January 14th, 2013
(center)(a href="http://www.karatemart.com/blog/ninja-turtle-movie-delays-cease-begins-shooting-in-april")(img src="http://www.karatemart.com/images/blog/TMNT_Delay_Banner2.jpg")(/a)(/center)(br /)(br /)After a brief stint with a series of unfortunate events, it appears that Michael Bay's much maligned (or lauded, depending on your taste in explosions) re-boot of the (i)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(/i) franchise is back on the production track.(br /)(br /)Continue reading for a reminder of the pre-production setbacks that have plagued the movie as well as other release details.(br /)(br /)(via (a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/24064/ninja-turtles-to-shoot-in-april")Den of Geek(/a))
January 9th, 2013
(center)(object width="560" height="315")(param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U8EVkqgDbQQ?version=3&hl=en_US")(/param)(param name="allowFullScreen" value="true")(/param)(param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always")(/param)(embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U8EVkqgDbQQ?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true")(/embed)(/object)(/center)(br /)(br /)Legendary Chinese art-house film director Wong Kar Wai finally released his highly anticipated 'The Grandmaster' this week. Nearly 10 years in the making, 'The Grandmaster' is a biopic centered on the martial arts legend Ip Man. I'm sure I don't have to explain here that Ip Man was most famous for being Bruce Lee's instructor.(br /)(br /)No U.S. release has been announced just yet, but hopefully it won't be long before we have a chance feast our eyes on what is sure to be a visually stunning martial arts film. Reviews are trickling in and have been positive for the most part so things seem to be looking good so far!(br /)(br /)Source: (a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/09/entertainment-us-wongkarwai-idUSBRE90805G20130109")Reuters(/a)
January 7th, 2013
(center)(object width="560" height="315")(param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j-nmf_-OnBE?hl=en_US&version=3")(/param)(param name="allowFullScreen" value="true")(/param)(param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always")(/param)(embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j-nmf_-OnBE?hl=en_US&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true")(/embed)(/object)(/center)(br /)(br /)In what has quickly become one of my most anticipated movies of 2013, Ryan Gosling will be teaming back up with (i)Drive(/i) director Nicolas Refn in his new martial arts movie (i)Only God Forgives(/i). Few details are known just yet, but all of the essentials are there: Ryan Gosling is set to play a vigilante who enters the enters underground muay thai matches. Yeah, sold.(br /)(br /)The quality on the teaser trailer above may look like it came straight from Bangkok (and it probably did), but just watch and enjoy. I'll be over here making a list of Ryan Gosling/martial arts jokes.
November 9th, 2012
Over the past couple of months, we began releasing self-defense technique videos on a weekly basis. During that time, we've had several requests by our readers to teach a technique showing how to escape from a Full Nelson. Full Nelson's are a popular street fighting move because so many people grow up learning the technique in high school wrestling.
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One of our favorite instructors, Shihan Albert Fabian, a 7th degree black belt in Aiki-Jujitsu from the Phoenix area, invited us to his home dojo to demonstrate how to easily escape a full nelson. Please be careful when practicing this technique so as not to injure your partner.(br /)(br /)
(b)Video 4: How to Escape from a Full Nelson(/b)(br /)(br /)
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Check back next week for another technique!
November 6th, 2012
(center)(a href="http://www.karatemart.com/blog/nicolas-cage-to-join-expendables-3-cast")(img src="http://www.karatemart.com/images/blog/Expendables-Cage-Banner.jpg")(/a)(/center)(br /)(br /)This past weekend saw an interesting (a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheSlyStallone.Ita?ref=stream")Facebook post(/a) from Sylvester Stallone in which he confirmed the circulating rumor that Nicolats Cage would in fact be joining the rest of the Expendables in their third film venture. The post is as follows:(br /)(br /)(center)(i)"We are preparing the film with the same passion and commitment as the previous two. We have confirmed Nicolas Cage, a master actor who gives a veneer intellectual group. Hopefully we can realize to Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes and Mickey Rourke. That is the great mission of the producer. We will continue with the same narrative scheme, the agility and the frenzy, which are inherent to the saga. What will definitely be the last? I can not guarantee. In principle it would be two deliveries, but the affection of the people encouraged us to work on a third. I guess as long as we amused ourselves by offering fun and people, we can continue playing 'The Expendables'. For now we are not as expendable as it should and as some critics want."(/i)(/center)(br /)It might look like auto-correct got the better of Sly but the general message comes across in the post. Nicolas Cage will in fact be appearing in the third (though possibly not the last) installment of the over-the-top action series.
