MARTIAL ARTS NEWS AND ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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 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.
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.
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 …