In episode 393 of the Whistlekick Podcast, “The Problems with the Way Self-Defense Is Taught,” Jeremy Lesniak talked about different exercises and training scenarios that he uses to test and develop the real-world self-defense skills of traditional martial artists. Here is a great example: A group of students is divided [Read More]
Voting for Ip Man vs. Fearless will close on June 7th at 6 pm EDT. The Father of Moden Wing Chun vs the Father of the Jing Wu We’re at the semifinals of this tournament. We’ve seen Ip Man fight himself in the previous stage. Now it’s time to face [Read More]
Martial Cinema Tropes The advent of the sport called “mixed martial arts” was a pivotal point in the history of the wider culture of the martial arts, and more importantly also marked a significant alteration in the perception of the martial arts that is held by the huge fraction of [Read More]
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]
Breaking Down the Aftermath of the Sweet Sixteen Matchups Now that voting has closed on all the Sweet Sixteen–round matchups, we will be moving forward to the Elite Eight. So, how did the voting go? Which movies won, and which didn’t make the cut? Read on to find out! #1 [Read More]
Season 2 Primer Wow. That is all I can come up with when I think about how truly great the first season of Cobra Kai was. This cannot be overstated. There were so many ways it could have gone wrong, and triple the ways it could have been just okay. [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]
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