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This is Angelito Manguray. He is a 40 year old Filipino doctor who is an MMA fighter. Here is his fight against Shane Wiggand. This is his fourth fight and he is undefeated so far. He's an excellent fighter and very patient with his moves.

Very interesting part in the making of Batman Begins. I love how these movies create or discover fighting methods never seen before in movies like what they did in the Bourne movies. Here's the description. 'Shaping mind and body' About the Keysi Fighting Method Disclaimer..Nothing belongs to me, but their owners No copyright Infrigement Intended KFM is the fighting style which is primarily used by Christian Bale in Batman Begins, and will also be featured in The Dark Knight. Bale had this to say about the martial art: We've gone a bit further with Keysi (...). I'm actually learning how to do it more realistically than ever before, though it's such an extreme way of fighting; there are literally moves where you tear someone's cheek away from their face, or rip their nose off - every part of you becomes a weapon. It's formidable. Batman doesn't kill, so we can't have him doing that; we modify it. "We really wanted something ...

Miyamoto Musashi is Japan's most famous swordsman. In his life, he was never defeated in battle. He also wrote "The Book of Five Rings". This documentary is about the life of Miyamoto Musashi. It's a must see for lovers of martial arts.

In the ultimate search for a HUMAN WEAPON, mixed martial artist Jason Chambers and football pro Bill Duff put their bodies on the line as they train in the most lethal forms of combat before going toe-to-toe with masters of each fighting style. They travel back to Japan to learn Ninjutsu. They learn different weapons that the ninja used, as well as tactics & warfare. They are studying under Masaaki Hatsumi. According to Wikipedia . Masaaki Hatsumi is the 34th ninjutsu Soke, or Grandmaster, and founder of the Bujinkan Organization, currently residing and teaching in the city of Noda, Chiba, Japan.[3] He is also a doctor of orthopedics, specializing in the mending of bones. Beginning in childhood, Masaaki Hatsumi studied several popular martial arts. After teaching martial arts to the U.S. soldiers stationed in Japan he noticed that the larger and stronger Americans had an advantage in bouts when using the same techniques. [5]He began to question the legitimacy of modern ma...

Very cool Aikido choreography. One of the best demo I've seen.

Have you ever seen a Steven Seagal movie? Of course you have. Do you know what kind of martial arts Steven Seagal uses? It's called Aikido. Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is performed by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing it head-on. This requires very little physical strength, as the aikidōka (aikido practitioner) "leads" the attacker's momentum using entering and turning movements. The techniques are completed with various throws or joint locks. Aikido can be categorized under the general umbrella of grappling arts. See this demonstration by Steven Seagal on the Merv Griffin show. I really loved watching Steven Seagal when I was younger. Then I saw this movie where he was using a weapon. I wanted to learn how to use a weapon like that. There was also this movie he made called Mark...

Ena Mallett a 77-year-old lady from Norfolk has become the first lady to ever reach the seventh dan in Spirit Combat International ju-jitsu. The award is so rare her new belt has to be made to order. Read more: http://www.asylum.co.uk/2010/07/06/lollipop-lady-77-makes-ju-jitsu-history/#ixzz0svTVVPfU

Well this is certainly welcome news. =================== MANILA, Philippines—It’s time Filipinos learned the basics of the native martial art arnis. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed a law declaring arnis as the national martial art and sport and mandating that an arnis competition be the first to be played at the annual national games. Arnis—derived from the Spanish word “arnes,” which literally means armor—is known nationwide and even in other countries. But it often plays second fiddle to the foreign martial arts taekwondo, judo and karate in terms of prominence. This martial art involves the use of one or a pair of wooden sticks as a weapon and a training tool meant to simulate a knife or a sword. Also known as eskrima, kali and garrote, and by various other names in the Philippine regions, it is characterized by the use of swinging and twirling movements, accompanied by striking, thrusting and parrying techniques for defense and offense. Bare-hand fighting ...