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Articles and Reviews
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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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Other Martial Arts Articles
Articles that don't fit into any specific broad category, such as Brazilian, Thai, Western and more.
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Articles on Mixed Martial Arts techniques, including BJJ, MMA and the UFC.
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Filipino Martial Arts Articles
Articles on Filipino Martial Arts including Silat, Kali, Eskrima and more
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Japanese Martial Arts Articles
Articles on Japanese Martial Arts, including Karate, Ninjutsu, Judo, Aikido and more
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Latest: What is a Dan grade and how to deal with becoming one - some personal reflections Grond, Jul 5, 2019 -
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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Event promotion forum
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Commercial Adverts
A paid forum for those promoting their shops and services. Please read the rules before posting anything in this forum.
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Information concerning recent changes and additions to the Martial Arts Planet website.
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Competitors Corner
A forum for competitors to discuss their next competition, be that forms, katas or a fight.
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Articles
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Beginning Martial Arts
New to Martial Arts, or want to start? Post your questions here.
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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
Talk about anything to do with martial arts which doesn't fit into any other category.
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Discussions on Language, History & Culture
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Off Topic Area
Non martial arts area.
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Philosophy
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Questions and Answers
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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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Traditional Healing
Discussion of various healing systems based on traditional methods
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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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Training Logs
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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
Nobbled in training? Nagging aches and pains? Long-term injuries? Ask away here
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Nutrition and Supplements
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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 Mushroom, Sep 6, 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: Classic Fights Grond, Sep 6, 2019
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Latest: Banana Split Pretty In Pink, Sep 11, 2019 at 10:56 PM
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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: Thoughts on Ziranmen? cloudz, Sep 12, 2019 at 10:16 AM
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Latest: New youtube video about chain punching Mushroom, Sep 15, 2019 at 11:47 PM
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Latest: So before I consider leaving judo for good, I want some thoughts from this community IronMaiden1991, Sep 16, 2019 at 9:37 AM
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Latest: highest % submissions for tall people Mushroom, Apr 2, 2019
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Latest: Black belt grading in Okinawa aaradia, Aug 9, 2019
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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: Probably not going to Stick with it, so what should I take from it? axelb, Sep 1, 2019
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Koryu Bujutsu
Classical schools of Japanese martial arts developed before the Meiji Restoration.
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Latest: Kuk Sool Checkin Jrobe, Jun 14, 2019
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Latest: Martial arts school in Middlesbrough, UK? Tom bayley, Aug 18, 2019
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Latest: Got Asked to Judge an MMA Event Pretty In Pink, Sep 14, 2019 at 10:55 PM
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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: How to discern a good Taichi class? cloudz, Sep 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: Tameshigiri (Test Cutting) video guide Tom bayley, Aug 1, 2019
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Latest: Pro Bare Knuckle Boxing Grond, Mar 13, 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: Bartitsu in the UK axelb, Sep 1, 2019
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Books
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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
Discuss and review movies & programs - martial arts or not!
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Latest: R.I.P. Eddie Money aaradia, Sep 15, 2019 at 3:14 AM
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Video Games
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Latest: What game are you currently playing? AndrewTheAndroid, May 28, 2019
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