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Chinese Martial Arts Articles
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Articles on Korean Martial Arts including Tae Kwon Do, Choi Kwang Do, Tang Soo Do and Kuk Sool.
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Latest: The Importance of Hydration Imans1999, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:08 PM
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Latest: Interview with Jay Cooper (Hannibal) Simon, Jan 21, 2018
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Philosophy
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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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Cardiovascular Training
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Latest: If your training hard you probably aren’t getting optimal results inthespirit, Aug 16, 2017
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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: Difference between styles Eindhoven Aikido, Dec 25, 2018
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Latest: Classic Fights Old bloke, Dec 31, 2018
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Latest: Sam Harris on BJJ Dead_pool, Jan 7, 2019
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Latest: Largo Mano and Cinco Teros Smitfire, Jul 30, 2018
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Latest: Hapkido in Edinburgh sawyer280769, Jan 10, 2019
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Latest: Yiquan/Dachengquan teachers hard to find.... Xue Sheng, Oct 26, 2018
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Latest: Whatever happened to Emil Martirossian? Simon, Nov 9, 2018
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Latest: British Judo Culture Late for dinner, Dec 7, 2018
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Latest: Shin Kage Ryu? jruner, Dec 14, 2018
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Latest: Bellator 213 promo video for Machida Mitlov, Nov 30, 2018
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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: Predictions for Mayweather v Nasukawa axelb, Dec 31, 2018
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Koryu Bujutsu
Classical schools of Japanese martial arts developed before the Meiji Restoration.
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Latest: Name for hand position Old bloke, Dec 30, 2018
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Latest: All n00bies read: A guide to looking for Kung Fu Schools Monkey_Magic, Jan 1, 2019
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Latest: Who will be the first man to defeat Jon Jones in a UFC fight? Smitfire, Jan 13, 2019 at 7:52 PM
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Latest: Photo request Canit, Dec 1, 2018
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Latest: Islam and Silat Latikos, Dec 22, 2018
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Latest: A bit of fun with Lutalo Muhammed axelb, Dec 11, 2018
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Latest: Tai Chi for Combat Taoquan, Jan 11, 2019
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Latest: Is this a good book on Thai boxing? Dead_pool, Oct 31, 2018
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Wrestling
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Latest: Talk HEMA to me Ben Gash CLF, Jan 17, 2019 at 4:25 PM
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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: New Martial Arts Style in Ohio Alansmurf, Jan 8, 2019
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Books
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Jokes
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