A man accused of practising martial arts in a town centre told a court he did not mean to frighten or alarm anyone. |
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Around 40 people took part in the event which involved different displays of martial arts from tae kwon do to kickboxing. |
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Want to add martial arts to your fitness regimen but don't know the difference between tai chi and tae kwon do? |
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During the next seven years I did mainly judo and jodo, and a number of other martial arts such as aikido, iaido, karate, and t'ai chi ch'uan. |
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One of Hong Kong cinema's reigning bad boys isn't a director, actor, or martial arts choreographer. |
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We are working at the moment with a Japanese master who is showing us aspects of Budo and martial arts. |
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Karate is no longer just a pastime for a select few, as young and old discover the discipline of martial arts. |
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Two of the fighting stances for each character are based on real world martial arts, and the third style focuses solely on weapon-based combat. |
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Skilled dancers move beyond pirouettes with their melange of tricks inspired by the Peking Opera and martial arts. |
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She was a true beauty and the typical blonde bombshell that fell in love with my dad, a martial arts professional. |
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Capoeira blends dance and combat movement and falls under the rubric of martial arts. |
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A friend of mine named Trevor, who is also a software engineer, is a student of Shaolin Kung Fu, an ancient Chinese martial arts system. |
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The temple is next to an old athletic association where the Shaolin martial arts have been taught for more than 150 years. |
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He's highly trained in the martial arts, not to mention in the use of weaponry. |
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Moreover, we hoped to demonstrate the true value of Shintoist martial arts. |
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Currently, mixed martial arts is the fastest growing sport in the United States of America. |
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Only with education will the society ever fully accept the sport of mixed martial arts. |
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But Allan insists that mixed martial arts is still a lot safer than boxing. |
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Rosi reckons there are strong similarities between her talents for maths and for cage fighting, also known as mixed martial arts. |
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In 1999, at age 19, he became the Sambo world champion and, shortly afterward, began fighting in mixed martial arts events. |
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He hopes to open an athletic center, and to become more proficient in mixed martial arts. |
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Fourteen former Olympians and 17 former college wrestling champions have participated in mixed martial arts, the association says. |
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It is only a matter of time before the sport of mixed martial arts sweeps the United States. |
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Since the sport of mixed martial arts was first introduced to the United States in 1993, it has been the subject of much heated political debate. |
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He's probably the single most recognizable name in the world of mixed martial arts. |
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Almost a decade ago, mixed martial arts was seen as a blood sport without rules or regulation. |
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In 2009, he will host five mixed martial arts events at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. |
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Carmine Zocchi, a professional fighter and instructor from Middle Village, Queens, said New York should be a showcase for mixed martial arts. |
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The principal force behind the effort is the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the largest mixed martial arts association in the world. |
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Also, in boxing, the participants wear large padded gloves, whereas in mixed martial arts, the participants wear only minimally padded gloves. |
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He also worked as the martial arts instructor for the motion capture stuntmen and even did some mocap himself. |
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This was the search for the genuine goal and true essence or martial arts on which he spent most of his time. |
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He had done martial arts since he was five and had earned a black belt in karate. |
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Sensei Ortino has been active in the martial arts for well over 30 years now, and holds black belts in several different martial arts. |
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My father is a black belt in karate and I grew up with him, so I was involved in the martial arts. |
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Klein's multidisciplinary project of the 1950s included monochrome painting, writing, martial arts, performance, musical composition and film. |
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No other sports come close to matching the martial arts for a sense of mystique and mystery. |
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The fight sequences became legendary, with their slo-mo and martial arts wire-flying. |
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When it comes to pure, unmitigated, no-strings-attached martial arts action this delivers the goods. |
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Liu's martial arts skills make her a natural for the role, but Thurman proves to be a worthy adversary. |
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There were also performances by boxers from the British Thai Boxing Council and other martial arts experts. |
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But the 21-stone martial arts expert, who owns a boxing and training gymnasium, said he was now happy to draw a line under the past. |
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Most of the fighters had a little boxing or martial arts experience but some were just raw street fighters. |
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It would be my gym for my training, where I would practice my weapons usage and martial arts. |
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We need a male actor to play a ninja, who needs to have a martial arts background as well as be able to perform back handsprings. |
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The modern ninjas are concerned with martial arts, which played hardly any role in the lives of the real ninjas. |
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I thought before starting research that the martial arts traditions associated with the ninjas would provide a lot of good material. |
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To prepare for the role of a ninja, Prout began martial arts training a few weeks before filming began. |
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Unlike the hard martial arts, Tai chi is characterized by soft, slow, flowing movements that emphasize force, rather than brute strength. |
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I'm quite small like Bruce Lee was and martial arts are really about agility and skill, there's very little brute force involved. |
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Most of our facilities weren't designed with specialized rooms for martial arts or yoga. |
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It is an action movie with stunts comparable with the best in the martial arts genre. |
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He works out, has done martial arts for years, and is a decently bulky guy. |
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For more than two decades, the Encino Judo Club has helped teach martial arts skills to blind and visually impaired athletes. |
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In an excerpt from Daughters of the Ocean, she demonstrated the interweaving of martial arts movements like tai chi into her dance vocabulary. |
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I also urge the martial arts club to stop spray-painting offensive slogans about our rivals on the walls. |
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All I could think about was how when I was younger, all I wanted to do was to continue in martial arts to be a cage fighter. |
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Barring martial arts kit such as nunchakus, throwing stars and kubotans is understandable. |
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Occasionally Adam will become sidetracked from his boxing with obsessions over obscure martial arts. |
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They will spend half a day at a time in the Arena learning less mainstream sports such as martial arts, gymnastics, handball and basketball. |
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In his spare time, he practices and teaches martial arts and holds black belts in the Korean disciplines of tae kwon do and hapkido. |
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Correctly practiced martial arts can help offset these conditions or at least minimize their effects. |
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He indulged in boxing and martial arts, taught aerobics and step classes, and enjoyed running. |
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Taekwondo is a Korean branch of the martial arts and is a full Olympic sport. |
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The picture, submitted by a teacher of Japanese fencing and martial arts, has caused a stir. |
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After my first lead role, I knew I was in over my head, so I started training in acting and martial arts. |
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After getting some noodles and watching some martial arts we got bored and decided to head into town. |
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In the action field, he's not a fighter, like the martial arts brigade, but a throwback to the era of suave gentleman spies. |
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He wants her to make fun of how he eats chop suey, dreams of being a martial arts stunt man, and excels at math. |
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This is a festival of martial arts that follows the Hindu festival of Holi. |
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The festival of music, dance, martial arts and medieval chivalry will showcase a variety of costumes, colour and culture. |
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Both kenjutsu and jujutsu aimed at being self defence martial arts during the period of peace. |
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The texture and style of martial arts and action genres are made vividly new, compulsively entertaining, and exquisitely modern. |
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Three local martial arts instructors have just returned from a nine day trip teaching their sport in Russia. |
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He finds just enough courage to annoy Billy Jack and get his throat crushed in an awesome display of Billy Jack's prowess in the martial arts. |
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For those who believe martial arts require brute force, he demonstrated the gentle irresistibility of his technique. |
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I've been doing Iyengar yoga as a supplement to martial arts, because I have terrible breath control and trouble with foot cramps. |
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Famous outside of Asia for its martial arts films, 1960s Hong Kong cinema also saw a flourishing musical genre. |
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He is the foremost figure in the modern world of traditional Japanese martial arts. |
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I went from a runner and calisthenics freak to an athletic, cross-training, bodybuilding, martial arts gorilla. |
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I try to be humble in my martial arts, but in my movie career I can not be like that or I will get lost in the crowd. |
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Today, the 23-year-old second dan will be competing with the best in the world in one of the most esoteric martial arts on the planet. |
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Smith has been genning up on her kung fu moves and Dundee's martial arts community is already booking in numbers. |
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Following his 5-year stint in pro wrestling, he retired to pursue mixed martial arts. |
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They are operated by two men who are usually martial arts masters, accompanied by musicians playing a large drum, cymbals and gongs. |
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There is enough echt samurai swordplay to satisfy the most exacting martial arts fan, and yet somehow I can't see Tarantino lifting any of this. |
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The routines include religious folk and aboriginal dance, martial arts along with diabolo playing and shuttlecock kicking. |
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A real Chinese martial arts hero never strikes his enemy if the latter is unable to fight back. |
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The evolution of swordfighting martial arts hero into gun-toting gangster must necessarily entail a new concept in production design. |
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I'll admit I prefer the English dubs on martial arts films, so I always pick that option first. |
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He lived in Brixton, did martial arts, taught me everything I know about self defence. |
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They are encouraged with the gradual increase in the number of new persons who have joined martial arts dojos this year. |
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Many martial arts halls, or dojos, have wall mirrors so that students can correct their stances and postures. |
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This is true in traditional Aikido dojos as well as other styles of martial arts in Japan. |
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One thing I did not think of was how martial arts would influence us outside the dojo. |
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You're a big advocate of jeet kune do, the martial arts discipline created by Bruce Lee. |
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Students majoring in martial arts roles go through a strict training, involving acrobatics and eurythmics. |
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The game takes place on a 5 meter cushioned area suitable for martial arts and acrobatics training. |
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Smith has studied martial arts for 18 years, concentrating exclusively on ju-jitsu for the last 14 years and has trained all over Europe. |
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Otherwise, why not rent a comedy and a martial arts actioner and watch them separately? |
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In addition to martial arts and stunt work, she focused on weight training and yoga. |
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Try gym, dance, judo or other martial arts, horse riding, skating and more. |
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In that time he's been a martial arts instructor, a financial advisor, pastored a Wesleyan Methodist church and run a radio show. |
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He was already highly skilled in the martial arts, having obtained a black belt in karate. |
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I teach karate at one of my three martial arts clubs, in Gourock, Greenock and Erskine. |
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Most of us in karate or other martial arts were taught to form a basic closed fist. |
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He spent nearly a year studying kendo, karate and other Japanese martial arts. |
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Then she hired a fourth degree black belt in karate and did martial arts training. |
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It is true that he was very good at both judo and aikido, but he also held high ranks in other martial arts as well, including kendo. |
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I've trained in western fencing, kendo and martial arts, and the knocks are different, but with a good instructor the results are the same. |
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Complementary therapies are being investigated, such as training in martial arts as a means of reducing aggressiveness in youth. |
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I have seen this in countless martial arts schools, in karate, aikido, judo, kung fu, etc. |
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Modern martial arts, such as karate, taekwondo and aikido, teach not only fighting skills but physical, spiritual and psychological strength. |
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Mr Elliott said the technique, similar to martial arts like aikido, is quick to learn and enables people to surprise their attacker. |
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After throwing himself off buildings and wing walking in box office smashes, a stuntman has opened a martial arts school in Morecambe. |
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Maybe she could beat him in a spar match, but he wouldn't find out until the annual martial arts tournament at school. |
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In our western culture we can date the development of martial arts such as archery and wrestling to ancient Greece. |
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Their place in the history of martial arts, as the originators of kung fu, has created a worldwide demand for their knowledge. |
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Woo himself also began early in his career as a director of martial arts kung fu and wuxia pictures. |
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But getting through London in the rush hour was always a deterrent and my martial arts practice lapsed. |
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Kung-fu has become popular in many countries, primarily through films which feature martial arts stars. |
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Special events include fortune telling, martial arts, lion dance, a street market and more. |
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The games have had disciplines like cycling, aquatics, golf, tennis, soccer, wrestling, martial arts and figure skating. |
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Jon is a friendly, creative stand-up comedian, with a love of languages, martial arts, and a healthy loathing for heavy physical exertion. |
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Indeed most martial arts are based on the creations of Chinese ascetic monks almost a thousand years ago. |
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Besides tae kwon do, also try aikido, kung fu, judo, karate, jujitsu or any other style of martial arts. |
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The UW Martial Arts club will demonstrate a variety of martial arts, including tae kwon do, juijitsu and kendo. |
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He was giving a martial arts demonstration, beating up a punchbag, and was more interested in watching the women watching him than in taking care over what he was doing. |
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The boom in new types of martial arts contrasts with a decline in the popularity of their traditional counterparts, such as judo and kendo, or fighting with bamboo swords. |
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One of the secrets to his success was the martial arts discipline tae kwon do, a form of unarmed self-defense that requires intense training of the body and the mind. |
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Over the past five years, however, because of shrewd marketing by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the sport's premier brand, mixed martial arts has become mainstream. |
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My passion for martial arts grew, and I started learning tae kwon do. |
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The Judo practice uniform and belt system eventually spread to many of the other modern martial arts such as aikido and karate which adapted them for their purpose. |
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Like most martial arts movies, this action thriller is full of bad dialogue, hopeless acting and plenty of biffo for anyone with a short attention span. |
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You can get fun introductions to Japanese culture at two major festivals, with demonstrations of everything from classic dance to aikido martial arts. |
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A chance for martial arts fans to learn Thai kick-boxing is coming soon. |
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It's the ideal way to prepare your muscle for activities that require velocity or quick recoil, such as powerlifting, basketball, tennis, martial arts and track and field. |
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In sports, this move improves performance of pulling and lifting actions, as seen in the martial arts, chinning, and rope, mountain and rock climbing. |
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The rotational action of the obliques is very important in turning the shoulders, which is vital in gymnastics, diving, wrestling, and the martial arts. |
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In an age of five-minute wonders some trainers of the traditional martial arts are sceptical whether Krav Maga has the stamina to go the distance. |
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Karate kid Roxanne Moss remembered all her martial arts training when a young thug armed with a home-made knuckleduster attacked her outside her home. |
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A Chinese martial arts expert was in custody yesterday after turning the tables on four burglars armed with knives, killing two of them and seriously wounding a third. |
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Twenty-two major sports, including aquatics, cycling, figure skating, golf, martial arts, soccer, track and field, and wrestling will be included. |
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He's capable of martial arts tricks, but he's at home in the depths of the enemy's defenses, plumbing into their secrets and tricksily discovering their greatest secrets. |
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Other events include a five-mile run, tug o'war, display of falconry, morris dancing, pipe bands, circus entertainers and displays of martial arts. |
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Iaido and kyudo are perhaps the best vehicles of the Japanese martial arts for meditative contemplation because of their essentially solitary nature. |
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These elements were implemented into traditional Chinese martial arts and thus over 50 distinct Shaolin fighting styles, known as kung fu or wushu, were developed. |
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The terms wushu and kung fu are both generic terms encompassing all the different styles, weapons, routines and other aspects of the Chinese martial arts in general. |
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Maybe a mud run or martial arts class would be more up your alley. |
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The discipline required for martial arts fed into the psychology of the character, who approaches everything mission by mission. |
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Yet even among more experimental sects, mixed martial arts has critics. |
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Most of them abandoned the practice of martial arts altogether. |
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Any Asian film that doesn't happen to be a martial arts triumph is left behind because the buy-back buyers steer clear of annoying subtitles or classical music soundtracks. |
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Elektra's martial arts mentor Stick will reportedly play a central role in the film which will see Elektra battling the ninja clan known as The Hand. |
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Also, her older sister drilled her mercilessly every day in martial arts, saying that both of them had gotten shamefully out of shape and needed practice. |
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In high school, he began taking group classes at Gold's Gym in Milford with Bobby Andrews, a pro boxer who later became involved with mixed martial arts. |
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So I began entertaining the idea of making a martial arts film. |
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The film revolves round a martial arts master who comes to America in search of the next guardian who would protect the powerful scroll in his possession. |
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Hu is also expected to attend some of the cultural activities, which include dragon and lion dances, red-fan performances, Peking Opera and martial arts. |
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Such scenes work on the level of stylization and pure martial arts action, and may be appreciated wholly out of context, but the essence of heroism remains elusive. |
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A martial arts expert, he had served in the military, worked as the warden of a county jail in New Jersey, and later as a security contractor for the Saudi monarchy. |
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In the past two years, he has made a careful study of the Japanese martial arts of judo and sumo and applied them as metaphors for the way companies do business. |
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During my university days we used to share athletic department facilities with people doing other martial arts like Shorinji kempo and judo and sumo. |
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He uses his super-powers to defeat a whole school of martial arts experts. |
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He takes the stage with a stride that's purposeful, elegant, even serene, befitting a Californian who seriously loves surfing, martial arts and fast cars. |
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The Prince was designed so that his skills in combat, from swordplay to martial arts, are unmatched, since the best instructors of Persia have trained him all his life. |
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Many martial arts schools offer classes for both adults and children. |
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Through her career in painting and drawing, as well as her dancing, modeling, acting and martial arts instruction, she has defied the doubting Thomases. |
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And the reason he's talking about cowpokes is because his latest US movie juxtaposes the martial arts of the Far East with the gunslinging of the Wild West. |
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He began martial arts training when most kids his age are still getting whupped by their big sisters and won the first of his seven black belts in karate at just 12 years old. |
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We strongly believe the mixed martial arts industry will continue to see strong growth over the coming years. |
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Bangladeshi martial arts evolved in villages where zamindars employed large private armies to protect their landholdings. |
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The Lathi khela and Boli Khela are two major forms of Bengali martial arts. |
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This book made me long for the old ways of martial arts instruction before McDojos and health clubs dominated the land. |
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Outside of boxing, he has worked as a philanthropist and mixed martial arts promoter. |
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Some of the earliest forms of Asian martial arts, such as kalarippayattu, musti yuddha, silambam, and marma adi, originated in India. |
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Mixed martial arts is essentially about making the opponent tire out before you do so you are at an advantage in dealing devastating moves. |
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Baker has been the most successful martial arts competitor in Irish history winning over 50 international titles. |
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Volleyball, basketball, auto racing, and martial arts also attract large audiences. |
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Japanese martial arts such as judo, karate and kendo are also widely practiced and enjoyed by spectators in the country. |
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In martial arts, Russia produced the sport Sambo and renowned fighters, like Fedor Emelianenko. |
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There are two styles of martial arts native to Sri Lanka, Cheena di and Angampora. |
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For this project, I contacted college programs, cheerleading, martial arts, and acrobatic gymnastics programs. |
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I am a martial arts enthusiast and I was wondering if there's a martial arts school near my place. |
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The Shaolin Temple Wushu Training Center offers a program for students worldwide to study and immerse themselves in the martial arts culture. |
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Tournament director is grand master Dae Shik Yin, who operates martial arts schools in Lancaster, Palmdale, Quartz Hill and Reseda. |
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In addition, Yang Ki Yin JiuJitsu will conduct a martial arts demonstration and class. |
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I've competed in three military-style obstacle races and I'm a huge fan of mixed martial arts, particularly Brazilian Jiujutsu and Muay Thai. |
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A MIXED martial arts gym in Gabalfa is due to be closed down after it was refused retrospective planning permission yesterday. |
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Muay Thai is a combat sport from the Muay martial arts of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. |
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A TEENAGER arrested for possessing a martial arts weapon pulled his toenails off in a police cell and urinated on the floor. |
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The Newcastle-based martial arts powerhouse took Walsall by storm at the 2011 TJF Randori National Championships. |
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Horrified teachers and police also found pupils with claw hammers, knuckle dusters and martial arts weapons. |
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Unfortunately, as a result of the brief craze for Eastern martial arts, the nunchaku became very popular in some circles. |
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Walker assaulted his mother, Geraldine Walker, 67, with nunchakus, a martial arts weapon. |
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Mr Robertshaw said the third man was wearing a balaclava and carrying a set of martial arts nunchucks. |
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Like martial arts, in-line skating is predicated on the notion that sooner or later you're going to end up on your hinder. |
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Now The Barefoot Doctor is coming to Birmingham to talk about Taoism, martial arts and the search for happiness. |
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The preoccupation with martial arts, though, is very much Tarantino. |
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He tells the martial arts experts that in the training they use knives, shoes and agals. |
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The blonde Top of the Pops presenter has been practising martial arts since she was 16 and is now a karate blackbelt. |
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Pure Bloodlines can be described as a drama, action, a romantic-comedy and a martial arts film. |
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A KERESLEY martial arts hero has been honoured with two prestigious awards. |
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Kanamori, who has a background in classical ballet, melds club dance music with martial arts explosions. |
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But I got pretty good at it and it's been a great base for mixed martial arts which is what I'm really passionate about. |
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According to the younger Henry's memoirs, he was better at martial arts than academic subjects and did not learn to read until later in life. |
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The DSPS has oversight for the cemetery board, family therapists, hydrogeologists, bodywork therapists, perfusionists, home inspection, mixed martial arts and cosmetology. |
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Super model Giselle Bndchen has said she regularly practises kung fu and attributes her perfect post-pregnancy figure to a combination of martial arts and yoga. |
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In addition, several martial arts weapons, including throwing stars, nunchakus and swords, were found at the two locations covered by the warrants. |
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Big martial arts names including Master Sken, Anne Quinlan, Dave Jackson, Mike Tobin and Vinnie Shoreman, gave demonstrations in street combat, muaythai and jujitsu. |
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The nunchaku classes, in Bootle, have proved a hit with youngsters keen to learn how to use the weapons made famous by martial arts star Bruce Lee. |
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A martial arts expert has celebrated 35 years of teaching aikido. |
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Chuck Liddell, also known as Ice Man, is one of the stars of the sport that has been called the NASCAR of the twenty-first century, mixed martial arts. |
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This documentary on sword martial arts also featured Weta Workshop and Richard Taylor, The Lord of the Rings illustrator John Howe and actors Viggo Mortensen and Karl Urban. |
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His performance as Tommy Riordan, who is trained by his father to fight in a mixed martial arts tournament against his brother, gained praise from critics. |
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In 1997, Lokendra Arambam created Stage of Blood merging a range of martial arts, dance and gymnastic styles from Manipur, performed in Imphal and in England. |
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The winner is entitled to a 15-day, free tour of cultural, historical Hangzhou and its Chinese tea, silk, traditional medicines, the art of sigillography and martial arts. |
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Eira started martial arts at a young age as a result of childhood bullying and she's now passing on her story of overcoming adversity through a unique urban survival toolkit. |
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Dux, who once owned martial-arts dojos in Sherman Oaks and Toluca Lake, claims he was the first American to win an off-the-books martial arts tournament called the Kumite. |
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The All Japan Judo Federation prohibits judoka from signing a professional contract in any other martial art, including pro wrestling and the K-1 mixed martial arts. |
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When he is not busy with company business, he breeds English and French bulldogs, plays golf, is involved in martial arts and enjoys skiing and tennis. |
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