Seven Samurai vs. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Voting closes on 4/21/19 at 6 pm EDT. It’s An Art House Battle Royal! In terms of movie making, these might be the two most beautiful martial art movies ever made! We all know that martial arts movies are usually relegated to the [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]
Benefits are everywhere when you look for them, even if you are not a fan of where the benefit comes from. Many TMA practitioners (Traditional Martial Arts) don’t like MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). Many MMA fighters don’t like TMA. The reasons are everything from a lack of an open mind [Read More]
Voting will be open until 4/17/19 at 6 pm EDT. Click on these links to read the full movie reviews of Fearless and Kickboxer. Fearless vs Kickboxer – In this matchup we have two of the most beloved martial arts movie actors of all time, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jet [Read More]
Breaking Down Cobra Kai Season 1-With Spoilers! It is no secret that I really enjoyed the first season of Cobra Kai. I was thrilled to see that they not only brought the original characters back but also made a flat-out fantastic show. You can listen to a spoiler-free discussion I had with Sensei [Read More]
There is no rubric to determine what makes a good martial arts movie. Can a movie survive based on the action alone? Or are the story and characters what make a movie great? Consider the films Ip Man and The Raid: Redemption while keeping questions like this in mind. One [Read More]
Welcome to Positive Psychology Since you reading Martial Journal, it is a safe assumption that you are very interested in martial arts. Regardless of style, the training is the same: you’re less terrible with more practice. If you’re a white belt, don’t give up because you see a black belt [Read More]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(1990) Vs. Bloodsport It’s possible that no two movies in the first round matchups of the Martial Arts Movie March Madness are as different from each other as these two are. They are a true matchup of opposites. On one hand, you have the light and witty [Read More]
Matchup: The Karate Kid vs. Rumble in the Bronx March movie madness continues! The field has been culled and now only the sweet sixteen remain. This article covers one of the more uneven matchups in the tournament. The powerhouse plot of the number 2 seed, The Karate Kid goes head [Read More]
We Have A 3-Way Tie! Wow. Those of you participating in the Martial Arts Movie March Madness event have been keeping us busy. We were blown away by the response we got in the poll. There has also been lots of behind the scenes conversation and chat as to how [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]
A prejudice common in the martial arts world is to automatically assume that training in the country of origin of a given martial art is superior to training anywhere else. I call it the “Training Overseas Fallacy.” I’ve practiced one martial art or another for forty-eight years, and taught for [Read More]
Health in the Martial Art World Martial arts, as a whole, is a very deep and amazing practice. For us to continue our beloved art to the next generation, we must know its past, present, and future. The past is full of war, philosophy, duels, religion, and spirituality. Current martial [Read More]
Three-section staff and other possible Chinese cousins to the nunchuck This March is Nunchuck Month at Martial Journal so I wanted to add my two pennies to the subject. Earlier this month Jaredd talked about the history of the nunchaku. In his article Jaredd mentions a Chinese version of the [Read More]
The title might throw you off, but I’m sure you’ve seen it before. Spectacle is what makes professional wrestling entertaining. It’s the reason Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fought to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. You can also credit spectacle with being the reason that so many [Read More]
Time To Determine The Sweet Sixteen Last week, Jeremy Lesniak introduced our Martial Arts Movies March Madness plans to have you, the readers, determine what the best martial arts movie of all time is. To recap for you, we asked you to nominate your favorite martial arts movies of all [Read More]
Martial artists are notorious for disagreeing about things. But one subject that can keep us up late into the night is debating over a martial arts movie. Whether we argue about fight scenes, realism, impact on our culture, or any other number of details, it’s clear that martial art films [Read More]
Putting A Spotlight On Nunchucks For the month of March, Martial Journal is bringing you something a little different. We are calling it Nunchuck Month! This means you might notice more articles appearing on Martial Journal that are about, or relating to, nunchucks. There will be articles about nunchucks that [Read More]
My Test It’s my first intermittent promotion test since earning my black belt. I’ve been practicing hard for it for some time. For this test I have to perform Koryo, a poomsae (form) I enjoy doing and have practiced a lot. I know all the moves and I have been [Read More]
Watch Out For These Fairy Tales In the previous two installments of this series, I discussed some phrases, that are often uttered in gyms and dojos around the world, and that one should be wary of. Some of them have to do with the way business is conducted. Others are [Read More]
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