In the ancient world, men lived or died by their strength at arms. In the land now known as Thailand, warriors fought countless battles for survival, relying on combat techniques that were among the deadliest in existence. In that time before guns, wars were fought at close range with arrows, spears, swords, farming tools, knives and a myriad of other implements. When weapons broke or were lost, t ...
Author: Mark VanSchuyver
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In Enough, Jennifer Lopez endures one too many beatings from her husband, then decides its time to do something about it. Her fictional character turns to a real art Krav Maga, the official self-defense system of the Israeli militaryfor a little hand-to- hand help. She learns a few good techniques, which are actually drawn from the systems entry-level curriculum, and proceeds to wage war on her ab ...
Author: Ella Morse
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Sunday afternoon
- any Sunday afternoon after martial arts class. Scranton, Pennsylvania, a few years back. A girl sits in a Chinatown movie theater watching a Jackie Chan film. As the martial arts maestro combines kungfu with Buster Keaton-like physicality, Cynthia Rothrock studies the moves, wondering what it would be like to take her style to the screen. So what if she is female, American, b ...
Author: Marian K. Castinado
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Chinese philosophy and kung fu in particular teaches you to devote yourself to training, and to train for a lifetime.
The goal of Buddhism is to clear your mind completely and think nothing. One way of doing this is to concentrate on exactly one thing.
For martial arts monks kung fu is that one thing. They live it, breath it, dream it and never allow anything else to enter their mind ...
Author: Antonio Graceffo
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When it comes to weapons competition on the open-tournament circuit, two names stand head and shoulders above the rest. Larry Lam ruled the roost in the North American Sport Karate Association from 1989 to 1994.
He regularly wowed judges with his snappy kama and open-hand routines until his retirement in 1995. Extensive training in karate and kung fu and a fourth-degree black belt in taekwo ...
Author: Floyd Burk
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