What would you do if you were 3-years-old, had painfully stiff joints, and been told by a doctor that you suffered from juvenile arthritis and an immune deficiency disease? Probably go back to playing with your red fire truck and watching cartoons, right? Not so for Jake Frood. After watching the movie The Karate Kid, [...]
‘Teen rises to assistant karate instructor
Keep up with your karate training and you, too, can rise to assistant instructor. Take Nicholas Dean, a sophmore from Lincoln Pius High School and a black belt in karate; he now works as an assistant instructor at Lincoln Karate Clinic. Lincoln Karate Clinic has been a wonderful school for Dean. It teaches more than [...]
The art of winning a fight is the art of making no mistakes
Joe Lewis says the victor of any sport is the one who makes the least amount of mistakes. Therefore, he has comprised a list of common errors to avoid when training in kickboxing. The first six are as follows: Try to counter when you should lead the attack Failing to step when you punch Rushing [...]
Jackie Chan is alive and kicking in CZ12
Jackie Chan is alive and kicking (contrary to popular belief via the “Jackie Chan is Dead” hoaxes) and doing extraordinarily well for this 59-year-old actor and favored martial artist, as you can see in this trailer of his latest film CZ12 scheduled for release in theaters this October 18. Jackie reprises his role as Asian [...]
Francisco Filho fights off 100 men in a 100 man kumite
Francisco Filho accepted a challenge to a 100 man kumite. He has to fight off 100 men of varying skill levels one at a time for no more than one and a half minutes each. Filho has actually succeed twice in this competition. After winning the World Open Tournament in 1999, he became a K-1 [...]
Video demonstrates how to use aikido to thwart a throat attack
Black Belt has invited Guillermo Gomez to demonstrate how to use aikido to stop a front choke attack. Gomez demonstrates concentrating on the opponent’s wrist, using a nikyo immobilaztion technique, pressure on the wrist, to cause the opponent to release his grip on your throat. “[Nikyo] enables me to control the wrist,” Guillermo Gomez says, [...]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles go British!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan Paul Benson from the UK put together this very funny video clip of how the turtle heroes might have sounded if they had originated in the UK speaking British. In this clip when they first meet The Shredder, and then the famous scene where the coin the phrase, “Kowabunga!”, Benson [...]
Aaron Cook makes big comeback and wins the gold at Pan American Taekwondo Open
Sometimes a guy just can’t win; and sometimes he can win big! Like the gold medal at the Pan American Taekwondo Open. Overlooked for the London 2012 Olympics and suffering defeat at the 2013 opening-rounds of the Taekwondo World Championship in Puebla, Mexico, US contestant Aaron Cook finally won the gold at Mexico’s Pan American [...]
BJJ expert Pedro Sauer makes video to improve your lapel chokes
World renowned expert in BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) Pedro Sauer has made a video to improve your lapel chokes. A well-respected seminar presenter noted for his technical accuracy and elegance, Sauer runs one of the largest jiu jitsu organizations in the world with over 250 affiliate schools. Sauer earned his black belt studying under Helio [...]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys one of 12 classic toy nominees for the Hall of Fame
On November 7, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will stand up among 12 finalist toys for judging for induction into The National Toy Hall of Fame located in The Strong Museum of Rochester, New York. The judging by the national selectino committee comprised of curators, educators and historians will announce their decisions at the induction ceremony. [...]
Combining karate instruction with psychotherapy for a complete path of wellness
A licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist, Paul Sweetow, teaches karate in Winnetka, Illinois. This 5th degree black belt sensei won a gold medal at the Cincinnati, Ohio Amateur Athletic Union National Karate Tournament on June 29. He studied karate in Japan for one year with Okinawan masters and learned to speak Japanese. He’s been [...]
Karate referee taking out fighters? Or was this staged for our amusement?
It’s hard to know whether to find this video amusing or shocking. It belies all logic. A referee takes out two karate fighters with a severe kick and fairly heavy blows. Several attendees have to pull him off the second fighter. It’s possible this little demonstration was staged in hopes of getting the video to [...]
Australian collegiate to compete internationally in karate for the first time
Can you imagine yourself getting so good at karate that you get to compete internationally? This dream has become reality for Miss Alex Gray of Rockhampton, Australia who will compete in Canada next month. It’s her first International competition, and she expressed a little worry at the level of expertise she’ll be facing, never having [...]
Ripley’s Believe It or Not brick chopping karate instructor doesn’t believe in violence
Kevin “Big K” Taylor has made it in Ripley’s Believe It or Not book for karate chopping through six bricks. With a 4th degree black belt, this multiple world champion and record holder in the sport of speed brick-breaking puts on quite a show, but he’s a sweet, polite, mild-mannered person who doesn’t believe in [...]
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