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2 unusual facts about Martial Arts


Kung Fu High School

The book explores the mind of a young girl named Jen, who along with her brother Cue, and legendary martial artist cousin, Jimmy Chang, attend Kung Fu High School, where a powerful drug kingpin named Ridley pits all students against each other in order to maintain control over his corrupt business he runs using the students he controls.

Soldier Integrated Protective Ensemble

The SIPE, configured as a head-to-toe individual fighting system, demonstrated considerable potential for enhanced soldier capabilities and operational effectiveness.


Al Leong

Characterised by impressive martial arts skills, long wavy hair, and a prominent Fu Manchu moustache, he has had a number of small but memorable roles as the token long-haired Asian henchman in popular action films, that usually ended in his character's death.

Andrey Savelyev

Savelyev is a grand master at Tai Kwon Do and the brawl had to be broken up by other lawmakers.

Batsu game

Somewhat more complicated examples of punishments found in Japanese TV shows include the following: skydiving; thrill rides at an amusement park; eating foods not commonly considered edible; or being forced to fight a martial artist or sumo wrestler.

Bhagwan Mahaveer Public School

Nirmaan Camp is organised every alternate year, during which the students learn Yoga, Martial Arts, Dance, Bhangra, Lecture, Music, Games, Story and more.

Bruno F. Fernandes

Bruno Franco Fernandes (born April 6, 1978) is a Brazilian physician (ophthalmologist), a martial arts teacher (3rd degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt) and an entrepreneur living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

This athleticism and flexibility is further evidenced in his attaining a black belt in Shotokan karate and brown belt in taekwondo.

Eduardo Fraga

Luís Eduardo 'Selvagem' Fraga (November 20, 1973) is a Brazilian martial artist with a 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Elite Police

Members of the Elite Force are trained for six months at the Elite Police Training School (EPTS) at Badian, Lahore, by Pakistan's Special Service Group in personal combat, martial arts, crowd control, close quarters battle (CQB), and reconnaissance.

Frank Woon-a-tai

Frank Woon-A-Tai (b May 22, 1950), a ninth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, is the chief instructor of the International Karate Daigaku, President of The Caribbean Karate College, Chief Instructor and Chairman of the Guyana Karate College, and Chairman of both IKD Canada and IKD Guyana.

Gaspar Coelho

Just as European feudalism and religious zealotry had given birth to a number of military orders such as the Knights Templar or the Knights of Malta, so too did a number of Buddhist monastic orders focus on martial arts and participate in warfare.

Hari Seldon

He also learns martial arts on Helicon that later help him on Trantor, the principal art being Heliconian Twisting (a form seemingly equal parts Jiu Jitsu, Krav Maga, and Submission Wrestling).

Hiroyuki Nakajima

He is easily recognizable by his distinct batting stance in which he holds the bat high above his head, much like the jōdan no kamae seen in Kendo (a Japanese martial art).

Jessica Cox

Jessica Cox (born 1983 in Arizona) is the world's first licensed armless pilot, as well as the first armless black-belt in the American Taekwondo Association (she now has two black belts in Taekwondo).

Joe Jitsu

The strip, drawn by Wayne Thompson, who was also the artist for The Beanos Billy Whizz and Jak in The Dandy, was about a boy who had a black belt in Karate.

Joe Taslim

Taslim appeared in the 2013 feature film Fast & Furious 6, as the villainous Jah, a cold-blooded killer who uses his martial arts and parkour skills to fight 2 of the film's protagonists, Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and Han Seoul-Oh (Sung Kang).

Keeleri Kunhikannan

Keeleri Kunhikannan (Malayalam:കീലേരി കുഞ്ഞിക്കണ്ണൻ) was a martial arts trainer and Gymnast.

Leonard Garcia

He attended Plainview High School, where he was a talented football player and had also been involved in martial arts and boxing.

Loincloth

An elaborate, decorated form is also worn as the only garment in certain martial arts, such as Kerala's Kalaripayattu; like the aptly named boxer shorts, it must allow the fighters free, even acrobatic movement.

Long Beach International Karate Championships

The Long Beach International Karate Championships — is an International Karate and martial arts tournament in Long Beach, California that was first held in August 1964 by Kenpo Grandmaster Ed Parker.

Myanmar at the Asian Games

Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events, specialised for indoor and martial arts sports respectively.

Northern kalaripayattu

From the 11th to 12th centuries, the right and duty to practice martial arts in the service of a ruler was most associated with specific subgroups of Thiyyas(called Chekavars), Nambiars and Nairs.

Pankration

"Amateur Pankration" was first introduced to the martial arts community by Greek-American combat athlete Jim Arvanitis in 1969 and later exposed worldwide in 1973 when he was featured on the cover of Black Belt magazine.

Pedro Rosa Nales

Rosa Nales is also a martial artist in the arts of Ju Jitsu and Karate Kobudo; he obtained the rank of Black belt, 8th degree.

Rafiq Abdus Sabir

Sabir is a friend of Tarik Shah, a New York jazz musician and martial-arts expert who was convicted of agreeing to provide training to Iraqi insurgents.

Rattan

Due to its durability and resistance to splintering, sections of rattan can be used as staves or canes for martial arts— 70 cm-long rattan sticks, called baston, are used in Filipino martial arts, especially Modern Arnis and Eskrima and for the striking weapons in the Society for Creative Anachronism's full-contact "heavy combat".

Rosalind Wiseman

By the time she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1991, Wiseman had earned a second degree blackbelt in Tang Soo Do karate.

Sepak takraw

In the Philippines the sport was called "sipa" and along with traditional martial arts survived the three century Spanish colonization.

Sharaf Khan Bidlisi

And once Bidlisi attained maturity, he was thought the martial arts (sipahigira), archery, polo, racing, swordmanship, and the precepts of chivalry - humanism and generosity.

Sherman Pendergarst

After college he worked as a mortgage broker but soon began practicing martial arts and boxing before moving to Bettendorf, Iowa to train with the Miletich Fighting Systems.

Shi Jinsong

He returned to this theme for his Secret Book of Cool Weapons, which portrayed corporate logos such as the Nike Swoosh as martial arts weapons.

Shi Xing Mi

The official discipleship ceremony was held in Shaolin Temple and presided by his master, Shaolin Grand Master Shi De Yang.

Talons of the Eagle

Talons Of The Eagle is a 1992 American martial arts action film starring Billy Blanks, Jalal Merhi, Matthias Hues and James Hong and directed by Michael Kennedy.

TCA Ground

A "Japanese Sports Day" was declared and a large crowd attended to witness competition in Japanese Martial arts, Kendo (described as "single stick exercises"), and Sumo Wrestling.

Ted Wong

He was present to see Lee train other martial artists, including Karate Champion Joe Lewis and basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Virgins of the Seven Seas

Virgins of the Seven Seas, also styled as Virgins of the 7 Seas, is a 1974 Hong Kong-West German martial arts-comedy film directed by Kuei Chih-Hung and Ernst Hofbauer.

Wai Lin

Wai Lin is a spy for the Chinese People's External Security Force in the rank of colonel and skilled in martial arts.


see also

AnnMaria De Mars

She is the mother of Ronda Rousey, an Olympic bronze medalist judoka and mixed martial arts Bantamweight world champion; and of María Burns Ortiz, a sports journalist who serves as the social media columnist for ESPN.com and as a contributor to Fox News Latino.

Arjun Muralidharan

In addition to all his swimming accomplishments Arjun also trains in Martial Arts and is a first kyu brown belt in Shidokan and a 5th kyu purple belt in Gōjū-ryū Karate.

Ark Yuey Wong

He stayed in San Francisco, Oakland and Stockholm, where he taught many Chinese students, since at the time the Chinese community was still very secretive about their martial arts.

Black Belt Patriotism

Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America is a non-fiction book by martial arts expert, actor, and conservative activist Chuck Norris.

Blood and Bone

Kam Williams of News Blaze gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, calling it "a decent, low-budget splatter affair for folks who care more about body counts and orchestrated martial arts stunts than a coherent storyline. Michael Jai White (Spawn) makes a convincing case here that he deserves future consideration as an action star on the order of a Vin Diesel or a Sylvester Stallone".

Bob Breen

Bob Breen has also worked in training film actors in martial arts and fighting techniques, including working on spear and sword fighting with Gerard Butler and other actors for the 2007 film 300.

Brazilian Top Team Canada

Prior to 2011, the association was headquartered in the Gelinas Academy of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) in downtown Montreal, where Holanda taught and trained.

Candice Yu

In the late 1970s, Yu also began appearing on television, notably the Rediffusion TV series Reincarnated, and her appearances as Princess Xiang Xiang in the martial arts series Book and Sword.

Dan Millman

During Millman's tenure at Stanford, he trained in Aikido, eventually earning a shodan (black belt) ranking, and studied T'ai chi (Taiji) and other martial arts.

Deng Ming-Dao

He studied qigong, philosophy, meditation, and internal martial arts with Taoist master Kwan Saihung for thirteen years, and studied with two other masters before that.

Eagles Claw

Eagle's Claw, 1978 Chinese language martial arts film made in Hong Kong

Felicia Oh

Felicia Linda Oh (born in Seattle, Washington, on December 13, 1967) is an Asian American black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under senior instructor Jean Jacques Machado, an accomplished submission grappling competitor, martial arts instructor, and college professor.

Freestyle nunchaku

Freestyle nunchaku refers to the use of the nunchaku weapon (used in martial arts and popularised by Bruce Lee and other martial artists) in a more visually stunning, rather than combative way.

Fumio Demura

In October 2010, Demura performed for the Koyamada Foundation's United States Martial Arts Festival at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center in Redondo Beach, California.

Herman Kauz

A Path to Liberation: A Spiritual and Philosophical Approach to the Martial Arts, The Overlook Press, ISBN 978-0-87951-457-0

Ilan Eshkeri

Eshkeri's other notable works include The Young Victoria, which was nominated for this year's Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Score; Warner Bros' martial arts epic Ninja Assassin, Dino DeLaurentiis' Hannibal Rising, and producing the BAFTA-nominated score to Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.

Iron Hand

Iron Palm, a body of training techniques in various Chinese martial arts

Jack Ponti

During this time he built a gym, a martial arts school, and devoted his energies to martial arts and dogs, especially the rare breed Fila Brasileiro.

Julio Aguilera

Two years later, he was part of the Venezuelan Martial Arts team at the 1983 Pan American Games in the same city.

Karate Kommandos

The series follows the framing device of Mr. T's animated series (also a Ruby-Spears production): At the beginning of each episode, a live action segment with Norris, usually at a gym or martial arts studio, is shown to explain what is going on.

Kinta 1881

The film was the first Malaysian film in martial arts genre, such as Cicak Man for first Malaysian superhero film.

Klaus Sutner

He has studied martial arts for the past 35 years and is the head instructor at the Three-Rivers Aikikai.

Koreans in Thailand

Thai martial arts film The Kick follows a Korean family of Taekwondo experts who move to Thailand.

Linda Lee

Linda Lee Cadwell (born 1945), American author and widow to the martial-arts star Bruce Lee

Marc Akerstream

Marc Akerstream (1954 – August 15, 1998) was a Canadian actor best known as Tony in the 1995 martial arts film Rumble in the Bronx, starring Jackie Chan.

Mary Louise Weller

After Animal House Weller went on to play the sole non-suicidal character in The Bell Jar, Martin Kove's wife in the monster movie Blood Tide, Chuck Norris' girlfriend in the martial arts action film Forced Vengeance, and a small part in Larry Cohen's tongue-in-cheek monster-on-the-loose film Q - The Winged Serpent.

Matt Hume

Hume founded the American Martial Arts Center (AMC) in Kirkland, WA soon after graduating from college and is currently home to Demetrious Johnson, Bibiano Fernandes, Tim Boetsch, Caros Fodor and numerous other world class fighters.

Nedkov

Stanislav Nedkov (born 1981), Bulgarian mixed martial arts fighter

Nikita Willy

The artist with Minangkabau ancestry has since become more famous, with the Dime Novel role in a soap opera with Evan Sanders Willy training mixed martial arts and judoka.

Paddy Crean

The annual Paddy Crean International Stage Combat Conferences, named in honour of Mr. Crean, present a wide range of seminars run by prominent stage combat and martial arts instructors.

Pan Qingfu

Currently living in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Grandmaster Pan's awards include a Hall of Fame award from the United International Kung Fu Federation, a Hall of Fame Award from the World Christian Martial Arts Federation, the International Legend Hall of Fame award from the USA Wushu Kung Fu Federation and a Hall of Fame Award from Black Belt magazine.

Paul Harris

Rousimar Palhares, Brazilian, mixed martial arts fighter (mispronunciation of his last name resulted in this unofficial nickname)

Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets is an accomplished martial arts athlete, holding a black belt in Taekwondo (1979), and also in Hwa Rang Do (1994).

R v Wang

From the recovered bag, Wang then produced a curved martial-arts sword, with a sheath.

Red Trousers – The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen

In addition to archival and interview footage featuring some of the industry's most prominent stuntmen, Red Trousers - The Life of Hong Kong Stuntmen incorporates scenes from Lost Time (2001) in an effort to illustrate how stuntmen prepare for and ultimately perform in modern martial arts films.

Rod Machado

Due in part to his martial arts interest and speaking experience, he was featured as an analyst at the first Ultimate Fighting Championship, held in Denver, Colorado in 1993.

Ryuchi Matsuda

A Historical Outline of Chinese Martial Arts was originally written in 1979 and later revised when Matsuda lived in Taipei.

Si Buta Lawan Jaka Sembung

Si Buta Lawan Jaka Sembung (also titled The Warrior II and The Warrior Against Blind Swordsman for international distribution) is a 1983 Indonesian fantastique martial arts movie and a sequel to 1981 film Jaka Sembung.

Take a Hard Ride

Along the way the duo comes across a prostitute (Catherine Spaak) in need of rescuing and Kashtok (Jim Kelly), a mute Indian scout skilled in martial arts who help them on their journey.

Takeda Ryu Nakamura Ha

The first head martial arts teacher of the Genyosha dojo was Takeda Tadakatsu (descendant of Takeda Shingen's father, Takeda Nobutora), and 41st generation of Takeda.

The Legend of Sword and Fairy

Their search brings them to Sichuan, where the Mount Shu Sect, a powerful martial arts clan, is based.

The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not An Option

Tim Abell as Devlin, an ex-soldier who works as a martial arts teacher at the academy.

Tian Shan Pai

Tien Shan Pai, a martial arts school unrelated to the fictional one

When Taekwondo Strikes

The film features experienced and well known martial arts actors such as Angela Mao, Jhoon Rhee, the father of American Taekwondo, Wong In Sik (Ing-Sik Whang), Carter Wong, Kenji Kazama, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen and Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan.

Wong Fei-hung

In Will Thomas' third mystery novel, The Limehouse Text, his Victorian detective Cyrus Barker trained in martial arts in Guangdong under Wong Fei-hung's tutelage.

World of Mixed Martial Arts

The World of Mixed Martial Arts (WMMA) is a PC game designed by Adam Ryland and Grey Dog Software, the makers of the Total Extreme Warfare series.

Wushu

Wuxia, a genre of Chinese fiction that involves a martial arts set in ancient China

Yau Kung Moon

In 1924, Ha Hon Hung opened up the first Yau Kung Moon Academy at the Pearl River Martial Arts Club in Guangzhou (Canton) and formed the Ha Hon Hung Sports Association.

Zane Frazier

Zane Frazier grew up in a Crips infested neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California and began training in martial arts in 1972 after seeing the film Fist of Fury.