Year: 2018
The Development of the Martial Artist Through Hollywood Films
A TV historian said that before Conan the Barbarian, “We knew the hero was big and strong because the script said he was.” He felt that Conan was the first attempt Hollywood had made to…
Non-compromised Pendulum: A book about Cus D’Amato’s style, by Oleg Maltsev and Tom Patti
Non-compromised Pendulum: A book about Cus D’Amato’s style, by Oleg Maltsev and Tom PattiBook Review by Dr. Antonio Graceffo Sun Tzu’s military strategy, expressed in The Art of War and Miyamoto Musashi’s The Book of…
Who is the successor to Italian fencing?
This article is an interesting research, which demonstrates to me as a journalist and a researcher of the world’s martial arts a peremptory exposure of Italian masters of fencing and the hereditary significance of the…
Counterattack in the Spanish fencing school
It is not a secret that Spanish fencing school had a big influence in the medieval European history. One of the facts is that the Charles V and his well-prepared army had conquered almost the…
Love, loyalty and respect in martial arts world. Sifu Martin Gonzalez
In the frameworks of the “Tribune” program Mary Saparkina interviewed Sifu Martin Gonzalez. He shared his opinion about the problems in martial arts world, namely the necessity of love, loyalty and respect. – Could you…
Yuryi Senchukov about speculations in the field of oriental martial arts
This topic is one of the most relevant ones for today. The journalist of our publication spoke about these questions with a martial arts researcher, the author of several books on the subject, and the…
Slavic martial arts. Alexander Shevtsov
Since ancient times in Rus, martial arts have been an integral part of one’s lifestyle and they were one of the elements of daily training. From historical viewpoint, Slavic martial arts is about very broad…
The obstacles for the rapid response team
What can prevent one from effectively opposing an opponent? Ivan Burakov, the instructor of military special training, the Judo master has answered the question. – The officers of the rapid response team often have…
What is the origin of Destreza?
Destreza is one of the most effective systems of fencing. It presents a science by itself, in the basis of which there is a fundamental knowledge in the area of Spanish fencing. The history of…
What is Kali Filipino system?
In one of the previous articles we spoke about the Filipino martial arts and their origin. The time has come to look into more deeply into the filipino kali system and the reason it is…
The origin of disputes between sport and combat training
Can a sportsman be mistaken about his own advantages? What is the significance of combat preparation in a street fight? The physical aspect for winning in a fight depends on person’s characteristics. However, when we…
Master Sifu Restita Dejeus about her Teacher Christopher Petrilli
The guest of the program “Honorable Knight” of the project “Lies and Truth in Martial Arts”, in which we traditionally speak about teachers who influenced lives of their students, this time was Sifu Restita Dejeus…