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Finding the Right Martial Arts Discipline For You
So you want to take up a martial art. Great! You’re already on the road that can promote greater self-confidence, physical fitness, and discipline. But there’s just one thing: which type of martial art do you want to take up? If you’re interested in breaking boards, an art like Tae [...]
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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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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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What is Grappling, and Is It a Martial Art?
Have you ever heard of “grappling” before? Okay, you’ve heard it in the title to this article, but if you’re not very exposed to the world of mixed martial arts, there’s a good chance you might not have heard of grappling. Grappling is a specific discipline and method of exercise that can be [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Is Martial Arts the Ideal Hobby?
When someone asks you what your hobbies are, what do you respond with? Some people hate to answer the question, and it’s no wonder why: their best response is “Uh…playing XBox 360?” Hey, nothing against video games, but sometimes you have to get out of the house in order to realize the [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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