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Machineguns and the Martial Arts

The steep climb in popularity of the UFC (and by extension MMA training) has given rise to a lot of arguments over what is “the best/most effective/most realest” martial art.  I am not about to get into the “my-style vs. your-style” argument!  I am more concerned with the distinction between combat-based sports/health training and actual martial

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Are You Here to Play...or to Fight!?

It is a debate that has raged back and forth between karate traditionalists and sportsmen for YEARS; and has become as cliché in training circles as “Which came first…the chicken or the egg?”  What good are the traditional blocks when competition parry blocks are much faster and more easily delivered?  Traditional blocks, in most styles

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