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]
Voting closes on 4/19/19 at 6 pm EDT. Two Opposites Face Off: Ip Man 2 vs. Ong Bak! If you look hard, you may find two movies that are even further apart that Ip Man 2 vs. Ong Bak(click on the links for full movie reviews). Yes, they both revolve [Read More]
This review is spoiler free! Where to Watch: DVD, Amazon Runtime: 1 Hour, 41 Minutes Language: English Starring: Keanu Reeves Director: Chad Stahelski, David Leitch (uncredited) Writer: Derek Kolstad Rating: R Release Date: 2014 Style: Action, Crime, Thriller More information can be found on the IMDB page. Intro Wick, a [Read More]
This review is spoiler free! Where to Watch: DVD, Netflix Runtime: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese Starring: Donnie Yen Director: Wilson Yip Writer: Edmond Wong (screenplay) & Tai Lee Chan Rating: R Release Date: 2008 Style: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport More information can be found on the [Read More]
Violence – My Perspective I’ve come to believe two things about violence: it is fluid in nature and it is morally neutral. I don’t think I’ll get much pushback about violence being fluid. After all, almost all of us train in dealing with any number of unpredictable scenarios. There’s a [Read More]
The McDojo and Bringing Back McDojoLife McDojoLife is a… I’m not really sure how to define it. To call it a “website” doesn’t even come close to covering what it is. Maybe we should call it a movement. That certainly seems, to me at least, what it’s quickly becoming. Regardless [Read More]
What does legacy mean? Maybe it’s the fact that I am rapidly closing in on 50 and having to not only accept my mortality, but having to admit that I’m almost certainly closer to the date of my death than the date of my birth. Either way, I find myself often [Read More]
How Much Tradition is in Your karate? Back in December, Ron Amram wrote a wonderful article titled “Traditional Martial Arts – What is ‘Tradition’?” If you haven’t read it yet, click the link and do so now (or after you read this). His article got me thinking about what tradition [Read More]
42 seconds in combat. Wow. More on that in a moment… Welcome to Karate Combat and Inception Miami April 26 in Miami saw the inaugural fight card for the newly formed Karate Combat league. Aptly named #inceptionMiami, the league promised top karateka engaged in full contact sparring. And they delivered. As [Read More]
Once a year Dwight holds a seminar for us on karate. Because one thing we know that thousand-year-old martial arts do each year is… change. – Jim This year, Dwight, you’ve been vindicated. Karate Combat – Elevating and Promoting the Sport of Karate Worldwide This is a new professional fight [Read More]
“What’s the best pressure point to strike during a fight?” That was a recent question posted in a karate forum. It wasn’t the question that bothered me but rather the flurry of replies: driving knuckles into the throat, finger strike to the eyes, and a litany of recommended vital point [Read More]
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