Arnis is a weapons-based Filipino martial art that has been gaining recent popularity outside of the Phillippines in recent times. When I looked into it, the information was relatively sparse, so I...

When starting a martial art like taekwondo, making sure that you are wearing the right gear, all the way down using an athletic cup is a good idea. I wanted to know if wearing a cup is expected or...

Achieving a black belt in a martial art can be hard and is a significant accomplishment, but some martial arts are harder than others for various reasons. In order to compare black belts across...

Martial artist kneeling in dark background Learning martial arts at home can be difficult depending on the specific martial art in question, however, there are a few forms of martial arts in which...

Whenever I start a new martial art like Kung Fu I frequently find myself overtraining and going to way too many classes. With each martial art the ideal training frequency can change, so how often...

The terms martial artist and fighter are often used interchangeably but they are not exactly the same thing. There are fundamental differences between people that are martial artists and people that...