Tai Quan Do

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae (태, 跆) means “to strike or break with foot”; kwon (권, 拳) means “to strike or break with fist”; and do (도, 道) means “way,”... [Read More...]

Martial Arts Movies

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films are characterized by extensive fighting scenes featuring specific martial arts, often following the training and progress of the protagonist in training a specific style or school of martial arts. [Read... [Read More...]

Kenpo

Kenpō is the name of several martial arts. The word kenpō is a Japanese translation of the Chinese word “quánfǎ. This term is often informally transliterated as “kempo”, as a result of applying Traditional Hepburn romanization, but failing to... [Read More...]

Ultimate Fighting Championship – UFC

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based MMA promotion. Dana White serves as the president of the UFC while Zuffa, LLC, controlled by Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, owns the company. [Read More...]  Read More →

Kung Fu

Chinese martial arts, sometimes referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term wushu (simplified Chinese: 武术; traditional Chinese: 武術; pinyin: wǔshù) and popularly as kung fu (Chinese: 功夫 pinyin: gōngfū), consist of a number of fighting styles that were developed over the centuries. Those fighting styles can... [Read More...]

Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used in competitions. The rules allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while... [Read More...]

Ju-Jitsu

Jujutsu (柔術, jūjutsu?) jujutsu.ogg listen (help·info), (”jujitsu”) or Jiu-Jitsu, literally meaning the “art of softness”, or “way of yielding”, is a collective name for Japanese martial art styles including unarmed and armed techniques. Jujutsu evolved among the... [Read More...]

American Karate

American Karate is a generic term usually referring to a system based on one of the traditional Asian karate styles but with a more eclectic (whatever works) approach typical of a Western instructor. So-called American karate has been both vilified and exalted... [Read More...]