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Karate Pioneer Nishiyama Dead
Nishiyama Hidetaka passed away November 7, 2008. He was 80 years old. Nishiyama is best known for being the first Japan Karate Association instructor in the United States. Nishiyama founded the All-America Karate Federation (AAKF) and later the International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF). Nishiyama was born in 1928 and began his Karate career in 1943.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidetaka_Nishiyama
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?And the Last Shall Be First:? Serial Position Effect in Martial Arts Competition
In Referee Accuracy in Point Sparring: A Case Study, a basic framework for evaluating the accuracy of referees in martial arts sparring competitions was developed and applied in two leagues. This next article shifts focus away from sparring toward form (kata) competitions. Though there is a wide breadth of topics that may be evaluated with [...]
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One Hundred Pushups
I stumbled across a site with a program dedicated to helping you achieve the ability to do one hundred consecutive pushups in six weeks. It has been eight weeks now since I first started the program, and I thought I would share it and my results with all of you.
When I was in high school, [...]
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Force = Mass x Acceleration
F=MA is probably the most overused physics equation in the Karate community. Karate instructors use it to explain how to make a punch deliver more damage to a target. Karate students use it to explain why they are able to punch more powerfully than boxers (note: such claims are nonsense). F=MA has been bounced around [...]
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Running is Better For You Than Previously Thought
In a recent study, scientists found that people who ran for long periods of their lives lived longer, healthier lives and in fact did not develop all of the knee and hip problems that people conventionally feel are associated with running.
In fact, just the opposite was true.
…the biggest surprise was that the predicted joint [...]
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