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Martial Arts can be categorized by emphasis: striking, throwing,
mixed martial arts (mma) and weapons. Throwing Martial Arts include
Aikido, Judo and Jujitsu. Striking Martial Arts include Kung Fu,
Tai Chi, Karate and Tae Kwon Do. Mixed martial arts are a blend, as
the name implies.
This article records the history of Asian Martial Arts and details
the characteristics of each category:
History
Martial Arts Westchester: White Plains, New
Rochelle, Yonkers, Bronx
Taking the historical development of Asian martial arts from
Shaolin Kung Fu, these striking oriented martial arts traveled
through to Japan as Karate and Korea as Tae Kwon Do. In
addition, internal martial arts developed in China much
later in the
forms of Tai Chi Chuan, Bagua and Hsing Yi. In mainland
Japan, the ancient Jujitsu forms were developed for Samurai to
defend themselves if ever caught without a weapon. Over
1,000+ years these martial arts splintered into many systems (e.g.
Brazilian Jujitsu) and were eventually modernized into Judo and
Aikido. Today, many of these martial arts are offered in
Westchester County, NY. Mixed Martial Arts or MMA, although
not prevalent in Westchester, is a recent innovation enabling
practitioners of different martial arts to compete with each other.
The original weapons
martial arts, such as Kendo and Iaido sword forms, may also
practiced separately, although they are not prevalent in
Westchester County either.
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Before engaging in a search for the Martial Art of your choice,
one should first identify the goal of training.
An
important part of martial arts training is to understanding why
one wishes to train. We may begin thinking we understand, but
over time we may realize our motivations were actually somewhat
different than we originally thought. Understanding
ourselves is important. This section is designed to
clarify the typical reasons for training in martial
arts
and bring out the relevant attributes of training for each
purpose.
The reason most people begin martial arts
training may fall into three categories: learning self defense, an
exercise
alternative for fitness/health or interest in the underlying
discipline...
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What to Look for…
Martial
Arts Westchester: White Plains, New Rochelle, Yonkers,
Bronx
In case you haven't
noticed by now, Martial Arts instructors are not always the best
web site developers. You should therefore consider why you are interested in Martial Arts
training to create proper evaluation criteria to insure the
dojo can deliver...
Local Availability
Martial Arts Westchester: White Plains, New
Rochelle, Yonkers, Bronx
(Some light
discussion of availability in White Plains, New Rochelle, Yonkers
& Bronx.)
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