2-Minute Fitness

Why would I want to write about yet another fitness program? There are so many out there. There is no escape from fitness programs whether you watch TV or read a magazine or newspaper.

The reality is t.....

7 Ideas to Take Your Fitness Training Outside

By Kyle Battis CSCS, ATC, NSCA-CPT
www.HomeGymSecrets.com

Are you getting bored with your current training routine? Are you sick of driving to the gym to work out when the weather is .....

8 Technical Aspects of the Martial Arts

In the past Japanese samurai, Mongolian horsemen, Manchu bannermen, and European knights spent a lifetime learning the highly complex art of fighting. It took many years of discipline to master the t.....

A Gorgeous Flooring for Yoga and exercise, Tatami Interlocking Mats

Tatami interlocking floor mats are presented by InterlockingFloorMat.com. This Tatami mat is new generation and comfortable flooring for Yoga, Martial Arts and Exercise Sc.....

A Martial Arts Website Using Mind, Body and Spirit.

http://www.taichiacademy.com.au/default.htm

I am very interested in Martial Arts, as I?ve been training in Tai Chi on and off for ten years as well as an Internal Martial Art ca.....

A Natural Bodybuilding Dó (way of life).

In the discipline of tae kwon do, the Korean martial art known for it?s powerful kicks, tae means to trample or foot, kwon means fist, and do means way. In its simplest form it is the way of t.....

About No Rules Full-Contact Fighting

Full-contact fighting appeals to participants who want to engage in realistic combat with an opponent. Competitions tend to be more aggressive and may have few rules or almost no rules except the impera.....

Advanced Military Technology In The Martial Arts

Martialarm Martial Arts System

Martialarm Martial Arts Kung Fu is a total control system incorporating scientific body weapons with unconditional workability in both attacks and defens.....

Advantages of Martial Arts for Kids

Martial arts are still considered a rather controversial subject, and the unfortunate misconception that they can promote violence is still present. However, just a little research will show any parent t.....

Aikido: Sensei Derek Eastman Biography - Part One

Interview with Sensei Derek Eastman. 5th Dan.

I have known Sensei Eastman for some 12 years and during those years I have heard so many stories about both Sensei Eastman a.....

Aikido: The Derek Eastman Sensei Biography: Part Four

Final Part Four:

Relocating and Leaving the HUT.

Q: DW.

Sensei, You told me earlier that this was around the time you got married and moved away from the HUT and t.....

Aikido: The Derek Eastman Sensei Biography: Part Three

Part Three:

Q-DW: With all the years of hard training and instruction going up through the kyu grades what was the final path to your first dan ?

A-SE: I was always fort.....

AMAZING kung fu martial arts HISTORY

The term 'Kung Fu' does not relate to any specific form of martial art, but rather translates as 'skill' or 'ability'. Scholars believe that the use of Kung Fu to describe the Chinese martial form or.....

Are The Martial Arts Still Under Development?

What is a martial art?

A martial art can be defined as any skill that can be applied in warfare. The word martial means "military." So traditionally, a martial art is a military art. The .....

Are You Combat Fit?

If you are looking to compete in Ju Jutsu Kumite or submission grappling then one of the main factors to consider and improve his fitness. This, in and of itself, is a vast subject.

Now, when I first began to .....

Before You Buy That Self Defense Product

Self-defense products are gaining in popularity because they are effective against attacks, and they don?t take as much time to learn. Martial arts or other self-defense courses are great to learn, .....

Black Belts And Good Wine

A few days ago I was sitting at my terrace with some friends talking about the warrior ways whilst having a glass of wine. I like to have a good glass of wine now and then and especially when it is a Spanish red w.....

?Bodybuilding Sins? That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts: Part 2

In this article we are going to talk about how bodybuilders tend to create massive muscle imbalances and what you can do to not be one of them.

Welco.....

British Aikido Board Controversy

British Aikido Board acronym BAB or
Bad at Budo, this is the governing body for Aikido in the UK, In the UK we have a governing body for each of the martial arts, the governing body should oversee its's .....

British Aikido Board National Nepotism Seminar

The British Aikido Board
Disastrous National Nepotism Seminar 2004 ? 99 Students
By Henry Ellis ( BAB Founder member - now resigned )

For many years The British Aikido Board ( .....

British Aikido Board National Nepotism Seminar 2004

The British Aikido Board
Disastrous National Nepotism Seminar 2004 ? 99 Students
By Henry Ellis Co-author of Positive Aikido.

( BAB Founder member - no.....

Capoeira the Brazilian Martial Art

We should travel back to Brazil during the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries in order to better understand the
Brazilian Martial Art Capoeira.

Brazil also had slavery like the United S.....

Childhood Obesity

Along with the increase of obesity in adult, childhood obesity is on the rise. Around 15.5 percent of adolescents in the United States, aged 12 to 19 are obese. Even more alarming, about 15.3 percent of children ages 6 .....

CHOOSING A SELF DEFENSE / MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL: A PARENTS GUIDE

CHOOSING A SELF DEFENSE / MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL: A PARENTS GUIDE

?Daddy, I want to take Karate!?
?Mommy, Jimmy on the bus hit me again today?

There are many reas.....

Choosing The Right Martial Art

Every day new martial arts are born and other disappear. They look so different yet so alike. When choosing a martial art for yourself or for your children it is sometimes very difficult to pick the right one......

Choosing The Right Self Defense Class

You just had a close call - you were waiting for the bus after staying at work late. The neighborhood gets a little rough after hours and a suspicious character approached you. Before things could esca.....

Creatine is just more than a supplement

Creatine is proving to be one of the most promising, well researched, and safe supplements ever discovered for an exceptionally wide range of uses.

Although creatine offers an array of benefits.....

De-Mystifying Fly Fishing

I remember the first time I saw someone fly fishing. I think I was five years old. My father, my sister and I had back packed to a remote alpine lake. My trusty Zebco with the closed face push button casting reel, .....

Diet and Exercising for Weight Loss

Obesity is now being called an epidemic in the health community. In fact, it will soon be the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, even ahead of cigarette smoking. Obesity leads to ty.....

Early Days Of British Aikido

In 1957, I was studying Judo and Karate at the Abbe School of Budo at the "Hut" in Hillingdon, Middlesex, a suburb of London. My teacher was Ken Williams Sensei, and we were all students of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei .....