(center)(a href="http://www.karatemart.com/blog/better-memory-through-tai-chi-new-study-connects-brain-health-to-ancient-martial-art")(img src="http://www.karatemart.com/images/blog/Tai-Chi-Banner.jpg")(/center)(/a)(br /)(br /)If you or someone you love is at high risk for the devastating disease of Alzheimer's a new study may prove some aid in combating the most familiar symptoms.(br /)(br /)A recent collaborative undertaking between University of South Florida and Fudan University (Shanghai) discovered marked increases in brain volume as well as memory function in elderly Chinese. What was the contributing factor to the improvement? According to the (i)Journal of Alzheimer's Disease(/i), the seniors were on a regiment of Tai Chi classes for three times a week.(br /)(br /)Continue reading for more interesting details regarding this unique study, or check out the link below for the full press release. (br /)(br /)((a href="http://www.j-alz.com/press/2012/20120619.html")Press Realease(/a))

(center)(object width="420" height="315")(param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fhqdivS8DJk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0")(/param)(param name="allowFullScreen" value="true")(/param)(param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always")(/param)(embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fhqdivS8DJk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true")(/embed)(/object)(/center)(br /)(br /)It wasn't too long ago that the internet was ablaze with Jackie Chan fans begging the martial artist not to (a href="http://www.karatemart.com/blog/jackie-chan-to-stop-making-action-movies")retire from action films(/a). It wasn't a full 24-hours after making the statement that Mr. Chan felt compelled to better explain his meaning. The internet was appeased.(br /)(br /)And now, for your viewing pleasure, we have a clip of Jackie Chan on a German television show of some kind. What the show is about is unimportant (which is good because I have absolutely no idea), but what is important is that it features Jackie performance an amazing physical feat using only an egg and some bricks. Watch and be amazed.

(center)(object width="560" height="315")(param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bu8gXMOrDFk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0")(/param)(param name="allowFullScreen" value="true")(/param)(param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always")(/param)(embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bu8gXMOrDFk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true")(/embed)(/object)(/center)(br /)(br /)For those of you aching to see some footage of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in all of their CGI glory before they officially land on Nickelodeon later this year, you'll want to give this trailer a peek. As a (slightly) older TMNT fan, this trailer was definitely a bit too geared towards the young'uns for my tastes.(br /)(br /)I know full well it's a kids show, but I was so hoping for something a little darker. Of course, if you've always been a fan of anthropomorphic amphibians shouting "Boo-ya-ka-sha!" at their foes, then by all means have a ball. I'll be over here watching some (i)He-Man(/i) cartoons.

(center)(object width="560" height="315")(param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vFZ2eQ0PpW4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0")(/param)(param name="allowFullScreen" value="true")(/param)(param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always")(/param)(embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vFZ2eQ0PpW4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true")(/embed)(/object)(/center)(br /)(br /)Okay, okay. So the plot presented in this new trailer for (i)Taken 2(/i) is dicey at best. Please, for the love of all that is good in movies, (b)do not(/b) allow the daughter to actually beat up any of the revenge-seeking terrorists that will surely populate this film. The whole 'daughter of a hard-boiled anti-terrorism expert can kick butt too' will FAIL.(br /)(br /)Sure, much of the action from the first (i)Taken(/i) was a step away from reality, but one of the things it did bring to the table was the fiercely raw intensity that fueled the CQC fight scenes. Grown men getting whupped by an overly-excited tween is going to take it just one step too far.(br /)(br /)We'll see how the sequel holds up when the film lands in theaters in October.

(center)(img src="http://www.karatemart.com/images/blog/Expendables_Game_Fake_Banner.jpg")(/center)(br /)(br /)(/b)Here's the story as we see it:(/b)(br /)(br /)A lone, bleary-eyed intern sat at his desk, sifting through stack upon unending stack of busy work. Redundant office memos, nonsensical correspondence, and rows upon columns of mind-numbing spreadsheets. Long gone were any hopes of fortune and glory reaped through aiding the development team behind the (i)Expendables 2(/i) game. Those sweet fantasies had died a cold, whimpering death. Suffocated by a flood of fluorescent office-lighting and choked by reams of copy paper. Until today.(br /)(br /)How the game manual made it's way to the young interns desk was never made entirely clear. Perhaps a sinister move of petty cruelty. Perhaps a mistyped address label. Perhaps fate... Whatever the agent, as the young intern flipped casually through the pages what was surely the only copy of (i)The Expendables(/i) game manual in existence, the golden-hued dreams of fortune and glory returned, washing over him in a single instant. A tingling baptism of hope realized. But who would believe such a turn of fortune?(br /)(br /)In a single deft move, the intern's phone was in hand, ready to shoot. Soft, electronic shutter-clicks filled the cavernous space, echoing in the darkness like the unanswered mating calls of some exotic cave-dwelling insect. (i)Snikk(/i). (i)Snikk(/i).(br /)(br /)(i)I must send these to the guys at KarateMart! They have the necessary means to make these images known. To make my awesomeness known!(/i)(br /)(br /)A flurry of swipes across a smartphone touchscreen was all that it took to send the images to their intended destination. With painful care, the intern wiped the manual of all signs of his presence and placed it back in the exact position in which he had discovered it. He then took an early lunch. (br /)(br /)Of course, what you have just read is both slightly embellished and an outright lie. In fact, not a word of what you just read is true. But still, we hope you enjoy the following 'fake' (i)Expendables 2(/i) manual pages as much as we do.