“The Grandmaster,” which premiers Friday in NYC and LA is one of five films inspired by one of the greatest kung fu masters of all time, Ip Man, who among others trained Bruce Lee. Ppronounced YEEP-mun in Cantonese, Ip Man is reknowned for his Wing Chun-style kung fu. Many say the recent rise in films [...]
South Korea’s Asst Minister of Public Health Dr. Jerip Susil comments on health factors of taekwondo
Dr. Jerip Susil, Asst Minister of Public Health in South Korea encourages taekwondo students in their sport to take care of their health in order to help them achieve their goals. “Taekwondo is a special sport because it needs a lot of movements and this is associated with healthy exercise. It helps not only improve [...]
Bruce Lee’s Legacy Collection on blu-ray critiqued by Rod Lott
Critic Rod Lott admires and highly recommends the new Bruce Lee Legacy Collection on blu-ray. Unlike the DVDs 4 disc collection of his four top movies, the blu-ray collection comes with exciting extras. Along with each of the four movie discs come with a second disc of interviews, trailers, and other material. The ninth disc [...]
Two brothers from the Phillipines win golds at 7th World Tawkwondo Championship in South Korea
Two brothers from the Phillipines, Jefferson and James Louie Callino, both win Kyorugi (sparring) and bronze in poomsae(form), at the 7th World Taekwondo Culture Expo Championship in South Korea. Their father Dr. Jefferson Callino bet them if they won the event he would buy them each a new car. Jefferson, the eldest of the two [...]
Statistics prove being bullied in childhood has serious lingering affects in adulthood
Being bullied in childhood is no longer considered harmless or an almost inevitable part of growing up. Statistics show the devasting lingering affects on adults who had been bullied as children. We now know that things do not “get better with age.” Researchers from the University of Warwick and Duke University Medical Center 1400 North [...]
New Indiana law moves bullying in school from the gray area to clearly black and white
Indiana legislators have passed a new law making schools responsible for bullying on and off school property. It gives schools power, in fact makes them responsible, for bullying by students online or by students away from school. Superindentant of Schools Dr. Jerry Thacker says, “The language is going to ensure there is some consistency and [...]
Film of Bruce Lee’s trainer, “The Grandmaster” is spectacular! Opens August 30th
Don’t miss the spectacular new film opening August 30th, “The Grandmaster,” the story of the life of Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee. It chronicles his life from the start of his martial arts training at age 7, his fight to survive two wars, his love interest Gong Er, his climb to becoming [...]
Martial arts students must take a stand, use their voice against bullying!
Just as parents, teachers, and schools are learning to take a stand against bullying, so can a marial arts student. After all many kids start studying the marial arts because they have experienced some form of physical bullying and want to be able to physically defend themselves. In the course of learning martial arts the [...]
Facebook, Twitter, are you hearing this? Stop anonymity and stop cyber-bullying!
After a string of teen suicides, UK takes strong measures against cyber-bullying by demanding the main social network for teens, Ask.fm, take measures to remove cyber-bullying from their site. It began after the fourth suicide this year that directly linked to that popular website. It prompted some companies, Vodafone, Laura Ashley and the Save the [...]
School children masters of taekwondo say “yes” to training college girls
College girls from St Joseph’s College for women in Alappuzha went in search of taekwondo instruction and found it. However the instructors will surprise you. They are children masters at Little Flower English medium school, Kalavoor and St. Augustine’s high school. The benefits are mutual: the college girls receive the needed self-defense techniques, and the [...]
weapons expert Carl E. Long and swordmaster Masayuki Shimabukuro demonstrate cutting a tatami
Samurai weapons expert Carl E. Long explains how the arm becomes an extension of the sword when demonstrating the fundamentals of the long sword.He and swordmaster Masayuki Shimabukuro demonstrate cutting a single rolled tatami in a video. Long shows the difference between a long sword (30 inches of blade) and a short sword (20 inches). [...]
Do you say these correctly? Karate. Karaoke. Kirin.
This Ohio bred Hawaiin resident blogger responded to a list: “38 problems only people in Hawaii will understand” that went viral Monday catching chuckles and agreement from thousands. One of the items on the list was about pronunciation of certain words. The blogger could relate to it. “Despite my Ohio roots, my years living in [...]
Taekwondo champion and film star Tae-mi makes first pitch in South Korea baseball game
The 2007 taekwondo champion and 2011 star of the film, “The Kick,” made the first pitch of the South Korean baseball game with the SK Wyverns team. Her pitch left the spectators in awe. She tried to top the opening pitch from a previous game by gymnast star Soo-ji-Shin who had wowed the crowd with [...]
CBR Interview with TMNT producers, Sean Astin and Kevin Michael Richardson
CBR caught up with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle producers Peter Hastings and Ciro Nieli as well as stars Kevin Michael Richardson and Sean Astin to learn more about the upcoming Season 2. Hastings and Nieli work hard to embrace the original series. Every time they introduce a new character they go back to the orginal [...]
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