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Fighting and training methods for unarmed martial artists, including techniques for any level of ability, home workouts, exercises to develop specific attributes plus much much more. Also includes reviews on books dedicated to martial arts, improving health and fitness and biography's.
Recent Posts
Foot Sweep Tips
Foot sweeps are techniques that most people either love or they hate. They are not techniques that one can perform with little practise as there are many points to remember when sweeping and for this reason they demand much training and respect. Al...
Larry Hartsell
Today’s video is dedicated to the late Larry Hartsell, RIP. (August 15, 1942 – August 20, 2007) Larry was a martial artist who began with Judo, moved onto Kempo, studying under Ed Parker and then trained privately with Bruce Lee. After Lee’s de...
The Squat, A Great Exercise
Some people say that the squat is the king of exercises when it comes to weight training. Some people say that it is the king of ALL exercises, period. Others think that it should be avoided at all costs. Many people have strained there lower backs w...
Punching Power, Top 5 Methods
Punching with power is something that everybody wants to be able to do right from the start. Just like rookie weight trainers try to develop there pecs and biceps, rookie punches wish to develop there power. However, a lot of people simply do not g...
Warming Up the Mind for Martial Arts
One of the most basic but often heavily neglected parts of martial arts training is the warm up. It should be a time when one is preparing there bodies physically but also there minds mentally to do battle with themselves. After all, it is during tra...
Karate\'s Grappling Methods Book
With the boom of the UFC and now Lyoto Machida, a lot of karate ka are trying to learn grappling techniques so as to be able to fight in MMA. While this is a good thing, some do not go about the correct way of doing it. The priority of all at this s...

