Sport Karate

Article by: World Wide Dojo

Karate is divided into different style organizations. These organizations often cooperate in non-style specific sport karate organizations or federations. Examples of sport organizations are AAKF/ITKF, AOK, TKL, AKA, WKF, NWUKO, WUKF and WKC. Organizations hold competitions, or tournaments, from the local level to international levels. Tournaments are designed to match members of different schools or [...]

Sport Taekwondo

Article by: World Wide Dojo

Modern Sport Taekwondo has developed in the decades since the 1950′s and  its emphasis is on speed and competition, as in Olympic sparring. Modern sport Taekwondo can be differentiated from other martial art styles by its emphasis on kicking. Sport taekwondo is subdivided into two main styles, WTF Taekwondo and the other is derived from the International Taekwon-Do [...]

The Art of Fighting: Muaythai

Article by: Paulo Tocha

In today’s world, with it’s renewed interest in fighting arts, there is one sport and fighting art that has been used supremely in both the Mixed Martial Arts arenas and in the Rings of the world. This fighting style, used mostly for stand up combat, is known as Muaythai. Around 2000 years ago, a fighting [...]

Shootfighting

Article by: World Wide Dojo

Shooto represents the martial arts in Japan. Though it is called Shooting in Japan, it could be easily misunderstood as a competition of guns in other countries. Shooto was started 15 years ago by Satoru Sayama who was previously a super star in Japanese professional wrestling. The reason behind Sayama’s Shooto was that he wanted [...]

Savate

Article by: World Wide Dojo

Savate is a French martial art. It is also known as boxe francaise, French boxing, French Kickboxing or French Footfighting. Savate uses both the hands and feet as weapons and it combines elements of western boxing with kicking techniques. Only foot kicks are allowed in Savate. Savate is one of the only styles of kickboxing [...]

San Shou

Article by: World Wide Dojo

San Shou is a martial art which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon intense study of various traditional methods and combined with modern advanced in sports medicine and training methodology. San Shou is practiced as a combat sport, meaning that training is conducted with safety equipment and competitions are conducted under rules [...]