Martial Arts Blog
Here we aim to bring you martial arts news and articles from around the web, especially the more whacky and weird aspects. We will also post blogs here from the Bear Martial Arts team, and also from you guys.
If you fancy writing a blog or posting an article, please email team@bearmartialarts.com your article and we will publish it on our site. You'll get full credit for your article, and we will even promote your own website / blog if you have one :)
Please note that any articles which are offensive, or are deemed inappropriate, will not be approved for publication.
Man Uses Martial Arts to Take Shotgun Away From Mugger
On April 27th this year a man disarmed a mugger of his shotgun using martial arts, fuelling again the debate on whether it is right to teach gun techniques in martial arts classes (the counter argument being very briefly that it is safer to try and not take on someone with a gun).
To read more about this story, to see a video of the incident, and to hear more on the argument for and against teaching gun techniques, please click here.
Martial Arts Funny Pictures
Following the huge number of you who loved our first 4 sets of funny martial arts pictures from around the web (please see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 if you missed them) we thought we would post some more.
Thank you to all of you who have sent us pictures to post :)
Great Resource for Teaching & Learning Judo / Ju Jitsu
In the office here we came across a great resource that we wanted to share with you all.
http://www.kokakids.co.uk/techniques
This website has a great series of illustrations, showing ground holds and throws found on both the Judo and Ju Jitsu syllabus. It's the perfect resource for aiding your teaching or learning, and best of all it's absolutely free.
Enjoy!
