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Chinese Martial Arts Articles
Articles on Chinese Martial Arts including Kung Fu, Tai Chi and many more
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Latest: BAGUAZHANG SEMINAR ITALY Baguagirl, Nov 15, 2019 -
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Filipino Martial Arts Articles
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Japanese Martial Arts Articles
Articles on Japanese Martial Arts, including Karate, Ninjutsu, Judo, Aikido and more
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Korean Martial Arts Articles
Articles on Korean Martial Arts including Tae Kwon Do, Choi Kwang Do, Tang Soo Do and Kuk Sool.
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Latest: Bruce Lee Diet aaradia, Jun 2, 2019
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Interviews
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Latest: Interview with Jay Cooper (Hannibal) Simon, Jan 21, 2018
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Competitors Corner
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Beginning Martial Arts
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Disabled Martial Artists
All aspects of martial arts training for the disabled or impaired.
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General Martial Arts Discussion
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Non martial arts area.
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Philosophy
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Questions and Answers
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Latest: Wrist pain after heavy bag session Grond, Nov 10, 2019 -
Self Defence
Discussions concerning the study of the avoidance, deterrence, de-escalation and negation of aggression, abuse and violence, in addition to the legislative frameworks surrounding action and the natural psychological and physiological reactions to abuse, aggression and violence (both before, during and after events).
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Traditional Healing
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Latest: Pressure Point to numb leg Old bloke, Dec 29, 2018
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Newbie Questions
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Weight Training
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Latest: Hyperbolic Stretching Grond, Aug 28, 2019
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Cardiovascular Training
Advice and questions on cardiovascular training
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Mental Health and Addiction
A resource for those suffering with mental health and addiction issues.
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Injuries and prevention
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Latest: Boxing spar Critique Grond, Aug 24, 2019
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Latest: If your training hard you probably aren’t getting optimal results inthespirit, Aug 16, 2017
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Latest: Need practical advice on how to deal with this and stay active IronMaiden1991, Sep 18, 2019
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Health And Fitness Archive - no posting
Old H+F section - worth searching for some excellent nuggets of information!
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Latest: Home Gym Time mikejasonlee, Sep 13, 2018
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Latest: MY FRIEND BILL " SLIM " COYLE Angus Rose, Jun 12, 2019
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Latest: Is boxfit worth doing? Mushroom, Nov 13, 2019
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Latest: New to BJJ as an older adult Martin L Holloway, Nov 30, 2019
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Latest: New Bahala Na classes now available in North Hollywood CA Simon, May 20, 2019
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Latest: Eagle hapkido Thomas, May 31, 2019
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Latest: Basic palm apps from Gao style baguazhang Dan Bian, Nov 21, 2019
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Latest: Out of jkd for over 20 years, a reflection on missed years. bluelaser, Sep 25, 2019
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Latest: Judo Check In hewho, Oct 11, 2019
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Latest: New film ...martial arts for suffragettes Steve b, Oct 5, 2019
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Latest: Kanazawa sensei Mitch, Dec 10, 2019 at 10:50 AM
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Latest: Some info on gyokko ryu-ha kenpo and koto ryu-ha kenpo (ryu-ha) oldschool. gapjumper, Jan 22, 2018
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Latest: Joined a Muay Thai Gym Pretty In Pink, Oct 5, 2019
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Koryu Bujutsu
Classical schools of Japanese martial arts developed before the Meiji Restoration.
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Latest: Is KSW turning into a sissy art? Frank colwell, Oct 20, 2019
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Latest: Gap year kungfu shaolinhao, Dec 6, 2019 at 5:01 AM
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Latest: Ben Askren Dead_pool, Oct 30, 2019
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Latest: Do you agree with Antony Cummins' perception about both Ninjutsu and the Ninja? pgsmith, Aug 12, 2019
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Latest: Silat Training in New York City Moe, Jul 1, 2019
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Latest: Pattern technique breakdown Mitch, Jul 31, 2019
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Latest: Training Styles cloudz, Dec 3, 2019
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Latest: Samart’s Five Best Wins (fan film) Stuart Gilham, Sep 3, 2019
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Wrestling
This forum includes, but isn't limited to, catch wrestling, Greco Roman, Pro-wrestling and freestyle
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Latest: I cant imagine for the life of me that this wouldnt endanger a practitioner IronMaiden1991, Nov 20, 2019
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Latest: Would Glima Wrestling go in here or the Wrestling section? Pretty In Pink, Nov 7, 2019
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Other Styles
Discuss other styles here including Choi Kwang Do, Tang Soo Do, Capoeira and Freestyle/Sporting MA.
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Latest: What is the most Acrobatic style? Guthrie, Nov 24, 2019
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Books
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Latest: Windows Phone JamieLanger, Dec 4, 2019
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Jokes
Jokes about martial arts or anything else just to cheer us all up.
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Movies and Television
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Video Games
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Latest: The year of Shenmue Xue Sheng, Nov 28, 2019
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