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Back in the days of yore there was a fabled tome called the Yellow Pages. I hear tell that one can find this magic volume to this very day. Try there genius, not everyone has a webpage.

Where are you living that you have to fight random people walking around with swords, shinai and sticks? Your best bet is to evade and escape.Weapons generally give the holder an advantage. With training (especially weapon retention), that likelihood increases greatly. If you aren't armed or...

No offense but your list is a generalization at best. You have a seemingly basic level of understanding with regards to what each art is recognized for. The cons are largely opinion based and would be easily dismissed by attending a school with a highly skilled instructor. Finding a bad teacher...

Batman - Sure he gets help building some of the gadgets, but he's actively developed a lot of his gear on his own. This allows him to improvise and whip up new gadgets whenever older ones get damaged or broken. Bond is notorious for junking his gadgets. Without Q he can't repair them or get...

Batman - Sure he gets help building some of the gadgets, but he's actively developed a lot of his gear on his own. This allows him to improvise and whip up new gadgets whenever older ones get damaged or broken. Bond is notorious for junking his gadgets. Without Q he can't repair them or get...

It will vary from art to art and from school to school. Even rough estimates at each school don't take in to account your own level of dedication and practice. You could be well ahead of the curve, working out and practicing every day or you could be the sort that skips classes and puts a...

I think the worst thing was martial arts becoming so prominent in popular culture movies and television then being sold en mass to casual participants. That's largely what has lead martial arts towards the sport classification it has now. I've read an interesting article that states all sports...

You may need some time off to let your nose heal after the surgery but you shouldn't have to quit. You may chose to quit if you don't want to chance your new nose getting broken but that's just looking for an excuse.

When we see the "how do I beat up this kid at school" type questions the responsible contributors explain that fighting isn't the answer. This attitude is what most experienced martial artists have learned through personal experience and their years of training. If the truest martial arts...

Why not a rainbow or tie-dye belt? It's already been said. Your current belt indicates that you've earned the belts that came before it. Having all sorts of colours on your belt is unnecessary and in my opinion would be an eye sore.

Having not seen it my top two guesses are XMA (Xtreme Martial Arts) and Wushu. Both have similar tricking but XMA is a more modern development. It's essentially gymnastics blended with various techniques from different martial arts for a very flashy demonstration. Capoeira is an outside...