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Martial Arts News 6.14.09

June 14, 2009 · 4 Comments

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  • Boxing vs. MMA?

…Sylvia was knocked out by Ray Mercer in ten seconds.

More than 400 people gathered at the hillside cemetery in Los Angeles for the two-hour funeral…

Being Muhammad Ali’s son, he’s naturally attracting a lot of attention…

Prostitutes in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have begun taking karate lessons to protect themselves from violent customers and pimps.

For the cross breed of martial arts enthusiasts and avid friday followers on Twitter, I present to you Tweet Kune Do…

As part of their karate school’s “Environmental Self-Defense” initiative, students enrolled at Boston’s Emerald Necklace Martial Arts will be pulling weeds and planting trees and flowers along the Everett Street embankment in Allston on Saturday, June 20. Gardening work is scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m.

  • What happens when professional football meets tae kwon do?

The Buffalo Bills recently brought in Tae Kwon Do master Joseph Kim to work with their line backer corps and defensive lineman.

The news was light on traditional and/or interesting martial arts news. Let’s see what the blogs bring us.

From the blogs:

  • You might want to check out the history of the Dojo Rat and also wish him a happy birthday.

Well, well, well… your ol’ buddy Dojo Rat has finally hit the big 5-0.

While I have a black belt in Taekwondo, I can’t seem to stick to any one style, knowing there’s just so much out there. As such, I figured that this was a better medium for me, bringing you folks the best of what I find.

Check Bruce lee – kung fu fighting Exclusively at…

  • 70 0r not, if some old fart did this to me I’d have to educate him on the value of qinna counters!

Before I knew it, he grabbed my arm, twisted it behind my back and throws me down onto the bench that I just got off of.

  • Martial Development takes issue with black belts for kids.

He was recently promoted to a black belt rank. He is nine years old.

Kung Fu kicks look different than Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai kicks look different than Karate kicks. Which way of throwing a kick is best?

  • Speaking of kicks, check out the dummy in this video.

That said, I wasn’t all that impressed by his form.

I would add that I’m not impressed with his brain either. ;)

The videos:

  • First let’s look at some karate prostitutes.

  • This one is for Martial Development. Somewhere an eye twitches…

-BCP

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