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Understanding the Rules of Mixed Martial Arts
While most are knowledgeable about the many different styles of martial arts currently being practiced, there are still some people who are not aware all of the known techniques can be combined to create a completely new fighting styles known as Mixed Martial Arts or MMA. MMA is a combat sport that involves full contact [...]
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The Five Most Important Mental Aspects of Martial Arts
As many great fighters know, a hand-to-hand combat situation isn’t always about speed or strength. It’s about one’s own beliefs, courage, skills, and discipline. If you’re looking to succeed in any one of the martial arts, or even a more popular sport like mixed martial arts, you have to win the interior battle before you [...]
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What Strategies Do Each of the Martial Arts Employ?
Many people who are interested in the martial arts often find themselves asking what kind of martial artist they would like to be. Do they enjoy striking, such as punching or kicking, or are they more of a grappler? Do they want to incorporate both in the form of Mixed Martial Arts, or do they [...]
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Understanding Confidence, Not Cockiness
In the world of martial arts, as with many other pursuits that involve a skill, people want to know the “tricks” right away. They want to know how to punch, how to block, and how to put their fist through a plate of wood. This is similar to an investor who’s just starting out and [...]
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Five Facts About Martial Arts You Didn’t Know
We’ve come to associate the phrase “martial arts” with a certain type of fighting – usually the styles that originated in the Far East. But when it comes to this unique field of study, we might not know as much as we think we know. The popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) today has brought [...]
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How to Travel and Learn Martial Arts
For me, practicing Martial Arts is not only about the training, it’s about the culture and spirit of the warrior. Where better to really experience the culture and spirit of the martial art than in its birth place. For me, there is nothing better than training in an individual form of martial arts than at [...]
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Martial Arts
If you’re a parent who’s thinking about letting their child take a martial arts class, or simply a potential student who’d like more information, there’s a good chance the questions you have have been asked before. With that in mind, here are some of the most frequently asked questions about the martial arts. Question: How [...]
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How to Find the Essential Martial Arts Gear
If you’ve decided to take up a martial art, or if you’re providing for someone who has, you know that it’s time to get stocked up on gear. Along with a new hobby usually comes a new way of dressing – sometimes for aesthetic purposes, and sometimes for practical purposes. When it comes to martial [...]
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Should You Take Up Kickboxing?
When most people think about kickboxing, they don’t necessarily view it as a martial art, but virtually any type of active, physical fighting skills that are developed do indeed count as “martial arts.” So what exactly separates kickboxing from the other popular martial arts you’ve heard of, such as karate or kung fu? The more [...]
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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 understanding [...]
