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Anthony Perosh is fast making a name for himself in the mixed martial arts circles winning several recent competitions adding to a long line of other achievements.
The 100 man Kumite has always been regarded as the ultimate test of fighting ability and the spirit of Osu. For that reason there have only been 9 men successful over the period of 45 years.
Some 300 years ago, the Manchu army burned down the southern Shaolin temple. The Manchu were rulers by default, and their reign was characterized by the brutal measures they took to ensure that their delicate position was not upset.
Many people know you as the movie star and highly accomplished martial artist but there is much more to Richard Norton than that.
Walk into Ultimate Martial Arts and Fitness and you enter a place truly built for transformation. What is so powerful about the Martial Arts centre created by Renshi Vincent Busuttil and his wife Claire Busuttil is that it is a means for empowering life change for so many people.
With a current upsurge of interest in ground fighting Soke Tony Ball felt that there was a need to discuss the place of ground fighting in modern martial arts and stress the importance of a quick recovery to a standing position.
Today's world of Political Correctness and Ambulance-chasing lawyers, you can no longer rely solely on kicking, punching and blocking to defend yourself. You must be able to render and assailant helpless without injuring him. Hapkido is a Korean Martial Art which combines elements of Taekwondo Aikido, Judo, Ju Jitsu and Kung Fu.
Sensei Joe Thambu, Chief Instructor - Aikido Shudokan, Melbourne: Sensei Thambu began studying Aikido under the tutelage of his Uncle, Sensei Thamby Rajah at age 11. During the early years, Sensei Thambu also studied some Kendo and about three years of Shindo Muso Ryu Judo.
Reikijitsu is a revolutionary new martial art founded by Sensei Graham Slater, 6th Dan after 30 years of training and discovery in multiple styles of martial arts. Using the kata and kumite from Shotokai Karate as a base Slater borrowed elements from Shintaido, Aikido, Tai Chi, Shiatsu and Reiki to form a wholistic system that focused on both healing and the martial arts.
Shihan Garry Viccars was born in 1956 and began training in Kyokushin Karate in 1967 at the dojo of Bill Paauw in Little Ryrie St Geelong, That dojo produced some very high profile karate-ka including Brian Ellison, Mervyn Nelis (now head of Seido Karate in Australia) Brain Cole, Peter Volke, Mick Varker and Ritchie Saunders.
Bac Fu Do (White Tiger Way) Kung Fu is a powerful composite style martial art taught by veteran Australia Kung Fu master Sifu David Crook.
The Samurai were warriors who daily trained in arts of warfare. A skilled warrior would not just be good at killing people but was also considered to be a strategist, someone who could adapt and learn new skills. This is seen throughout Japanese history, when Japan was at peace and battles were no longer fought, Samurai would teach Martial Arts for personal cultivation and spiritual reasons.
