By Morne Swanepoel South Africa is known as the land of sunshine and scenic majesty. The world’s strangest and most dramatic landscapes…nature’s richest treasure chest of gold and diamonds…a unique wealth of animal and plant life…a kaleidoscope of exotic, sun-blessed people…can there be a land anywhere on earth more enticing than Southern Africa? Southern Africa …
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Feb 28 2002
Edged weapon tactics and counter tactics
by Darren Laur Edged weapons are amongst the most ancient of implements usedby human adversaries engaged in interpersonal conflict. Their use tends to culminate in the premature extinction of one and sometimes both parties. Unfortunately the potential lethality of the blade is not always realized or taken into account when confronting a knife-wielding attacker. There …
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Jan 16 2002
Street 101
by Darren Laur Acknowledgements: In preparing this post, I have attempted to put into writing some of the information that I have gleaned over the years specific to self protection and the “way of the street” In doing so , I had the opportunity to integrate a number of ideas and concepts from others …
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Aug 26 2000
On Understanding Form and Function
by Harvey W. Liebergott (Originally published in T’ai chi Magazine. (Vol 23.No2) This article is in PDF, click here to read it.
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Aug 24 2000
The Concept of Japanese Budo
by Mike Murphy “In deference to the ways of bujutsu, a master of budo is one who had never used his skill.” Unknown Budo is an entity that cannot be touched, heard, or seen; “a journey of the mind and the spirit, and ultimately, the soul,” according to martial arts author Dave Lowery.1 It is …
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Jul 28 2000
The Training Stones of Pangai Noon/Uechi-ryu Karate
By David Elkins and Rik Lostritto, Ph.D. Stone Lifting Stones have historically been lifted for single repetitions, multiple repetitions, timed repetitions, carried for distance/time, thrown forward and backward, rolled, and simply held for time. Oh yes, they have also been broken into little pieces with heavy sledges (not always voluntarily.) Their use has almost always …
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Jul 27 2000
Okinawan Bubishi: What did Karate look like before 1900
by Stanic Milos This article is in PDF, click here to read it.
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Jun 30 2000
The Hook Grip: Secret Weapon of Mayhem
by David Elkins Sandan, Uechi-Ryu karate I’m intrigued by the similarity between the Olympic hook grip and a Uechi-Ryu karate hand structure called the Bushiken (coiled thumb). It’s ironic that the same hand structure serves two masters as diverse as those of lifting and karate. Let’s explore the similarities and differences between the hook grip …
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Mar 08 2000
The Evolution of Martial Arts Politics
By Gary Gabelhouse It is a corrosive factor that can destroy the integrity of even the most hardened steel. It has been described as a cancer that’s spread can quickly become out-of-control. Barry Diller, the Chairman of the Board of the Fox TV Network once told me in a meeting, “When you find it in …
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Nov 11 1999
Karate is a Thing of the Spirit
by David Elkins, Sandan, Uechi-Ryu Karate When people discover that I train and teach karate they invariably get around to asking: “why do you train” and “does that stuff really work?” These are the polite variations on the theme. Other versions consist of statements like “my friend Bubba took two years of karooty and some …
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