Sports & Recreation, Martial Arts & Self-Defense
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Savate
A Comprehensive Guide to a European Martial Art and Modern Combat Sport
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In a ring crowded with various styles of martial arts, each battling for supremacy, one is tucked in the corner: savate. Born on the docks of nineteenth-century France, savate may have started as a style of street fighting, but over time, it’s...
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Right or Left?
At Heaven’s Floating Bridge
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Morihei Ueshiba founded the martial art Aikido, believing that the combination of mental and physical training would allow Aikido practitioners to make a difference in their lives. With time, that difference, born out of activity and stillness,...
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Silent Winds of Aikido
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The ‘Silent Winds’ refers to the stillness and internal silence at the centre of all Aikido techniques. The silence is infused with awareness – awareness of the space surrounding you, awareness of the internal landscape of thoughts and emotions,...
