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Pa Kua Chang or Ba Gua Zhang

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Pa Kua Chang (Eight Diagram Palm), is also known as Ba Gua Zhang. It is one of the primary internal systems of the Chinese martial arts, the others are Tai Chi Chuan and Hsing I Chuan. Pa Kua Chang is an art based on evasive footwork and a kind of ‘guerilla warfare’ strategy applied to [...]

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Pentjak Silat

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Pentjak Silat means, literally, the formal movements or choreography (Pentjak) of fighting (Silat). It is a catch-all term for the indigenous martial arts of Indonesia. There are regional specialties such as the kicking and ground-fighting of Sumatran Harimau stylists or the hand-work of Bali and Java. The Indonesian government has its sanctioned organization IPSI which [...]

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Qigong

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Qigong (pronounced chee goong) is a Chinese system of physical training, philosophy, and preventive and therapeutic health care. Qi (or chi) means air, breath of life or vital essence. Gong means work, self-discipline, achievement or mastery. This art combines aerobic conditioning, isometrics, isotonics, meditation, and relaxation. Qigong is a discipline whose practice allows us to [...]

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Qwan Ki Do

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Qwan Ki do literally means “the way of the fist and the energy.”  This Vietnamese martial art is similar to Karate. It was founded by Pham Xuan Tong, who taught empty-hand methods plus the Vietnamese sword. the Taoist philosophy underpinning is considered important. Meditation, forms and breathing are all emphasized. France has the most students [...]

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Seifukujutsu

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Seifukujutsu is the art of healing developed and propagated in Japan as much as 1200 to 1600 years ago. The origins of the art are rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Seifukujutsu literally means to ‘restore and replace’ and consists of herbal medicine, of Nihon Kaifuku Anma (amma) (Japanese restoration massage), Sekotsu (bone setting) techniques, Sotai [...]

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Seikendo – The Healing Art of Seibukan Jujutsu

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From the standpoint of integrity, responsibility and balance, we, as students of the martial arts, must know the self-defense applications as well as healing skills. Balance, is one law of the universe. The pendulum swings until balance is achieved. One of the many qualities of the martial artist is the awareness of causes and effects [...]

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Shito-ryu

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Karate has been taught outside of Japan for almost 40 years, and was exported to the rest of the world along both stylistic and organizational lines. By now, the names of most karate styles have become familiar to martial artists everywhere. Of all the traditional karate systems shotokan, goju-ryu, wado-ryu, shorin-ryu, kyokushin, isshin-ryu, and shito-ryu [...]

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Shobayashi Shorin-ryu

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Shobayashi Shorin-ryu is a style of Okinawan Shorin-ryu karate founded by Chotoku Kyan and passed to Eizo Shimabukuro. Eizo Shimabukuro dropped the Chatan Yara no Kusanku and the Oyadamari no Passai he learned from Chotoku Kyan and he added Kusanku Sho and Dai and Passai Sho and Dai of Yasutsune Itosu lineage. It is said [...]

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Shorin-ryu

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Bodhidharma also known as known as “Daruma” in Japan and as often as not, this Indian Buddhist monk is cited as the prime source for all martial arts styles or at the very least, for any style which traces its roots back to the fabled Shaolin Temple. However, the question of his contributions to the [...]

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Shoto-ryu (Shotokan)

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Shotokan is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing karate through a series of public demonstrations, and by promoting the development of university karate clubs, including those at Keio, Waseda, Hitotsubashi [...]

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