Posts tagged Super Martial Arts
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
May 31, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A nearly forgotten hybrid style, combining grappling, striking, and weapon defense.
Founded by Edward William Barton-Wright in the late 19th Century, the Bartitsu Club brought together martial artists from England, Japan, France, and Switzerland to study the art of self defense in London. The club combined techniques from multiple d [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
May 24, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A fast and deceptively brutal style, designed to turn the entire body into a weapon.
A Betawinese style of Silat from the Senen sub-district of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. A hybrid martial arts, combining the older silat forms with southeastern China’s kuntao. Silat has been developed to utilize every part of the body to strike, gr [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
May 17, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A defensive style focusing on control of one’s body and movement.
The exact origins of T’ai Chi have been lost to antiquity. However, Chen Village, in Henan Province, China is attributed as it’s birthplace. The Chen style was developed by Chen Bu, a warrior who began his school in the village. Sadly, how they developed this style or [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
May 03, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A hard hitting close style that relies on the fighter’s endurance and strength.
Professional boxing’s roots go as far back as ancient Sumeria. It was a popular spectator sport in Rome, and the leather straps used to protect the fighter’s hands would later go on to inspire the cestus. While many of the records were lost with the fall of th [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Apr 26, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A flexible style that balances evasion, blocks, and strikes with quick fluid motions.
Founded in the early twentieth century, Shorin Ryu borrows many traditional techniques, developing on them to create a neutral or blended style. The name Shorin Ryu was used to honor the style’s Samurai roots. Kobayashi is a term attributed to Chibana li [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Apr 12, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A devastating and analytical striking style using the opponent’s timing against them.
Muay Thai, or Thai kickboxing has been called the art (or science) of eight limbs, due to its use of elbows, fists, knees, and shins. Modern Muay evolved from the military training developed in mid-16th century Thailand. Mua Femur, the KIng’s Disci [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Apr 05, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A variation of traditional Kodokan Judo focusing on groundwork.
Originally a Japanese martial art, Jujutsu was developed by Samurai in the event they were unarmed while in battle with an armored foe. The Kodokan school of Judo made its way to Brazil in 1904. Adopted by the Gracie family after seeing a demonstration, over the decades [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Mar 29, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A deadly hybrid martial art designed to kill or otherwise incapacitate foes as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Developed for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli security forces, Krav Maga borrows techniques from aikido, boxing, judo, karate, and wrestling. The style removes many of the formal, or stylized, aspects o [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Mar 22, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
A Southern Style Kung-Fu that focuses on endurance training and powerful strikes.
A descendant of Shaolin Kung-Fu, Hung Ga s a powerful style drawing from tiger, crane, dragon, snake, and leopard leopard styles. It is perhaps most famous for practitioners mastery of the horse stance and body hardening exercises.
In traditio [...]
Martial Arts In Metahumans Rising Par...
Mar 08, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
Capoeira
An energetic and deceptive style relying on quick unpredictable movements.
An Afro-Brazilian martial art, Capoeira was born through the adversity of South American slaves within the Porchagese empire. Outlawed until the 1930’s, Capoeira was kept alive though underground practitioners passing the martial art on through th [...]