Sifting Through The Remains From The Fallout Of The Elite Eight We had some really interesting matchups created from the winners of the Sweet Sixteen round of Martial Journal’s Martial Arts Movie March Madness. Now it’s time to cover the fallout of the matchups from the Elite Eight round. We [Read More]
How The Wall Can Help Your Stretches With our every day stretching we tend to focus on the back of our body, hamstrings, calves, etc. We hardly ever stretch our sides: I don’t mean obliques, I mean deep muscles on our sides. As a martial artist, those deep side stretches [Read More]
How to Watch: In theaters now. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon Director: Chad Stahelksi Rating: R Release Date: 04/16/2019 Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes Style: Action, Martial Arts Overview John Wick 3 -Parabellum picks up where the previous films left off. Wick is “excommunicado” and [Read More]
Open Your Hips: Intermediate/Advanced Routine Tight hips, and the resulting lack of range of motion, is a nightmare of the modern world. We sit most of the time during the day, we drive a lot, and we tend to spend our free time also in a sitting position. Luckily for [Read More]
Introduction Myths abound in the martial arts world. One of the most pervasive is the myth that the late Bruce Lee created the “Kung Fu” television series. Airing from 1972 to 1975, this show on the ABC network and produced by Warner Brothers starred the late David Carradine. Portrayed as [Read More]
Voting will close on 5/20/19 at 6 pm EDT. John Wick vs. Enter the Dragon In this review, we’ll look at two very different martial arts films: John Wick and Enter the Dragon. But there is one interesting plot similarity between the two… First, we have the modern take on [Read More]
As Martial Journal’s resident novice, I have volunteered to write an article in defense the young black belt featured in the recent Telegraph article. While the article does make quite a few statements that would give any martial artist pause, I’m only going to be speaking about why I feel [Read More]
Warrior Review Warrior is a new martial arts-themed drama set in 1800s San Francisco and based on the writings of Bruce Lee. This review is spoiler-free! How to watch: Cinemax # of episodes: 10 Language: English (subtitles available) Starring: Andrew Koji, Jason Tobin, Olivia Cheng Creator: Jonathan Tropper Rating: TV-MA Release Date: 04/05/2019(USA) Style: Action, Martial Arts, Civil [Read More]
Voting will close on May 15th at 6 pm EDT. Seven Samurai vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) In this review, I will do a short comparison (spoiler free) of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 epic film Seven Samurai against the more recent, but still (in my opinion) classic Teenage Mutant Ninja [Read More]
Full Disclosure: The school I am an instructor at teaches kids and teenagers, and we do have a Junior Black Belt grade. A retest (with additional material) is required at age 16 to receive a full black belt. The opinions expressed here are my own only, legal mumbo jumbo, yadda [Read More]
Voting will close on 05/12/2019 at 6 pm EDT. The Sequel Versus The One That Started It All The first Ip Man movie was a breath of fresh air, started a trend of Ip Man related movies, and gave Donnie Yen’s career a big push. It was an odd choice at [Read More]
[This will be review will be spoiler-free, and will only contain information from season 1 and the trailers for season 2.] How to watch: Youtube (free with ads, or paid without ads) Starring: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Xolo Maridueña Episode Count: 10, approx 30 mins each Rating: TV-14 Release Date: 04/24/2019 Style: [Read More]
I recently had the opportunity to ask Dr. Bohdi Sanders some questions by email. He was kind enough to write back – and generously. This is not a short interview, but I am so pleased that he took the time. We have not edited any of the document that he [Read More]
Voting will close on May 8, 2019, at 6 pm EDT. Okay, round one has determined, by your poll results, the 8 greatest martial arts films of all time! In this showdown, we have two expected winners with the #7 seeded Jet Li’s Fearless vs the #2 seed The Karate [Read More]
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