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High-Energy Food
High-energy food is good for boosting your immune system and for preparing your body for doing physical activity. Essentially, our bodies need high-energy food everyday in order for our bodies to be able to perform our daily routines.
When pursuing...
Karate a History
Although the basic forms of self defense are probably as old as the human race, the art of karate as it is practiced today can be traced directly to the Okinawan technique called, in Japanese, Okinawate-te (Okinawa Hands). This system of defense...
Positive Aikido
Positive Aikido
Interview with Sensei Henry Ellis a pioneer of British Aikido from 1957.
Interview by Arthur Lockyear - Fighting Arts International - Issue 93
Where and when were you born, Henry? I was born in Yorkshire, in May 1936 in a...
Tatami flooring for Yoga, Martial Arts and Judo schools
InterlockingFloormat.com is expanding their partnership with all Yoga, Martial Arts, Judo, Karate, Aikido, Tae Kuan Do, and exercise schools. The partnership program will promote all Yoga and Martial Arts schools on its partner webpage. All...
The Aikido Biography of Sensei Henry Ellis
The Biography of Sensei Henry Ellis
5th dan
Henry Ellis and Derek Eastman - 2000
Henry Ellis was born May 3rd 1936 in a tough coal mining town in the County of Yorkshire, North of England. This was pre-war Britain, and growing up as...
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Capoeira the Brazilian Martial Art
We should travel back to Brazil during the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries in order to better understand the
Brazilian Martial Art Capoeira.
Brazil also had slavery like the United States. The slaves came
from various cultural regions of Africa. Once in Brazil, the
slaves were sent off to the states of Recife, Bahia and Rio de
Janeiro. Tired of their captivity, the slaves rebelled against
the tobacco and sugar plantation owners.
In Recife a group of slaves escaped and with the help of the
Indians, they traveled to a safe spot in the mountains. The
freed slaves named this place Palmares, due to the large numbers
of palm trees that grew there.
In Palmares the former slaves built a new community. Tribes that
were once strangers and enemies in their native Africa united to
fight for their freedom. The Martial Arts Capoeira was born.
Capoeira offers to its students training in flexibility,
strength, endurance, and self defense, along with knowledge of
music and culture.
Capoeira practitioners wear white pants held by a cord. The
color of the cord represents the students level of
expertise
just like in other martial arts.
Many circular kicks are used, along with dance movements and
acrobatic movements. Just as music has been an important part of
African culture, it has also influenced Capoeira by making it
appear like a dance. Capoeira is always practiced to music.
In Capoeira many moves are used, such as handstands, kicks,
sweeps, trips and cartwheels. The practicioner may balance on
one or both hands while giving kicks to an opponents head or
body. Some of these movements are called au (cartwheel), bencano
(front kick), boca de siri (crabs mouth movement), cabecada
(head butt), cocorinha (squatting movement), floreios (acrobatic
movements), martelo (hammer kick), meia-lua de compasso
(spinning kick).
All Martial Arts
About the author:
Michael Smith holds a Black Belt in Korean Hapkido and has trained in Karate, Kung Fu and Kick Boxing. Learn the secrets of the worlds most popular martial arts. Visit http://www.allmartialarts.infoToday!
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