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 [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]
The year is 1981 and I’m sixteen years old. My aunt Annette is cutting my hair in her kitchen in Saugus, Massachusetts. Suddenly she stops and addresses me in a tone only children with Sicilian relatives can understand. “David, what have you been doing to your head?” Clueless I reach [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]
Title: The Silva Solution-Building Black Belts from the Inside Out Author: Greg Silva Publisher: Sheridan Books Publish Date: 2008 Format: Paperback Pages: 104 The “Pre-Reading Review” Most teachers don’t make a lot of money. They do, however, make something much more valuable: a difference. Yeah, yeah. I know. That [Read More]
Don’t Skip The Stretching Stretching is important for training in any sport. We all know the importance of it. As martial artists, we usually stretch before class. Stretching alone increases flexibility and range of motion. When possible, stretching with a partner – using his/her body weight – is an advanced [Read More]
The Nunchucka-pocalypse Is Nigh! Welcome back Martial Journal readers! We have some unsettling news reports coming in from all over New York in the last few weeks. Apparently, in the aftermath of a federal court ruling the ban on nunchucks in New York unconstitutional, nunchuck-fueled carnage has ensued. These reports [Read More]
“Wake early if you want another man’s life or land. No lamb for the lazy wolf. No battle’s won in bed.” – The Havamal Glima: The Warrior Art Of The Vikings Anthropologists, historians and researchers alike cannot deny the warrior prowess of the Vikings who charged head on into [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]
Netflix’s Kingdom Brings Swords and Sandals (and Zombies) Into Your Home [Authors Note: This review will be spoiler free!!!] How to watch: Netflix # of episodes: Season 1: 6[Season 2: 8(rumored), greenlit, pre-production] Language: Korean (subtitles available) Director: Seong-hun Kim Writer: Kim Eun Hee Rating: TV-MA Release date: January 25, 2019 (USA) [Read More]
In the interests of full disclosure, I received this book for review purposes The author of this book is also a contributor at Martial Journal Title: From the Desk to the Dojang; A 50-year-old’s Taekwondo Journey Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Author: David Ianetta Publish Date: 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 154 [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]
Nunchucks (properly called nunchaku) are one of, if not the most, iconic martial arts weapon. Just mentioning the word brings up mental images of Bruce Lee or the Ninja Turtle Michaelangelo. Part of the reason it’s so recognizable is that they are so… odd. Physically it is a simple weapon. [Read More]
Breaking Down Cobra Kai, Season 1-With Spoilers! Authors note: I apologize for my delay in getting this one up, but I will be finishing them all before season 2 premieres! It is no secret that I really enjoyed the first season of Cobra Kai. I was thrilled to see that they not only brought [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]
Kenji I’m going to talk about a little-known manga (Japanese comic book) called Kenji that I discovered a couple of years ago. It quickly became my favourite martial arts manga ever and one of my top 5 shonen (series marketed to a younger male audience). It’s a martial arts adventure [Read More]
As martial artists, each of us will inevitably face an illness, injury, or surgery that will knock us so far down that the evil little voice in our heads will whisper, “This is it. You’ll never train again.” Turn to the internet for solace and you may begin to feel [Read More]
Welcome to another book review! As an initial matter, I wanted to apologize for being away for so long. I was terribly busy at work and didn’t have time to sleep, let alone read. Rest assured, I am back, however, and even had time to read and review a new [Read More]
Knight Fight If you haven’t seen it, History Chanel has a new show called Knight Fight. It’s a competition show where practitioners of medieval weaponry battle, using medieval weapons, against each other wearing period-style armor. Sounds good so far right? It sounds like it would be [Read More]
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