Randomly decided to watch Ip Man for the first time this afternoon, which is kind of a depressing movie but the kung fu action is fantastic at every turn so that's hard not to really enjoy even among the warfare and famine and dark color grade.

"Teachers may seem all-knowing, OK? But they are just human beings like the rest of us. They may have their flaws, and their failures, but it's not on us to carry that. Our responsibility is to take the good lessons that we're taught and pass those along."

Daniel LaRusso, #CobraKai, s06e13

images from 'The Protector' (1985) #movie #movies #film #films #cinema #action #80s #1980s #retro #martialarts #artist #artists #art #arts #geek #nerd #geeks #nerds #artnet

YouTuber Shogo Yamaguchi talks about his passion for traditional Japanese culture and what it's like to raise a family in Kyoto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/03/29/our-lives/shogo-yamaguchi-kyoto-tradition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #kyoto #teaceremony #kobudo #martialarts #youtube #influencers

https://www.alojapan.com/1230175/shogo-yamaguchi-traditional-culture-thrives-in-a-peaceful-society/ Shogo Yamaguchi: ‘Traditional culture thrives in a peaceful society’ #influencers #kobudo #Kyoto #KyotoNews #MartialArts #news #TeaCeremony #YouTube #京都 #京都府 Kyoto – Shogo Yamaguchi, 30, has been sharing his love of Japanese traditional culture with the world through his YouTube channel Let’s ask Shogo since 2020. The Kyoto-based cultural enthusiast and content creator’s goal is to protect and promote Japan’s traditions, from tea ceremony to…

guys, here is a question -
how old do you think you should be to still be able to do the strength training?
and particularly to do the arm balances or other calisthenics?

what could motivate you to workout?
(i think the fear is the strongest motivation)

what's your thoughts in general about aging and being able to workout?
- do you think you can be too old to workout or is it okay at any age?
- and what kinds of workouts at what age is ok?
- what do you think about martial arts and how good or bad they are to get fit? (i think many do not work for this goal but may make you feel better mentally. also for many you need to train strength and stretch additionally to be better in it)

(and.. how old do you think I am?)

join the abs party, btw !
six pack beautify people a lot better than brilliants!!

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#strengthtraining #calisthenics #fitness #yoga #challenge #fitnesschallenge #yogachallenge #calisthenicschallenge #freeweights #gym #homegym #workout #health #healthcare #wellbeing #training #core #exercise #hiking #posture #muscles #vegan #lifestyle #aging #weightloss #motivation #aikido #bujinkan #kickboxing #capoeira #martialarts #fitnessmotivation

I made this Inclusive BJJ #starterpack for #bluesky
go.bsky.app/CeRsDfk

and then found a bigger one Kesting made called Anti-fascist BJJ.

I guess I'll keep mine and see what I can find. Can't have too many I guess.

More or less leftish, human rights supporting, critical thinking, anti-racist, #antipseudoscience, #antifascist #BJJ practitioners. #Abolition/ #decolonization/ #FreePalestine oriented.

Welcome to Snap Kick Martial Arts!!!
#MartialArts #SelfDefense
https://youtu.be/Vr-bxh537us?si=KN1lA73bdlh4WT-K via @snapkickma

Army cadets perform Kalaripayattu, a martial art, during the inaugural ceremony of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, New Delhi, #India

Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty

@photography
#MartialArts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYbwmAD4KJo

Help me out #fediverse, I’m trying to find a YouTube video to show someone that I saw years ago and can’t find now.

It was a #film student analysing the directorial and editing styles of Hong Kong and American #martialArts #movies, focussing on a few #jackieChan scenes. It looked at things like how the camera follows a fighter’s fist as he pulls back and punches, vs a long shot that loses the movement, and how the Hong Kong fighters move so quickly, and telegraphing reactions.

Any ideas?

images from 'Tiger Claws' (1992)

I finished reading "The Invention of Martial Arts" by Paul Bowman (https://academic.oup.com/book/40527?), and that was not a great read.

I've posted before on how the writing was terrible, but the ideas were sometimes quite interesting.

The author covered not only how much of our ideas are coloured by things like the media mania surrounding Bruce Lee, but also ads and music videos. Quite odd that within the latter, martial arts is always played for laughs.

#MartialArts #books @bookstodon

Up on the blog today, why it's wrong to punch a Nazi. Palm strike them instead.
#antifascism #martialarts #selfdefense

https://ko-fi.com/post/Punch-Nazis-with-Proper-Form-D1D61B6FRB

Ric Flair "The Nature Boy", born OTD in 1949, has been ranked by peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time https://cromwell-intl.com/oliver-cromwell/crom-fu-fighting.html?s=mb #MartialArts #history #kayfabe @PopeGrover