<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
<rss version="0.91">
	<channel>
  		<title>UK Martial Artist</title> 
  		<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/</link> 
  		<description>Get the latest articles from the UKs No 1 resource for Martial Artists.</description> 


<item>
  			<title>Why Karate Doesn't Work 
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/martialartskarate.php</link> 
  			<description>
…. The answer to self defence is …. not static or choppy, muscular movements but relaxed yet aligned motions that can deal with an attack. The only martial art I know that achieves this elevated dexterity is Wing Chun.  



</description> 
  			<pubDate>Sun, 27 April 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>






<item>
  			<title>Teaching Martial Arts 
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/teachingmartialarts.php</link> 
  			<description>
To teach all kinds of people takes 
a special skill. A skill that is completely 
separate to having technical ability. Being good at your 
subject doesn’t mean you can teach your 
subject, any more than being able to drive a 
car makes you a good mechanic! 



</description> 
  			<pubDate>Sun, 13 April 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>







<item>
  			<title>Martial Arts Instructors - When is it time to hire?
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/martialartsinstructors.php</link> 
  			<description>How many instructors are doing everything
in their martial arts classes from teaching, administration, Introductory lessons,
enrolments, answering the telephone . . . 
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Sun, 24 February 2008 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>

<item>
  			<title>Kung Fu Training Methods - traditional to modern day
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/kungfutraining.php</link> 
  			<description>Fitness and strength are not a by product of monthly gym memberships and expensive weight training equipment. We can do it using our own body weight, or the body of a training partner.
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Sun, 20 January 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>




<item>
  			<title>Report from Masahilo Nakazono Memorial Event
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/memorialaikido.php</link> 
  			<description>The event was a
momentous occasion for the history of British Aikido, as over 250 students gathered to remember one of the best known names in the origins and development of Aikido in the United
Kingdom  
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Sun, 11 November 2007 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>



<!--


<item>
  			<title>Should You Notify Your Attacker That You Are Trained In The Martial Arts?
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/trainedinmartialarts.php</link> 
  			<description>According to some “experts” in the field of self-defence, you should notify your potential attacker that you are in fact trained in the martial arts and that if provoked, you will use that training to defend yourself. Now I consider this advice to be akin to taking a knife and cutting across your own throat to see if it is sharp enough.
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Thu, 09 August 2007 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>



<item>
  			<title>Air Force Force Protection Personnel Receive Martial Arts Training
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/airforcemartialartstraining.php</link> 
  			<description>As the mission changes so must the training says TSgt Michael Munyon and SSgt Brian Nadler, members of the 407 ESFS at Ali Base, Iraq. Thirty-two new Force Protection personnel arrive at the Muscle Beach gym for their advanced training. These new FP personnel received advanced training in Challenging, Hand-cuffing, Searching, HapKiDo and Rifle Fighting...
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 23:34:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>
<item>
  			<title>Martial Arts and Weight Lifting - should you do both
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/martialartsweightlifting.php</link> 
  			<description>
The first determination of whether or not you should do separate weight training is how it will affect your martial arts training.  If weight training will take the place of your martial arts training, then I don't recommend it (especially for beginners).  Advanced martial arts students can make the determination depending on their personal goals . . .
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Mon, 05 April 2007 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>
 
<item>
  			<title>Russian Military - Systema SpetsNaz
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/spetsnaz.php</link> 
  			<description>
During the 1970s, when the Cold War was at its height, the West became aware of the existence of Soviet Spetsnaz troops, which were grouped into what were known as "diversionary brigades". . . .
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Mon, 22 January 2007 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>


<item>
  			<title>The Revival of Bare-Knuckle Boxing
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/bareknuk.php</link> 
  			<description>
Most people today think of fighting systems as Asian.  Some also even think of Brazil or Israel, but most don’t think of martial arts as being European or American.  Some have heard of Bare-Knuckle Boxing but don’t equate it with other martial arts. They really don’t know how effective and brutal a street-minded European boxer could be. In fact, Bare-Knuckle Boxing was once considered one of the most effective empty hand systems in the Western world for self-defense. . . .
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Thu, 4 January 2007 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>
 




<item>
  			<title>Tournament fighting and the use of proven Zen and Budo strategy
</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/zenbudostrategy.php</link> 
  			<description>
There is a good reason the samurai adopted Zen philosophy and its strategic insights - it optimized fighting strategy and taught them to deal with fear and death to obtain victory. The benefits were proven over hundreds of years in situations where the penalty for failure was not loss of a "point", but death. Today Zen is rarely taught in fighting, and the focus of martial arts classes are usually all physical despite the fact that the mental component is the most important attribute in any fight - tournament, or real life . . .
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Mon, 18 December 2006 23:32:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>

<item>
  			<title>Effects of Dehydration in the Martial Arts </title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/dehydration.php</link> 
  			<description>
During prolonged exercise in hot environments, water losses of up to 3 litres per
hour have been reported, with 90 percent of this total loss occurring through
sweating . . .
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Tue, 14 November 2006 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>	
</item>


<item>
  			<title>Importance of Kata in Karate</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/martialartskata.php</link> 
  			<description>
 
Kata must be the foundation of karate 
training.  It allows one to share a pool of 
knowledge which the greatest karate-ka of 
the past, and present, have used to study 
the Way. . .
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Fri, 15 September 2006 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>	
		</item>





<item>
  			<title>Training in Japan as a Westerner</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/Japanmartialarts.php</link> 
  			<description>
What is it like to test for a belt in Japan as a Westerner? Or to live with a Master? This article provides brief insights by reflecting on the author, Jason Armstrong's experiences of training in Japan for almost a decade. .
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Wed, 13 September 2006 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>	
		</item>



<item>
  			<title>Traditional Karate Versus Sport Karate</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/traditionalkaratesportkarate.php</link> 
  			<description>
Traditionalists claim that karate's only goal as originally conceived was to "incapacitate an adversary with one blow". This is certainly true of Shotokan, although other styles like Wado Ryu tend to favor combinations to the "one punch" technique. . . . . . . 
</description> 
  			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:30:02 GMT</pubDate>	
		</item>

<item>
  			<title>Three Ways to Make Kata Work</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/threewaystomakekatawork.php</link> 
  			<description>In this exclusive article, Iain Abernethy tells us how to make kata work....</description> 
  			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:25:00 GMT</pubDate>	
		</item> 

<item>
  			<title>Classical Round Kick Technique (with images)</title> 
  			<link>http://www.uk-martialartist.co.uk/articles/roundkicktechnique.php</link> 
  			<description>Guide with images on how to perform this popular martial arts technique ....</description> 
  			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:25:00 GMT</pubDate>	
		</item> 
-->

	


  	</channel>
  </rss>