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WTBA RANK TESTING BACK ON AT IAMA

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...

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Black El Dorado

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

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...

Oscar Winner Ang Lee To Direct A New Film On Bruce Lee

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

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 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.