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Just
a natural mystic
Numerous others have benefited from the 40-something
master's video teaching programs on the Internet during his three-decade martial
arts career...
Heart
of a Samurai
But in the past decade, the mixed martial arts have fought their
way to a comeback.
New safety regulations have won over big-time promoters and
networks—not
Karate
Kids Kicking Bad Behavior in Harlem
Traditionally the school wouldn’t start training children in
martial arts until they were
around eight or nine years old, but Thorton came to realize that...
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River junior shows ‘rare dedication’ as world champion, teacher
The Union of Grass Valley, CA - Kuk Sool Won, which Reyna describes as the most comprehensive
of all martial arts, includes scoring on form, sparring, sword, staff and
technique...
Last April, Kuk Sool Won instructor Tony Reyna asked Ryan
Mathias, one of his students, what his plans were for spring break.
The 16-year-old told Reyna that he was going to be training for an upcoming
tournament — one that wouldn’t arrive until October. “That’s why he
wins,” said Reyna, owner and chief instructor at Gold County Kuk
Sool Won in Nevada City. “He’s so hard-working, so committed.
It’s rare to have such dedication.” “I’ve been teaching Kuk
Sool Won for 28 years and I’d say one out of every 10 years you
see someone dedicated like that.”...
High
school competitors drawn to sport Fort Myers High School's Walter Watson, 16, left, wrestles
Albert Martin, 15, of Palmetto Ridge in the 145-pound division
during Saturday's Turkey Takedown Junior Varsity Invitational at
Evangelical Christian School. Sixteen high schools from Lee and
Collier counties competed. (Terry Allen Williams/news-press.com)...
That is the consensus of a number of area high school wrestling coaches and
athletes who said their sport is seeing increased participation because of
the exposure and influence of those Ultimate Fighting Championship
stars and other mixed martial arts standouts. "I watched UFC and
college wrestling on television and saw the connection," Riverdale
sophomore Ernesto Silvo said. "A lot of the top guys in
UFC used to wrestle in high school and college, and I put two and two
together. That's kind of how I got into (wrestling)."...
Two World Champions in one family. Joshua and Jacob O'Connor have recently come home from the Taekwondo
World Championships in Italy, where 67 countries and 5,000
competitors took part. They both came first in their age category and
received a gold medal each. They have also gained many British titles
between them. Joshua achieved his black belt on 1 February 2007 at ten years
old and is due to take his Second Dan black belt this month. Jacob is taking
his black belt this month aged only eight along with his dad, Mark...
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Heart
of a Samurai Georges St. Pierre
Atlantic Online -
When John McCain used the phrase “human cockfighting” more than
ten years ago, he was referring not to the less delicate moments of
electoral politics, but to mixed martial arts, a combat sport in which
competitors employ a variety of fighting styles to try to force their
opponents into submission. The sport is a sophisticated and violent one, and
when it first debuted in this country in the early 1990s, it did not fare
well. Following the 1993 founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
(UFC) league, nearly 40 states banned the events, and they were disparaged
by many as a repository for washed up wrestlers and their equally washed up
viewers...
Karate
Kids Kicking Bad Behavior in Harlem The Epoch Times, NY -
NEW YORK—With winter setting in many parents are wondering
what to do with their children, who are starting to get cabin fever and
square eyes from too much TV. But it’s not just exercise that have parents
and teachers worried these days, and many are perplexed as to how to get
unruly children back in line and keep youth out of crime...
Harlem kids learn the old school karate way, which focuses
on shaping a strong mind and moral character as well as the karate
techniques. The teacher, Master Thorton believes the values of karate
discipline can help turn youth in the community away from n (Katy Mantyk/The
Epoch Times)...
Just
a natural mystic
China Daily, China -
On a summer evening in 2005, an official from Shiyan, a city at the foot of
Wudang Mountain, in Hubei province, was walking home from the office when he
was attacked from behind. "I tried to get a clear look at the man's
face while fighting and found it was my teacher Li!" recalls Yue Wu,
who has taught thousands of college students self-defense skills. Numerous
others have benefited from the 40-something master's video teaching programs
on the Internet during his three-decade martial arts career. "Finding
the right master is one thing, winning trust and learning skills is
another," Yue says. Yue was born in an impoverished rural village near
Wudang Mountain, where the locals are fond of practicing kungfu for
self-defense...
Dad
Flees While Daughter Fights off Armed Robbers
Babblebaby, Australia
And yet, when a San Diego dad who preferred not to be named found himself
hogtied by house burglars, his teen-aged daughter--a tae kwon do black...
Hero Stories written by Kids
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Is your brother a hero? Your pet? Your baby sister? Tell the world about
real life, real life rescues and acts of true courage and we’ll publish it
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David
Samuels interviews Ultimate Fighting Champion BJ Penn Bj Penn
Atlantic Online -
Hawaiian native Jay Dee “BJ” Penn is one of
the most talented fighters in the UFC. In 2000, he became the first
non-Brazilian to win a gold medal at the World Jiujitsu Championship
in Brazil. Four years later, he displayed his mastery of mixed martial arts
by jumping a weight class to defeat the reigning UFC welterweight champion, Matt
Hughes. On January 31, 2009, he will try to repeat his feat of
martial arts skill by taking on the current UFC welterweight champion,
George St. Pierre, who is regularly ranked along with Penn as one of
the top five mixed martial arts fighters in the world.
Here is a partial transcript of David Samuels’ ringside
conversation with Penn before the Rampage Jackson-Forrest Griffin fight last
summer:...more
Her
family ties are martial-arts belts
Modesto Bee, CA - Annabelle Jones of Modesto has lived by the
motto "The family that kicks together, sticks together." When she
married her husband, Rick, almost 20 years ago, she had one child and he had
three, and tutoring the children in martial arts became a way of unifying
the family, even after they had two more kids of their own. Their grown son,
Terrence Vandoorn, is a third-degree black belt, and now the third
generation is involved, with 5-year-old granddaughter Azaliyah earning a
purple belt this month. This kickboxing grandma is co-owner of West
Coast Martial Arts, a school blending traditional disciplines such
as tae kwon do and jujitsu with modern-day defense techniques...
Childhood obesity is on the rise, and one of the reasons is
that many parents no longer feel that the streets are safe for our young
boys and girls to play in. Finding a physical fitness activity in a safe
environment is priority number one. Kids karate and martial arts has a
laundry list of great positives:
Kids Martial Arts Builds Confidence:
Boys and Girls Martial arts and karate classes help the kids build
confidence through positive reinforcement and performing in front of the
group. Shy, withdrawn students come out of their shells and get comfortable
performing and explaining various martial arts techniques in front of their
fellow dojo members.
Kurt
Angle Is Still Lying About Competing in Mixed Martial Arts Bloody
Elbow -Luke Thomas Kurt Angle did an interview on the "Big O &
Dukes" show on 106.7 WJFK this afternoon (entire
interview here). Characteristically, he says he's working towards
getting involved in MMA, but a) he's busy and needs to sort out some issues
that conflict with his ability to fully commit to MMA and b) it depends on
what sort of offer Affliction or the UFC make him.
Kurt, you're lying. You've been talking about entering MMA
for over two years now without a shred of progress. You've constantly got an
excuse for not yet signing on the dotted line, yet you're perfectly willing
to suggest you're capable of beating the top-end fighters. You've got no
kickboxing experience, you've got no submission wrestling experience and
you've got no MMA experience. You are 38 and your career has been one filled
with severe injuries. While your wrestling background is incredible and
worthy of the highest regard, your professional wrestling antics of phony
hype, bluster and unfulfilled future promises does not hold water in this
sport.
Get in the cage and fight or stop talking...
AKF
Martial Arts
Geneva Sun, IL -
I've never been in a fist fight, I said to Craig Hutson, owner
and head instructor at AKF Martial Arts Dragon Kyuki-Do. I've
often wondered how I'd do. But hey, I'm not curious enough to risk getting
hurt. "A lot of people feel the same way," said Hutson. "This
is a good place to determine your level of comfort with physical and social
adversity. We have many expert fighters here who have never been in a street
fight. People come in here hoping that with regular practice, they can gain
the self-confidence to succeed at stopping a physical attack. That's why
they do it." And not just men. Hutson has female students too, he said,
who want more physical presence and more self-confidence...
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Van
Halen tour rider, all egos and karate
Prefixmag, NY -
... demand that David Lee Roth's dressing room has to be stocked with
sugar-free Red Bull, be rug-free and ready for some pre-show martial arts
warm-up...
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