In general Martial Art styles do not use weapons, the most famous arts, like Karate actually emphasize defending yourself without external weapons (Karate is formed by two ideograms: Kara, empty and Te, hand), just with your bare hands and the natural weapons your body has provided you. There are a number of Martial Art systems [...]
I’ve been into taekwondo before and I didn’t much care for it at all. It seemed more leaning towards showing off than anything and everyone there treated anyone but higher belts like shit and the instructors seemed to encourage it. Perhaps it was a bad place to learn but from Taekwondo demonstrations and such I [...]
US-Japan joint military exercise in the Pacific Ocean east of Okinawa island, Japan, on December 10, 2010. Keen Sword, a large joint US/Japan military exercise held every two years, is evolving away from its Cold War roots. About 45000 soldiers, about 60 ships, about 400airplanes from Japan and USA participated in this exercise.Keen Sword 2010, [...]
Hey everyone, I’m 43 years old and in solid good health. I guess I’m a bit of a late starter but man I’ve always wanted to get with a martial art of some kind, really train hard and make it a part of my life for the rest of my life. I guess busting my [...]
I want to study martial arts but there are so many out there. I want to learn practical self-defense where I learn strikes, grappling, and throwdowns and also weapons disarming. But I also want to learn stealth kinda like ninjutsu. I also want to learn a martial art where you have to fight smart rather [...]