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Could Martial Arts Training Help Prevent Fractures?

Monday, 26 April 2010 12:52 |

Recently there have been stories in the news about martial arts fall training to prevent fractures and we'd like to hear what you think about this. Does this sound like something that is feasible? Let us know.

A study of healthy volunteers suggests that teaching elderly patients how to fall may help them avoid bone fractures.

For obvious reasons the study used healthy individuals trained in martial arts to study the impact of the fall and how much force was involved which was measured with a device called a force platform...similar to a weighing machine. A thick mattress was positioned in front of the participants, so they weren't falling onto a hard surface.

Texas youth @ in Martial Arts World Championships in Seoul Korea

Monday, 26 April 2010 11:41 |

Three local youths competed in the 7th Korean Martial Arts World Championships held in Seoul Korea on April third.

Three local youths competed in the 7th Korean Martial Arts World Championships held in Seoul Korea on April third. Master John Murphy owner of Progressive Martial Arts was very happy to take his students on the bi-annual trip to Korea hosted by World Kido Federation and the south Korean government.

Murphy’s students competed and did fantastically with over 1,000 talented competitors from Korea, Canada, Panama, Brazil, Sweden, and Turkey (just to list a few of the nations represented). With our three competitors from Fannin county that made up a fourth of the total U.S. team the kids felt the pressure. All three of Master Murphy’s students not only did a fantastic job at the World Championships they ALL placed and received bronze medals as well as a certificate of achievement from World KIDO federation and the South Korean government.

Winners from Fannin County were: Anthony Johnson: bronze medal in teen black belt weapons from Ravenna, TX

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Studio offers Israeli martial arts

Monday, 26 April 2010 10:39 |

About 10 students gathered around Adam Cuddyer as he stood in front of a large blue bag in the practice space of Alliance Martial arts. After watching Mr. Cuddyer demonstrate a kick, the students lined up to practice what they’d just been taught.

   ”My parents enrolled me in Tae Kwon Do, and I just stuck with it,” Mr. Cuddyer, who began learning Tae Kwon Do at age 4, said. “It’s great for building confidence, for building discipline and structure.”

   ”That’s really the goal of martial arts,” he added. “What they learn from the martial arts is something they can use outside (of it).”

   Alliance Martial Arts is the first school Mr. Cuddyer opened in Hillsborough, and it builds on 20 years of practicing martial arts for Mr. Cuddyer, and about 12 years of teaching two forms —Tae Kwon Do and Krav Maga, an Israeli martial art.

   Located on South Branch Road, the business opened March 20, and offers classes for children and adults. The school also offers family discounts if multiple members of a family enroll in the school.

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Kimbo Slice returns to fight in UFC 113

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 16:25 |

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Kimbo Slice is getting his second UFC bout on May 8 in Montreal against former NFL player Matt Mitrione.

The mixed martial arts league confirmed the matchup Monday. Slice and Mitrione will meet on the undercard of UFC 113, headlined by Lyoto Machida's rematch with Mauricio Rua.

Slice is the burly, bearded former Miami strip club bouncer who became the unlikely face of MMA three years ago when CBS began showing his bouts for the EliteXC promotion, which subsequently folded.

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Johnson's TaeKwonDo & Leadership Academy teaches its students to walk the walk.

Monday, 08 March 2010 15:34 |

WAKE COUNTY, N.C.

The ten tenets of TaeKwonDo Honor, Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-Control, Courage, Community, Strength, Humility, and Knowledge are taught and stressed in each taekwondo lesson that the academy instructors teach. However, one tenet that is often overlooked in the martial arts industry is Humility.

Parents have gotten the wrong idea about martial arts lately as mixed martial arts (The UFC) has become more prevalent. For some reason, parents think that if I am a mixed martial artist, I am laden with tattoos, I fight in a cage, and am extremely arrogant and full of pride. While this may be what you watch on television, this is not the martial arts experience you seek for your children.