Martial Arts : An Effective Form Of Self Defense

Mixed Martial Arts is the fastest growing sport in the world. Mixed Martial Arts (or MMA) is a combat sport that combines every and any fighting technique in a bout. To look closer at this sport as a discourse community, we will break down the sport into 5 different categories. We will take a look at the goals and values of MMA, the typical fighting styles or genres of MMA, the general rules of MMA, tasks and roles of each MMA community, and the targeted audience of MMA.

The Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do originated from subak and taekkyon. While this martial arts has its origins dating back thousands of years, it is relatively modern only dating back to the 1940s and 1950s. The martial art of tae kwon do is quite aggressive, strength versus strength. Typically tae kwon do is referred to as a hard style art, where as hapkido, another Korean martial art is considered a soft style art. Hapkido originated from yool sool, as well as tae kyon and unlike tae kwon do, it focused on throws and kicks rather than strength versus strength. Hapkido and tae kwon do alike each have there differences, but modern hapkido and tae kwon do are still seen in numerous military and security organizations as effective methods of self defense.

As Pu Yi grows up he was free to do whatever he wants, living the life of an emperor but was locked up in the Forbidden City deprived of the modern customs. Guided by the British Tutor, Reginald Johnston, Pu Yi became so captivated to foreigners and believed of them as the wisest and most civilized. Thus made him interested in Western things, and came up with his English name “Henry”. He was married at 18 with two wives, Wen Hsiu and Wan Jung.

Throughout world history people have enjoyed watching two men compete in hand to hand combat. Professional boxing made its debut here in America around the turn of the 20th century. Unlike boxing, mixed martial arts is a relatively new sport. Both sports are very technical and require their fighters to be in superb condition. Many fighters train all their life to make it big, but few ever get there. Although both sports are immensely popular, one stands alone as the dominant sport. In this paper I 'll prove that the sport of MMA is more technical, more exciting, and much safer than boxing.

Mixed martial arts have been around for a long time. It was first introduced in the original Olympic Games in Athens. In the beginning, fighters used a combination of

My opponent is my teacher and my ego is my enemy. During the beginning of 9th grade I had always wanted to get a membership at a gym and so happen that my cousin started working at this new gym called UFC, she invited me to check it out. Monday in the afternoon, I went to the gym and from the moment I first stepped foot in that gym I loved the vibe there. Everybody pleasantly welcomed me. I first started taking DUT (Daily Ultimate Training) classes which worked more on strength and conditioning. Then several different classes, however the one class that caught my attention the most was the Brazilian jiu-jitsu class. Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that teaches a smaller person how to defend himself against a larger adversary by using leverage and proper technique

Continuing on that idea, the Chinese trained men to become boxers which, then started attacking innocent people. “An anti-foreign movement known as the Boxer Rebellion, named for the martial artists that led the movement, gathered strength, and began attacking foreign

Verbal Judo is a 138 page book, written by George J. Thompson, Ph. D. and was published in March 2004. It is classified as a nonfiction, personal growth, self help and communication genre. Verbal Judo is based on the art of words and how to utilize them in various situations, in everyday life. The following three chapters left an impression on me; chapter two: The Language of Guidance, chapter four: The Language of Persuasion and chapter eight: The Language of Enforcement. They remained me of situations that have occurred in my own personal life, while I was growing up. This book has opened my eyes to think and solve problems from a different perspective then I would have done so before reading it.

Studies from, “A Dictionary of Martial Arts, by Louis Frederic” Publisher Charles E. Tuttle, Company Inc. 1988.

Character,” a form of fighting called the Twine style of boxing which is said to become made

Mr. Parker: Thank you Julie. I decided to create this style of martial arts because I have lately been noticing that the martial arts that were created many years ago, are not being adapted to the present world. I have lately been seeing many problems with this

As armed citizens, we face unique challenges. We must use a series of skills in tandem, creating the challenge of managing diverse strategies, tactics, techniques and tools, while most of our training is separated. Mixed Martial Arts once faced this challenge, each art specializing in a subset of technical skills that lead to a reduced ability to deal with different styles of attack, eventually the essential fundamentals were fused in cohesive core. The same conundrum faces the armed citizen.

Martial arts practitioners are trained to quickly respond to specific attacking scenarios. Law enforcement (LEO) and military personnel learn to respond to attacks by drawing a weapon or searching for cover. These type of swift responses are only learned through constant and repetitive

Often known for short as MMA, Mixed Martial Arts is a relatively new combat sport which has been gaining vast amounts of popularity recently

The Tae Kwon Do style of fighting is different than many other styles of martial arts fighting. Tae kwon do could best be