enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. List of practice weapons - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_practice_weapons

   This list of practice weapons, is of weapons specifically designed for practice in different martial arts from around the world.Unlike those in the list of martial arts weapons article, many of which are designed to be effective weapons, generally those listed here are blunted or otherwise designed for safe regular practice and training.

3. Punching bag - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punching_bag

   An 1892 advertisement for The Lively Sparring Bag [1]. Punching bags have been used in martial arts and swordplay for the entire written history of military training. [2] Similar apparatus in Asian martial arts include the Okinawan makiwara and the Chinese mook jong, which may have padded striking surfaces attached to them.

4. Historical European martial arts - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_European...

   In 2001, the Historical European Martial Arts Coalition (HEMAC) was created to act as an umbrella organization for groups in Europe, with 4 sets of goals: Martial reconstruct historical martial arts from primary sources; refine interpretations into viable, effective martial arts; test martial skills in a variety of competitive environments Research

5. Martial arts - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts

   Many other Indian martial arts such as Mardhani Khel and Paika Akhada survived by practitioners practicing the art in secret, or by telling the colonial authorities that it was a form of dance. While many regional Indian martial arts forms are fading into obscurity, martial arts such as Gatka and Kalaripayattu are experiencing a gradual ...

6. Sparring - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparring

   In many Japanese martial arts, a grappling-type sparring activity is usually called randori. In judo, this is essentially one-on-one sparring. In most forms of aikido, it is a formalized form of sparring where one aikidoka defends against many attackers. In karate, sparring is called kumite (組手), [4] see also randori. In kūdō, it is ...

7. Ancient Greek boxing - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_boxing

   Young boxer binding his hands in leather strips, amid palaestra equipment (tondo of a kylix, late 6th–early 5th century BC) The mythological boxer Pollux using a punching bag, detail from an Etruscan cista, 340–330 BC. The style of protection utilized on the hands and knuckles could determine the style of fighting for the competitors.