Archive for May, 2009

Benefits Of Boxing Training For Fitness

Easy to follow boxing training programs bring you several benefits. Fitness is just one among them. Boxing training gives you the tools and reasons to develop quickly a strong body and unshakable confidence. It gives you the confidence to survive unlucky, unwanted street scenes.
Make legs more powerful and arms well formed with intense boxing trainings. [...]

Karate tourney judges: how do you score one weapon kata against another, if they are different weapons?

I am taking my eku (oar) to a traditional karate tournament for the first time and I am really nervous. I think my kata is very good, but I am concerned about "weapon discrimination". I think many people have never even seen an eku before, and I am going to a tournament where nunchaku katas [...]

What is Kung Fu? Do they use weapons? Is it better than karate?

Kung Fu actually means "the skill derived from long arduous training".
However, in todays context, it is a general term to describe the various traditional chinese styles of martial arts.
Weapons?
Sure there are weapons in Kung Fu as there are in other arts. The Chinese weapon arsernal is huge and in some cases, quite creative. Weapons [...]

Anger and Gender Expression

“Women don’t have problems with anger— they just manage it differently,” stated June Tangney, professor of psychology at George Mason University.
When a woman and a man get angry, it’s not necessarily the case that women get angrier than men or that men get angrier than women.
However, when women and men get angry it reflects [...]

Amazing Benefits in Boxing Workouts That Achieve More Than Just a Toned Body

You may want to get your health on track and build up a physically fit body by committing to the training in boxing fitness programs.
This is the ultimate way for you to achieve a tougher body and boost your confidence. Your fighting condition could be improved too with such boxing workouts.
Some positive results that many [...]

Are weapons used in Karate?

If so, what kinds of weapons? Swords, Nunchaku, Sai, ect?
And What about in Jujitsu, what weapons are mainly used there?
Thanx in advance. Peace.
Hi
Every weapon you named can be learned in Karate if you have a Sensei that knows it and can teach it. Not all Karate styles or even Ju Jitsu styles are the [...]

Fun, Fitness, And Self Defense All Rolled Into One.

My wife puts up with a lot, and I love her dearly, and I’m always grateful for the utter lapse in judgement she had in marrying me, over the advice of her friends. She’s appreciated that I do martial arts and that I write about it, and that makes us some money, but she’s [...]

are there any weapons in karate ?

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Tourist City Guide to Harrogate

Harrogate is a North Yorkshire town, with a population of 85,000 people. The town became a fashionable spa town in the sixteenth century, attracting masses of tourism and industry, and many still visit today for the spa baths and historical sights. Other than monuments and museums set up to explore and educate about the town’s [...]

Kick And Punch Your Way To A Better Summer Body.

Another day, another great workout. Since I had started kickboxing, I had kicked and punched my way to a great summer body. The results showed at the beach, in the club and in Shana’s eyes. I loved the way she looked at me nowadays. I had a date with her after my kickboxing routine and [...]