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Wednesday 31 October 2012

Top 10 International Martial Arts every Karate Man should know about it



Martial arts are methods of codified practices and way of life of training for fighting. They can be deliberate for a variety of causes together with fighting skills, strength, self-protection, sport, self-cultivation/rumination, intellectual discipline, personality maturity and building self-confidence, or in the least mixture of the above. Here is a list of the top 10 international Martial Arts. The order is not particular. 

1. Kung Fu (Wushu)

The word “Kung Fu” does not precisely mean Chinese martial arts, but somewhat “skill or ability to do something”. A more correct name would be “Wushu”, which is the recent name for the Chinese martial arts. It is assumed that thousands of years ago the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma formed the art to help his students give attention during meditation. There are factually hundreds of styles of Kung Fu / Wushu that still survive today, a number of of the more prominent ones being Shaolin, Wing Chun, and Tai Chi.



2. Tae Kwon Do

Even though in the Korean language it can be slackly interpreted as “The way of hand and foot”, Tae Kwon Do is famous more by its powerful kicks than hand strikes. Followers consider that as the legs are longer and generally stronger than the arms, it is the most excellent weapon a martial artist has. People of both sexes and of many ages do Tae kwon both as an exercise and sport. It is now an Olympic sport as Participating millions of students worldwide.








3. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (also called Gracie Jiu-Jitsu) is also known as the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters around the world. It focuses on grappling and ground-fighting skills. Borrowing from Japanese Judo, the system was urbanized by the Gracie family during the early 20th century and has been growing ever since.







4. Judo

It is a modern martial art meaning “gentle way”, that begin from late nineteenth century Japan. The art was created by Jigoro Kano, who as a youth was frequently chosen on and bullied. After substandard understanding with Jujutsu, he developed methods with sweeps and throws which made size and strength inappropriate. Same as Tae kwon do, today it is an Olympic sport, where the main target in a Judo competition is to throw an opponent to the ground or make him put forward through a joint lock or choke-hold. The sense of balance between standing and ground fighting makes Judo a admired option for numerous martial artists.




5. Karate  

In Japanese Karate mean “Empty hand”. Karate is one of the more admired martial arts. It is instigated centuries ago from the island of Okinawa. Until the early 1900s, it did not seize on in mainland Japan, as soon as Master Gichin Funakoshi simplifies the self-defense skills and added a truth-seeking portion to the art. Presently, there are numerous different styles contained by Karate, but they are all differentiated with the similar hard blocks, kicks, and punches. Nowadays, it is accomplished and deliberated over the world.







6. Capoeira

Capoeria comes not from Asia, however again from Brazil. It was formed in the 19th century by African slaves, who had to camouflage the martial art as a dance. For the game, Music granted by drums and other instruments facilitate to set a rhythm which consists of two participants using gymnastic play as well as kicks, sweeps and head strike. The practice and tactics are key fundamentals to a well-played game.



 

7. Arnis / Escrima / Kali

It is Filipino Martial Arts called Kali/Escrima/Arnis are famous for their weapons, which consist of cane sticks, knives, and swords. Fighters in the very effective fighting styles use complicated footwork, stances, blocking and defuse to take out opponents.









8. Muay Thai

As Baseball to United States just like that Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand. This type of kickboxing is different (many says more vicious) than Western kickboxing for the reason that fighters are permissible to utilize feet, fists, shins, knees, and elbows in their attacks. The sport has gained worldwide attention and today’s there are many schools throughout the world.









9. Krav Maga

This fight system was urbanized in Israel and has been take up by military units and police forces around the world for its helpfulness. This martial art is not a sport and has no contest, but has a particular concentrate on self-defense in a “real-life” use. Students are trained to ignore disturbance and mete out maximum damage in close residence, making Krav Maga very successful.





10. Jeet Kune Do         
                                                                        
It is urbanized by the famous martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, Jeet Kune Do factually means “Way of the intercept Fist”. Not so much a martial art in the conventional sense, but it is a fight philosophy that includes behavior and distinctiveness from many other fighting styles, like Western boxing and fencing. There are no set singly training types, and practitioners are optimistic to understand techniques for themselves and to alter them if essential, giving the student free will to experimentation.
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Friday 26 October 2012

Martial Arts Entertainment


The initial record shape of martial arts enjoyment is most likely in 2000 B.C when Emperor Huang Di created shuai jiao (Chinese wrestling), as a competitive sport for his troops. History has since showed how to use martial arts and aggressive sports as a resource of entertainment has grow around the world. There have been numerous kinds of viewer competitions wherein men and women have come to blows each other for prominence, medals, money, service and liberty.

 
Now a days, media—movies, television, video games and the Internet are the sources through which people associate martial arts entertainment. Current martial arts medium can most likely be dated back to 1790 when the very last Chinese emperor, Chien Lung, bring together all the top opera troupes for his anniversary. After their acts, Chien Lung pulled out the finest players to make the Beijing opera, which included more martial arts moves and acrobatics into the opera. Today as we know it, without any Beijing opera, there in no way would have been a Chinese kung fu film business and no martial arts entertainment.


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