You’ve probably heard about the importance of martial arts for both mental and physical well-being. Maybe a colleague has invited you to a trial class, or maybe some of your friends have already discovered the richness of martial arts and wish to share this experience with you. The practice of martial arts is indeed the most complete and effective form […]
An ancestral practice The martial arts have in common to combine the practice of self-defense and spiritual development. The Japanese martial arts that appeared in the middle of the 19th century are called budo. In Japanese bu means “fight” and do “the way”. The best known in the West are Judo, Karate, Aikido and Kendo. In their ancestral form, budo […]
The Kung fu was established in the year 525 BC by the arrival of a Hindu monk named Bodhidarma (the Enlightened One) or TAMO in Chinese. Tamo had come to China to meet the Emperor who, at that time, had the Buddhist texts translated by monks of the region. His intention was to allow the practice of this religion to […]
A sport discipline in the martial arts category, Brazilian jujitsu is one of Brazil’s national pride and joy. This martial art is an adaptation of another very well known and famous fighting sport in the world. However, it is quite recent to compare it to martial arts such as judo, karate or kickboxing. The specificity of this discipline allows it […]
Kick-boxing is a modern combat sport invented in the early 1960s in the United States. It is an inspiration from English boxing and French boxing and there are mainly two types: American kick-boxing, feet and points, and Japanese kick-boxing where we add knees and elbows. Historically, we are rather far from karate for example, which has been around for more […]
