http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles A longterm study of the martial arts is not the only way to acquire effective unarmed combat skills With the proper selection of techniques and training procedures nearly anyone can become skilled in close combat within six months Black belts who find this statement laughable need only look to the Special Forces of the US military It has been proved time and again that mastering one http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/INSTANT_GRATIFICATION.html The End Master Pan Qing Fus students run towards him like lost puppies They were my family he said Sometimes he cant talk about them because the subject is so full of emotion I gave them everything They had a hard poor life with no future and because of martial arts they have traveled the world When I left China I had to leave them behind Finally he could see four of them again http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/Iron_Fist_Master_Pans_Champions.html Is Aikido a Martial Art Sensei Henry Ellis 2001 This article originally appeared in 3 parts on the Cyberkwoon website It is here published in its entirety PART 1 At first sight of the above title I am sure that a lot of Aikidoists will be angry they will assume that this is yet another attack on the credibility of Aikido by other martial artists On this occ http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/Is_Aikido_a_Martial_Art_.html Part Two Choreography Aikidoists are often accused of practicing Choreographed Aikido and to be honest I must admit that these claims are very often justified with Uke attacker preparing to break fall long before he makes his attack and most of them attack off balance therefore making any multiples of techniques possible with the minimum of effort and of course this makes http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/Is_Aikido_a_Martial_Art__Part_Two.html People here may belittle sports arts Who Almost EVERY combatives man of any note CAME from a combative sports background Boxing wrestling judo WEF and ONeill SIXTH DANKodokan Judopersonal student of Uchijima Sensei a NEWAZA LEGEND are PRIME examples of this But HERES a BETTER contemporary example Damian Ross Mention his name in wrestling circ http://www.martialarm.com/martial-articles/Its_Not_a_Matter_of_Who_is_Right.html