Martial Arts

A Hokkien term for the martial arts of the Chinese community of Southeast Asia, especially the Malay Archipelago.

Practice! One of the primary purposes of kata or forms is to provide a good way to practice alone and pretty much anywhere. Practice stances while doing household activities.

U can its quite simple first you need to relax then you will fell a swrilly thing in your stomec this can take 2-5 minutes or an hour. Then after you feel that swrilly thing then you will see a knife apper in your mind. Then take the knife and cut your body in hafl like this l. then only consentrate on one of the halfs. shape it in to what you want to be. then put it back and open your eyes. you will feel hungry after you do this judt eat something and you will a be fine. if you turn your self in to a dragon then you trance from when you look at a full moon or half moon. a new moon is harder u could trance from if any thing trigers you.

ALSO YOU CAN NOT CUT YOUR SELF MORE THEN ONCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aside from the obvious, such as a black belt if you study a martial art that uses the belt grading system, or an actual championship belt if you do MMA, you also need at least 5 years of experience training people. It has become an unwritten rule in the UFC that, the moment a person become champion, they start training people. The reason for that is that they are all aware they will not be fighting forever, so, they play it smart, and start acquiring trainer experience early on so that in the sport said skill will become marketable. In modern martial arts it has also become an unwritten rule that to run a school, you need to be champion of, whatever. The higher your ambition, the higher you need to aim regarding the champion level. If you are just planning on running a run-of-the-mill dojo, then, depending on state, just being a state champ is enough. If you want make six figures from teaching martial arts, you need to be a national or North American champ, if you want the big money, you need to be a world champion. Additionally you need an extensive background in health and fitness, not to mention dealing with sports injury. Despite any coaches best intentions guys get hurt.

Some cases, they want to prefer the used of close-range combat especially at unexpected inclosed spaces as long as needed. They prefer to use either Krav Maga or Judo as hand-to-hand combat arsenal. And some cases they have specialty training variety especially to use Wing Chun strikes in some organizations, If in case the matter in long-range, they don't need hand-to-hand method of combat but they often uses guns especially pistol or sidearms as their own convenient.

The CIA uses a lot of Krav Maga and Judo, but prior to Krav Maga establishing its reputation, it relied almost exclusively on Judo, and it used "dirty boxing." It also uses some Karate moves, but not many; in one infamous case, I think it was a Russian spy or some family man who discovered something during the cold war, that a CIA agent killed him with a karate chop to the throat. If the hands are conditioned enough to break boards, a direct chop the throat can indeed be fatal.

Again though, the main stay martial art of the CIA is Judo; virtually all CIA employees, even people who don't do "spy stuff," hold a black belt in it.

Jon Portos: Not wanting to criticize the above (but I am not happy with it as I actually teach advanced stealth arts): The modern Agencies use a combination of various arts as the needs of the missions of agents can be diverse and complex. No one art does all. Selected experts in different arts are engaged to teach their specialties to trainees. The Company, like other agencies in the world, also requires skills in specialist areas not found in the normal martial arts schools. For instance training on the use of household items as weapons, some Self Defense systems teach that.

The main weapon in such occupations though is not manipulations of one's body, but an exercising of the mind. The mind keeps you from getting into trouble, as physical skills, no matter how highly developed may be inadequate in getting you out of trouble. Also fighting is a last resort, the CIA is not Special Forces as in combat teams, although they do have similar specialists. You are not sent somewhere to fight, but to blend in and never be known. Stealth, not fighting, is the main priority of training. I might comment that hand conditioning is not recommended and is not needed in killing. You don't need to break boards. If you have to break boards then you use an axe like anyone else. You can easily kill someone without requiring hand conditioning. Also the calluses of hand conditioning cannot be hidden and therefore would be a dead give-away as to such training. And Dead here means your agent is thus discovered and dead. An expensive loss.

The rough translation is "skill so refined and perfected, it has become an artform." Take something as mundane as typing; if you can type 450 words per minute without a single mistake, and maintain that pace, then, you have turned typing into an art, you are Picaso with a keyboard. THAT, is "Kung Fu." The term "Kung Fu," even in China, has become widely used to refer to martial arts, although the traditional Chinese term is "Wushu." In the movies, when one character says to another "you have good Kung Fu," one character was saying to another "wow, you worked so hard, you are not merely just skillful; you sir are an ARTIST." However even Chinese audiences were ignorant of the concept of Kung Fu because, see, the idea of "perfection through effort" was restricted largely in philosophical and scholarly circles, and given China's history of oppression, tyranny and poverty, for generations the Chinese public was uneducated and ignorant until the cultural revolution.

I really should not be telling you this because its not healthy for your body but i will if you want it that bad. starving yourself on a really hot day don't drink and don't eat. there you go bit of a stupid answer though because you want to be unconscious.

it was most likely white eyebrow (the name IS NOT a joke) if that isn't it maybe it was white lotus.

Go to google maps and look up Ninjustu lessons in wherever you live. For example, Ninjutsu lessons in Hatboro, PA. There may be a place that teaches ninjutu near you. Now if you want to learn real traditional ninjutsu, go to the Hunbo Dojo in Japan. You will learn for the Ninjutsu Grandmaster, Masaaki Hatsumi.

There is no hard and fast rule as to where you can learn martial arts. Choose one martial art discipline and start training. Well if you want to learn proper martial arts then I suggest you to train under an experienced instructor. Look for the best feasible martial arts school in your area and sign up for class.

Stripes are used by many schools as an indication of intermediate ranks between the solid belts. Some use s strip running the length of the belt to indicate a rank higher then the other color on the belt. Some use stripes around the ends to indicate the same thing. On a black belt the number of stripes indicate the Dan level of the individual.

There is no 'Chinese Karate.' There are Chinese martial arts, some of which served as a basis for the creation of karate. The Chinese practice Kung Fu, Wushu and Tai Chi Chuan as the primary arts. White Crane Kung Fu served as one of the sources for what is now called karate.

There are no tricks in karate. It is hard work and practice under a knowledgeable instructor.

The legend of the Eastern martial arts is that they originated in the temples of the Shoalin priests and were created by the Bodhidharma, the individual credited with really establishing Zen, to keep the priests in physical shape so they could understand what he was teaching. Many equate the mental focus required to do martial arts with the concentration required to meditate. Zen archery is probably the most intertwined of the two.

Chuck Norris has a 10th degree black belt (a Dan rank) in Tang Soo Do, a 10th Dan in Shito Ryu Karate, an 11th Dan in Chun Kuk Do, is an 8th Dan Grandmaster in Tae Kwon Do, has a 2nd or 3rd Dan in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and instructor status in Jeet Kune Do.

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Well it wasn't the same person or people.

Jackie Chan learned martial arts from his father, then he learned various different forms of martial and stage acrobatics while he was at the China Drama Academy run by Master Yu Jim Yuen. Later Jackie Chan learned a lot of different martial arts styles to improve his fighting skills for the movies.

Jet Li learned Wushu in Beijing.

each person has their own way of using chakra, they pull all the energy from inside them and gather it in the center and just bring it out my way of using my chakra is by thinking of going into a big black vortex, when the ball is thick enough you concentrate on making it under your feet allowing you to fly or if you put in your hands you can create and energy ball which can be used offensively or defensively. it can even be used for healing.

The original purpose of the martial arts was to defend the practitioner against a physical threat, usually in war, but also against crime. Today, few practitioners have any real need to difend themselves from any such attacks, but they wish to be prepared just in case, or they relish the physical challenge of training one's body to be stronger and faster than it might otherwise be.

The pressure points are

#1. Temple

#2.The nose

#3.Under The Ear Lobe

#4.Side of Neck

#5Under the jaw

Those are some of the pressure points. If you hit them right, it will work.

This is a very short list. If you would like to know a complete list of where, and how to hit, refer to a Dim Mok guide. Basic hits can be preformed with an open hand or closed hand. Also, using pressure points is an extremely risky way to fight. If you hit the right place with the right amount of pressure, you can seriously injure, paralyze, or kill someone.

He learned Wing Chun kung fu in Hong Kong.

Most martial arts store carry a selection of gi. A quick search of the internet can provide many choices. It would be wise to discuss with your instructor, they may have some specific requirements, the most important one is that you may have to buy it from them, rather than getting it themselves. U ARE MEANT TO WRITE UNDER THE OTHER ANSWERS NOT DELETE THEM U IDIOT!

Following the millenia long golden age of peace, which lasted from about 5 B.C.E, to 1,100 A.D., Japan experienced the Sengoku ("Warring States") Period, which in turn was followed by the Toyotomi, which, in turn, was followed by the Tokugawa, which in turn was followed by the Edo period, a period in which Japan was struggling to modernized, and the last major historically changing period of Japanese history, was the Meiji. From the Sengoku through the Tokugawa eras, it was the age of the Samurai, a period lasting roughly 500 years, which was at its peak (more or less), during Musashi's lifetime. The Samurai of Musashi's lifetime, are considered the most skilled martial artists in Japanese history, reason being, they engaged in much harsh training, often lasting 6 hours or more, and much Zen meditation training, averaging roughly 2 hours. The rest of the time was spent studying.

Because Japan was ruled by the Samurai for so long, and because they were the highest class second only to the Emperor himself and the royal family, the idea of practicing martial arts in Japan, in the Japanese subconscious, is equivalent, to being on the same level as a Samurai. See because for so many centuries practicing ANY martial art was seen as a privelege for the highest social class, to have that privelege was considered more or less an honor. All that changed however, during the Meiji era; the Meiji government basically outlawed all Feudal era stuff, and often times only criminals would practice martial arts. The reason for this, is that gradually, each successive government from the Toyotomi to the Meiji, was removing the priveleges that came with being a Samurai. What precisely were those priveleges?

1) You could walk into any restaurant or person's house, and ask for food. In other words you did not have to have a real job, you could get 3 meals from whatever peasant or merchant you wanted, who was obligated by law to have you as a guest, and, then spend the rest of the time training in martial arts, or engaging in duels to the death.

2) Samurai did not have to pay for hookers; they got them free, and madams or pimps (old Japanese equivalent) often gave them the best ones of the house.

3) Additionally, if ANY peasant insulted you, you could lop off their head right there and then without being punished. Personally I don't think Ashkenazi Jews would have lasted very long in feudal era Japan but, moving on.

The Meiji emphasized the part of Samurai history, that had to do the socially parasitic nature of the station. During the warring states era, the above mentioned three priveleges, among others, were well-deserved because, come on now, they had a very difficult job. Because rice was used as money more than gold, and sometimes crop yields were low, many Samurai, in spite or years of loyal service became too poverty stricken to pay for anything, so laws were written basically giving them a lot of free stuff because "their job is hard." And it was; it was expected that in exchange for those priveleges, you would risk your life for your lord, peasants, and against Samurai or regular soldiers from rival clans and of course bandits.

When Toyotomi brought peace to Japan though, their job was no longer necessary, and despite the peace, they still kept the "free stuff" priveleges so for roughly 200 of their 500 years of existence, the Samurai were social parasites, and an economic drain worse yet, the law forbade Samurai from holding ANY other kind of profession EXCEPT martial arts. Because to support themselves many had to turn to crime, this led to the origins of many Yakuza gangs indeed having familial ties to Samurai clans. The fate of a given Samurai during the Meiji era, could be any of these three things, from most to least likely;

1) End up a dirty stinking drunk in a gutter somewhere, who reeks of sake among other Japanese liquors we don't know about, or hear about too often, as well as having the smell of hooker all over him. Well, hooker and dog urine. Pretty anti-climactic and humiliating for a "glorious Samurai" don't you think?

2) Ever the pragmatists, because all soldiers in the end have to be pragmatic about everything, many Samurai decided that the simplest solution, was to abandon their station, learn a trade and get a real job. Now, this is the second most common, less common than the first because most Samurai were STUBBORN as hell, so stubbornly proud, they refused adamantly to change with the times. Some were stubborn to the point where they starved to death and dogs urinated on their cadavers. Again, considering Bushido...... not a good way to go.

3) Knowing only "killing skills," in a new world of law and order, the only place where such skills had use, was in the world of crime. Now, the majority of Yakuza gangsters, come from street punk stock, and most Japanese consider them to be "total losers" who need to compensate for what big losers they are by acting like a "tough Yakuza man." Also the majority of gangs are just small time, little more than rashes for Japanese police minor anoyances. However, the most powerful gangs in Japan, all of them descend from old Samurai clans, absolutely all of them. If you run into a physically attractive Japanese young woman, or teenage girl, she starts flirting with you, you get her to your apartment, she takes off her clothes and you spot a very well done tattoo....RUN. Get the hell outta there. I'm serious; RUN. Chances are she is the daughter of a powerful Yakuza boss, very adept at the use of a Katana, who will LITERALLY have your head for screwing his daughter. Ever hear of the stereotype of the lonely New York Mafia princess? Yeah well Japan has them too; the lonely Yakuza princess.

Because in the Meiji era, you saw the birth of the Yakuza, the particularly dangerous families, the Japanese public wanted NOTHING to do with martial arts. In fact, Dr. Jigoro Kano, when he was a young man he knew a lot of people who were tied to the early days of organized crime in Japan. What is amazing about Dr. Kano, is that through sheer poise, class, martial arts skill, and distinguishing himself as a scholar, he earned the respect of the Japanese public, and changed the perception in people's minds about martial arts. Kano demonstrated that a man did not have to be a bloodthirsty animal to practice martial arts is what I'm saying, that was the service he did to the world of martial arts in Japan.

Suddenly there was a revival of the "prestige" mentality, harkening back to the age of the Samurai but this time, ANYONE with the work ethic could train now, not just members of the Samurai class which, became drowned out into Japanese society. The major influences have to do with the instillment of mental toughness, remaining calm in a stressful situation, a strong work ethic, not to mention the fact that because so many east Asian styles rely on leverage, the complexity of the moves helps with brain development. That is, if you've trained in martial arts your whole life it can make you smarter, which helps many kids with their school work. Also, the martial arts ethic teaches restraint, and as a result of that teaching of restraint, largely because of the widespread nature of Judo and Karate, crime in Japan was virtually non-existent for years. Its gotten "pretty bad" now, compared to what it was just a few years ago, but Japanese streets are generally much safer after dark than the majority of U.S. cities, and pretty much all cities in Latin America where crime is so bad, the crooks will strip you naked, they will take, literally, EVERYTHING. Even your underwear.

In short, the influence has to do with the general benefits, as well as two of the most popular ones practiced to day (Judo and Sumo) being tied to the Samurai. Sumo is popular in Japan, because it is a form of wrestling used by the Samurai; the reason it has its rules, is because to be thrown out of a Sumo ring, would result in death on a battlefield. A Sumo wrestler thrown out of the ring is vulnerable either to a spear thrust to his back, or, if a given Samurai had the skill for it, decapitation. Observe the movements carefully, and imagine that the victorious Sumo wrestler is holding a sword; the loser, would get run through, or lose his head, if that was an actual life or death fight with swords involved.