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The skills used for combat have been around at least as long as our species and almost certainly predates Homo Sapiens. The skills of fighting other humans grew side by side with the skills used for hunting. Ötzi was killed by someone with archery skills around 3230 BC and his body froze into a natural mummy in…
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So you’re interested in training in martial arts for the first time. Now what? The first thing you should do is panic and run around in a complete frenzy. Once you get that out of your system, it’s time to put on your game face and make a plan. Which art is which? There are many reasons why…
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This is a common question. The modern Budō martial arts made the attainment of a black belt famous during the 20th C, but largely the importance of this is blown out of proportion around the world. Many think that a promotion to black belt represents mastery, but more accurately in Japan and Okinawa the rank of black…