Chanbara Technique

Chanbara

Chanbara is a Japanese martial art. In translation it means sword fighter. This style of fighting was founded thirty years ago by Tanabe Tetsundo. Tetsundo originally called it Goshindo and later called it Chanbara. It is a fast moving martial art that uses padded weapons for safety to instruct expert sword training. It includes, knives, spears, clubs, and other various weapons. Some practices include usage of a wooden sword while wearing a cotton top uniform and pleated pants. Belts, knee pads, and badges are also used in the attire.

Capoeira Technique

Capoeira

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art, game, and culture created by enslaved Africans in Brazil during the 16th Century. Participants form a circle and then take turns sparring in pairs in the middle of the circle. It's more acrobatic technique has extensive use of groundwork, like sweeps, kicks, and head butts. Throughout the match, the person must avoid a sweep, trip, kick, or head butt that can knock them down to the floor. Other techniques include elbow strikes, slaps, punches, and body-throws.

Krav Maga Moves

Pistal Disarm


Choke Defense


Bursting

Krav Maga

About Krav Maga

Krav Maga is an Israeli army method of unarmed combat now gaining popularity all over the world. It is considered a “no-nonsense” method of self-defence for a variety of situations. Originally developed during the liberation fighting of Israel, Krav Maga is now practiced by the entire Israeli military - especially its elite forces.

Krav Maga combines elements of boxing, Judo, and Jujitsu as well as the use of weapons such as knives and sticks. This weapon technique is taught to deal with modern day street situations where guns and knives are often involved. There are no kata or other traditional martial arts training exercises.

The techniques of Krav Maga are highly practical and effective for the street. Individuals can attain a high level of profiency within a relatively short period of instruction.

Quick Sumo Match

Sumo

About Sumo
Sumo is a competitive contact sport where two wrestlers attempt to force one another out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than their feet. It originated in Japan and is still popular there now. The Japanese consider sumo a modern Japanese martial art, even though the sport has a history spanning many centuries. The sumo tradition is very ancient, and even today the sport includes a lot of ritual elements, like salt for purification, since sumo was used in the Shinto religion. Professional sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal sumo training stables known in Japanese as heya where their daily lives are dictated by strict tradition including meals and how they dress.

The winner of a sumo bout is either, the first person to force his opponent to touch the ground with any part of his body or the first person to force his opponent to step out of the ring. Occasionally the referee awards the win to the wrestler who touched the ground first. It happens when both of the wrestlers touch the ground at once and it's decided that the wrestler who touched the ground second had no chance of winning. The losing wrestler is referred to as being shini-tai or dead body in this case.

Judo Moves

Judo

About Judo

Judo, which means "The Gentle Way", is a Japanese martial art based upon the ancient techniques of jujutsu. it's known more for throwing techniques and alot of other techniques for controlling an opponent while on the ground. Judo has alot of dangerous self-defense moves. When practicing Judo, timing and leverage is important to bring your opponent off balance and execute a throw. After throwing the opponent to the ground a hold-down technique can be used such as, chokes, strangleholds, and arm locks. If the opponent doesn't surrender, he will either have his elbow joint dislocated due to an armlock or could become unconscious from a choke hold.

In 1964 Judo was the first martial art to become sport in the Olympics. Judo competitions are held all around the world. Points are awarded for throwing an opponent, holding an opponent on his back while on the mat for a certain amount of time, or forcing an opponent to tap out. to an armlock or choke or rendering the opponent unconscious with a choke.

People practice Judo for self defense and exercise. It's good exercise for flexibility, speed, strength of the heart and muscle development.

Aikido Moves

Aikido

Aikido evolved in the historic tradition of Japanese warrior arts. It's more than tactics and self-defense. It's discipline for perfecting the spirit. Aikido technique is the use of body movements to create circular motion around a stable center. Some techniques are so good that they send the opponent flying through the air. There are small movements that immobilize an opponent. It's mainly the energy of the attack itself that brings down the opponent. Most practice is done with a partner. Each works at his or her own level of ability, taking turns as an attacker.

Escrima (Philippino Martial Arts)

Eskrima

The history of Eskrima is surrounded by a legend which makes it difficult to pin down facts. Being a martial art for the common folk, they lack the education to create a written history. This is especially hard to do because there are many different fighting systems with different histories that are called Eskrima. One explanation for the origin of Eskrima is that they were originally the fighting systems possessed by every tribe in the Philippines and used by them to fight and defend against each other. Eskrima or Escrima refers to a class of Filipino Martial Arts that emphasize stick and sword fighting. Practitioners of these arts are noted for their ability to fight with weapons or empty hands interchangeably. Most Eskrima systems include fighting with a variety of weapons, striking with hands, grappling and throwing, and whatever skills needed to complete the task.

Shuai Chiao moves/training

Shuai Chiao

Shuai Chiao also know as Chinese fast Wrestling is one of the oldest Chinese martial arts with a history of over 4,000 years. The first military recorded of its use was when the Yellow Emperor of China fought against the rebels, 2,697BC. They used horned helmets and gored their opponents while using a primitive form of grappling. This early style of recorded combat was first called Chiao Ti which means butting with horns. This military fighting style was the first set of fighting techniques that was used by the Imperial Army, which consisted of throws, hand and foot strikes, seizing joints, attacking vital parts and breaking joints in context of throwing. All of these elements of fighting skills were practiced in training during the winter months and used in hundreds of battles in ancient China. It is the root and the foundation of Chinese martial arts. Over the years Shuai chiao gradually became a sport in the Qin Dynasty.

Chinese Wrestling

Muay Thai moves

Muay Thai training

Muay Thai

Muay Thai also know as the art of eight limbs, originated in Thailand. Muay Thai was original called Muay Boran, which means ancient boxing, Muay Boran later broke up into many different types of martial arts including Muay Korat which emphasized strength, Muay Lopburi emphasized movements, Muay Chaiya emphasized posture, Muay Pra Nakorn emphasized speed, and the more famous Muay Thai. The practice of Muay Thai was kept up largely by Buddhist monks who were the keepers and teachers of all arts. As every Thai man is compelled to live as a monk at least once in his life the art grew in popularity among common people. As well as continuing to function as a practical fighting technique for use in actual warfare, Muay Thai became a sport in which the exponents fought in front of spectators. This kind of muay contests gradually became an integral part of local festivals and celebrations, especially those held at temples.

Grabs

Bear Hug

Your walking down the street one day and you get grabbed from behind. This is a Bear hug and it can be very dangerous if you don't know how to get out of it.

The first thing you want to do is loosen your attackers grip. One of the easiest way is to kick up between the legs. Some other thing you can do Include stomping the foot (this has a high chance of breaking the attackers foot), head butting, swinging your elbows into the ribs, and if you can get a grip on a finger and twist.

While holding your attackers arms lean forwards and spread your legs wider. This helps you to unbalance your attacker.













While your attacker is still unbalanced bring your leg behind his, and lift up his legs. The attacker is now stuck in your arms unable to do anything. One of the key things to remember you to hold on to your attackers arms at all time.







Then whenever you want drop the attacker, and if need be kick him while he is down.

Head Lock

Another common attack when in a fight. The head lock is very dangerous to be in; The goal of the attacker is to cut of your air circulation. When you can't breath you can't think and you will lose consciousness.

The first thing you want to do is loosen the attackers grip by ANY means necessary. The quickest and easiest way to loosen the attacker is and upward chop to the groin. Other things you can do bite them, stomp the foot again, use your heel to kick the shin, and such.











After the attacker's grip has been loosen; step behind the attacker and grab the back of their shirt/neck and pull backwards. At the same time your pulling the shirt left the back of his knee up into the air. this will cause him to lose balance and fall down.








And if you need to you can strike them while they are on the ground.











Full Nelson

Not to likely to happen but if it does it isn't hard to get out of but it is annoying.







The quickest way is to reach behind you and grab a finger and twist it away from the attackers body. This is very effective and painful

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as you twist the finger you can twist the arm with it providing a great area to strike with a kick

Advance kicking moves

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Sorry about the way the last few post have come out; I'm still new at resizing and uploading the pictures.

basic kicks

Front Kick

Most basic kick in most martial arts. to perform you raise the leg and push forward with the ball of the foot. It is very effect when the kick is performed to the thigh.












Side Kick

One of the most powerful kicks in martial arts. To perform this you turn your hip towards the opponent then you push your leg out heel first.

Back Kick

Very powerful and unstable the back kick is another powerful move. Spinning in a 180 degree motion you strike with the heel of the foot just like the side kick.

Basic Blocks

Almost all TaeKwon-Do blocks start with crossing the arms about chest level. This helps to generate more power by turning the wrist at the last minute. The extra power comes from the speed produced at the last minute.


















Low Block

This is one of the first blocks you learn; the primary goal of the low block is to stop a kick to the shin or groan area. To do this you first cross your arms at the chest, then you use your forearm to block the kick.














This is an example of how the low block is executed. As the kick comes in you hit it away from your body.





High Section block

This block is much like the low block; you use the same part of the arm to block. You start by crossing your arm at your chest. The arm you block with should be on the inside of the X. As you raise your arm up you should turn your arm outwards, so that your forearm is where the attack hits.




This block is highly effective against a knife strike as shown in the picture. By executing this block the knife stays far enough from both your head and your arm.


















Twin Forearm Block
This block is prefect against someone who try to choke you. The most important is to make sure that you don't put your arms to far out, or to close or else the attacker will get through anyway.










This is how the block should look when attacked.




















Knife hand guarding block

This is one block that doesn't start with crossing the arm. Instead you wide up your arms, then strike the person's attacking arm.

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Just a little update my next post is being delayed because my camera isn't recognized on any computer i try; hopefully I'll have the next post by Monday at the latest

TaeKwon-Do

TaeKwon-Do is the one of Korea’s many different Martial Arts and was created by General Choi Hong Hi, (1918-2002) Founder of the International TaeKwon-Do Federation (ITF). It was created by combining movements of Japanese Karate and the traditional, but crude, Korean martial arts of Soo bak Gi and TaeKyon. Students of TaeKwon-do promise at the start and end of each class to up-hold the tenets, which are Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-control, Indomitable spirit. The different aspects of TaeKwon-do are meditation, self-defense, breaking, free sparring and patterns. Patterns being a series of strikes and blocks executed in succession against imaginary opponents.

Intro

Welcome to my site. If you can’t already tell the topic I will be talking about is martial arts from all over the world. But first a little about myself I have always been interested in different forms of martial arts. When I was little I took Karate lessons, I was in it for about two years and got pretty far before the school closed. I currently take Taekwon-do which I have been in for four years and have made it to the rank of black-belt. Hopefully soon I will be training in aikido. I plan to do the posts in an orderly manner, the first post I’ll go into the history of each martial art. The second post I will teach you some of the movements.