Infinity martial arts presents their second karate tip of the week in this well-put-together video. The instructor first demonstrates a very impressive kick. He says it will improve your sparring skills. He shows how to close the distance by sliding into a side kick. Then he shows how this leads into a proper axe kick [...]

This humor filled video shows Tom Brady giving a karate kick into the the groin of Ed Reed during the last 26 seconds of a game, causing Reed to go down. Ed Reed made a big fuss over the incident in the press and won’t stop crying about it. The young man making this video [...]

Doesn’t this remind you of the fun you used to have pretending to have a karate fight with your best friend? Of course, nobody gets hurt; it’s all in good, clean fun. In fact the two girls in this home video perform their moves in front of a small class of preschoolers who seem to [...]

This video features a karate instructor who teaches the five essential fundamentals of Shotokan Karate for the beginner student. The instructor first talks about the importance of proper nutrition. Without fuel to burn, your internal engine, the body, will fail to perform. With your body unable to perform, there is no karate. He promotes a [...]

Keanu Reeves, our hero of The Matrix, has made his directorial debut with the film, Man of Tae Chi. Apparently, the film was either panned or dismissed by important people in the business, but the reviewer of this AWMA blog insists we should watch this film. Remember, critics often pan perfectly good, even great, films. [...]

We hear about martial arts masters in Hollywood, but who are the world’s martial arts masters anyway? Black Belt magazine makes a list of some the top masters in the world including: B.J. Penn, Bill Wallace, Bruce Lee, David Meyer, Fedor Emelianenko, Frank Mir, Fumio Demura, Jean Jacques Machado, Jim Wagner, Joe Lewis, Kelly McCann, [...]

Martial arts originated in Asia as fighting arts. As combative arts outside of Asia expanded it was labeled martial arts. Martial arts techniques involve many forms. The empty-handed or weaponless techniques involve chokes, joint locks, strikes, kicks, throws or take downs,  and grappling. The softer techniques involve breathing exercises, chi-disruption, and meditation. And of course [...]

Many have tried to guess the list of stars slated for Sylvestor Stallone’s new sequel of The Expendables, especially after Stallone fired Bruce Willis and hired Harrison Ford. But that list is still evolving. Apparently Willis is not completely out of the picture; there may be a role for him yet. Only one notable woman [...]

Stomp Out Bullying, a national anti-bullying and cyber bullying organization for kids and teens, prepares for its upcoming Blue Shirt Day, World Day of Bullying Prevention on October 7, 2013. Love Our Children USA recognized a need for ending bullying and started the Stomp Out Bullying program in 2005. Based in New York City, Stomp [...]

Is Lars Christensen, chief analyst at Danske Bank, joking? Make Chuck Norris, TV star of Walker, Texas Ranger, the next Federal Reserve Chairman? Well, in a way, yes. Mr. Christensen half-joked about this in a recent blog. He contends that the Federal Reserve needs to go back to its rule-based ways before this past 5-year [...]