Mixed Martial Arts

Do you like to watch UFC, Pride or K-9? It has always been my favorite TV show, it’s just so interesting to watch! The match are just unpredictable and.. well, it’s just closer to reality than the regular martial art fighting! I’m so interested in MMA fighting that I want to learn MMA myself.. I decided to learn the king of MMA, the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.. You can find more information about BJJ everywhere on the internet and watch the fight.. I won’t talk about them since there’s just sooo much to talk when we are talking the correlation between BJJ with MMA..

It’s been months since I learned BJJ.. everything is fun, im really enjoying myself with the art, the teaching, the dojo, the teachers.. except with the uniform.. my uniform (gi) is just so uncomfortable! it’s so heavy yet it got torn easily and it’s just.. not comfortable.. (In BJJ, the gi is also considered as one of our “weapon” It’s a very vital weapon that can decide the result of the match) I have searched everywhere on the store in my town and all I found is the standard gi that I currently use.. More problem comes when I decided to enter an MMA tournament in my town, the tournament needs me to wear some MMA gears for protections like fight gloves, hand wraps, mouth guards, etc.. And I really just can’t find it any store on my town! Well, maybe martial art is just not as popular as football.. I can find many football gear specialist here yet I haven’t seen any store specializing in martial art gears here.. :(

Thank God one of my teacher there told me where to find martial art gears on the internet.. There I can find all those MMA gear that I need, and I’m just surprised when I take a look at the MMA gloves section.. it’s just great! the design is just so cool and.. how do I say it?.. all the items there looks so.. "Professional".. I think my favorite MMA fighter also wears the same item! Well, if you are also a martial artist like me, why don’t you come and take a look? You might get surprised with their collections :)

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Tai Chi - the missunderstood martial art

People may hear tai chi lots of time, but not many really understand about tai chi and the its hidden power. Tai chi is not just a sport or a relaxation moves, it's much more than that, read through this posting and you should know tai chi better. .

When the small tai chi master from China threw me to my basement floor, I realized the real power behind this misunderstood martial art. I laughed at how easily he threw me down. He laughed, too.

I stood up and we touched wrists again. I stepped at him and again found myself on the floor, looking at my carpet in a whole new way.

I was on the receiving end of a tai chi master's skill and power.

Centuries ago, Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing's ancestor created tai chi. He visited my home for a week and I spent quality time finding out first-hand why so many people misunderstand this powerful martial art.

Tai Chi was not intended to be used in slow-motion by elderly people all over the world. Many martial artists call tai chi a "soft" art, but that's because real tai chi is rare in the United States. Every movement in tai chi is a self-defense technique.

The art was created in the 15th Century by Chen Wangting, a retired warrior in Henan Province, China. His family still practices it as a martial art. They say you have to "eat bitter" to develop tai chi skill. Real tai chi training, especially with the Chen family, involves pain.

The idea of tai chi is to break your attacker quickly and end the fight. Tai Chi is practiced in slow motion so students can develop the body mechanics and structure to deliver the self-defense techniques powerfully. To the average observer, tai chi appears relaxed and fluid. Underneath, the body structure gives it an iron-like strength.

I studied tai chi for a decade before being introduced to the real art, and I was stunned at its power. In the years since I began studying the Chen style, as my skill has increased, I've met many tai chi students who have been in the art for over 20 years but they don't know the proper way to move. Most teachers don't understand the "secrets" of the art. As a result, students don't learn real tai chi.

The real secret of tai chi and the "internal" arts of China is simple: these are physical skills that take years to develop. Too many teachers focus on developing "chi," a mysterious energy they claim is circulating through the body. Their students focus on chi and miss the body mechanics that can make them powerful.

This lesson was driven home to me in my basement as Grandmaster Chen kept throwing me to the floor while he remained relaxed. I began to realize what he was doing, and the subtle way he was making me lose just enough of my balance that I could be easily thrown. It was a valuable lesson. After he left my home, I was more determined than ever to keep practicing so I could develop higher-level skill in this very hard "soft" art.

Ken Gullette has been studying martial arts for 35 years. His instructional DVDs explore not just movements and techniques, but also the body mechanics that make the internal arts relaxed but powerful. His website is http://www.kungfu4u.com

K-1 - The Seido Kaikan Karate Commercial Event

According to Wikipedia,
K-1 is a combat sport that combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Savate, San shou, Kickboxing and traditional Boxing to determine the single best stand-up fighter in the world (the "1").

And refered to non-official K1 site www.k-1.co.za
K-1 Definition:

Martial arts competition: a sport in which competitors utilize standing techniques from sports such as karate, kick-boxing, kung fu, and tae kwon do to determine the world's strongest martial arts.

The sport was first formed by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a former Kyokushin karate practicioner who had formed his own organization, Seido-kaikan karate, in 1980. Seido-kaikan arranged several successful challenge events against other martial arts organizations, originally using rules based on the Kyokushin Knockdown karate rules, but gradually adapting and changing closer to kickboxing rules. In 1993 Mr. Ishii founded the K-1 organization exclusively as a kickboxing organization, closely cooperating with, but independent from Seido-kaikan.

Later K1 Competition Event also known to gave birth to big name such Andy Hug and Francisco Filho, who was first being popular in kyokushin atmosphere.

For now, Seido Kaikan's K1 is known as one of the most rich Martial Art Organization. The head structure of K1 Organization now taken by Sadaharu Tanigawa as The President and Nobuaki Kakuda as The Executive Producer.

FYI, Nobuaki Kakuda formerly known as one of the most popular referee in K1 Martial Art Competition. He also ever being a Contestant on the K- 1 event. One of the his most popular battle is between him againts Andy Hug, one of the Kyokushin and K-1 Legend. osu!