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WHICH IS BETTER: MARTIAL ARTS, MARTIAL SPORTS, OR SELF DEFENCE? THE LOADED QUESTION
Have you ever been in a discussion about which martial art is best, what is martial art vs martial sport, or which of all these are practical for self defense?This is one of the most debated and most misunderstood topics of martial arts discussions. Martal...
CONFIDENCE OF CHAMPIONS WORKSHOP AT THE INOSANTO ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS
Recently, the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts was treated to a workshop on the Confidence Of Champions given by coaches Billy White and Peter Lee Thomas. Coach, Billy White is a protégé of the late Cus D’Amato and the current boxing coach for champion...
WTBA RANK TESTING BACK ON AT IAMA
The Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts held a WTBA ranking test today (Saturday April 30, 2022) after a bit of a pause do to the Covid 19 crisis. A pause in testing didn’t keep several students from taking that time to train hard and prepare to test up in level. Daniel...
Martial Arts Legend Leo Fong Passes Away At 93
On February 18, 2022 the martial arts world lost a legend in Grandmaster Leo Fong. Master Fong was born in China in 1928 but his family soon relocated to the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Black El Dorado
Almost a year passed since Kennedy had been assassinated; the Civil Rights Act became law; Viet Nam began its insidious grind, kidnapping the lives of millions of Americans; the Beatles landed and quickly climbing the charts; pirate radio commandeered the...
Seminar/Workshop Survival Guide
Seminars have become a popular way of learning new martial arts material if not a primary way for many. Seminars and workshops being quite different than a class by their nature require a different strategy for learning in order to get the most out of...
To Post Or Not To Post: Self Made Martial Arts Videos and Social Media
As technology makes video production easier to do and even easier to distribute, the martial arts world is getting more content than it can handle in months of sleepless, rabbit hole diving nights. Entering the fray of creating your own content is simple,...
THE WILL SMITH/CHRIS ROCK SMACK HAS GIVEN MARTIAL ARTISTS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT
“The greatest night in the history of television” is what comedian/actor Chris Rock called it moments after he was slapped by actor Will Smith during the March 27, 2022 live broadcast of the Oscar ceremony. As of the writing of this article, hundreds of thousands if not millions of opinions from laymen to professionals of …
Are You Finding Your JKD When You Teach JKD? Part one of three
Part One: CurriculumFor the last seven years, I have taught martial arts part-time in southern California. I started in March of 2011 in my garage. When I built up enough students, I moved into a light industrial space in a nearby city. I was only teaching...
Oscar Winner Ang Lee To Direct A New Film On Bruce Lee
Deadline.com is reporting on a film project in the making on the legendary Bruce Lee. Deadline reports that this project has been in the works for several years now and is a passion project of three time Oscar winning director Ang Lee. Ang, known for...
Gi or No Gi
Grappling was the last of the combative ranges in Jeet Kune Do to be developed by Sijo Bruce and the development. It was cut short by his untimely death and has been left to the next generations of JKD practitioners to develop on their own. Notables who...
MARTIAL ARTS BELTS AND RANKING SYSTEMS
Martial arts ranking systems of any type have been and probably always will be a hot topic of discussion within martial arts ranks (pun intended). The discussions essentially boil down to what do ranks mean and the inconsistency of that meaning across arts and even schools.