think about the iconic disciplines associated with it. These include the always-famous karate and, of course, kung fu. Kung fu is actually a term that refers to Chinese martial arts – the translation comes across as something like “human achievement,” which actually suggests kung fu [...]
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What Are the Most Popular Martial Arts Today?
The martial arts have been developing for thousands of years, so it makes sense that in today’s culture, you can find so many disciplines and sub-disciplines within the “martial arts” realm. But what kind of martial arts define what is going on today, and what are people interested in learning? Some of the [...]
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What Makes Karate Karate?
Many of us have heard of martial arts films. We’ve seen them, we’ve heard of fighting styles like karate, kung fu, and tae kwon do. However, if we were ever asked to differentiate between the styles, how many of us in the west would really know how? We throw out the term [...]
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How to Fix Your Martial Arts Woes – And Where!
You’ve heard it said before. “If you want to learn to speak German, there’s no better place to be on the Earth than Germany.” Why do so many people say this? Because it’s true! If you want to get fully immersed in a new skill, it’s often simple smarts that tell [...]
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Four Tips for Better Karate Footwork
Whenever you’re engaged in any activity that involves your own movement, it goes without saying that your footwork is absolutely vital. Good footwork keeps you quick, grounded, mobile, agile, and ready to adapt to different situations. Bad footwork will mean you’re susceptible to quick attacks and won’t have the leverage to hold your [...]
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The Karate Primer: Understanding the Goals of Karate
If you’ve ever seen a movie fight sequence, there’s a good chance you already know what the public perception of “karate” looks like. A hand chop here, a punch and block there; essentially, it looks like choreographed dancing. But in reality, Karate is more than fighting well enough that you look good; it’s about [...]
