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Martial arts
Overview: A community portal about Martial arts with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. Today, martial arts are studied for various reasons including combat skills, fitness, self-defense, sport, self-cultivation, mental discipline, character development and building self-confidence. A practitioner of martial arts is referred to as a martial artist.
Karate
Overview: A community portal about Karate with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Karate is a martial art of Ryūkyūan origin. The word "karate" comes from kara, meaning empty, and te meaning hand. Karate has a rich and diverse history of development, incorporating countless influences from other martial arts and cultures. Today, karate is known primarily as a hard style striking art, featuring linear punches, blocks, kicks, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, soft style punches and blocks, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point striking are often an inherent part of many karate styles.
Mixed martial arts
Overview: A community portal about Mixed martial arts with blogs, videos, and photos. Mixed martial arts involves two competitors battling for victory and allowed to use a number of diverse martial arts techniques, including striking and grappling. The two big MMA organizations are the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championships.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Overview: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a Mixed Martial Arts promotion company founded in 1993 to highlight fighters from a variety of disciplines. The original intent of Ultimate Fighting Championship was to find which discipline was most useful in a real fight. The UFC initially encountered resistance as it was far less safe than any other contact sport. After revamping the UFC's rules structure to comply with state athletics commissions, the UFC (and MMA in general) began to enjoy a more mainstream appeal.
Royce Gracie
Overview: A community portal about Royce Gracie with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Royce Gracie is a professional mixed martial arts fighter and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. Gracie became well-known in the mid 1990s with a string of submission victories over larger opponents in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Between 1993 and 1994, he won 11 matches by submission and was the tournament winner of UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 4, and fought to a draw with Ken Shamrock in the superfight at UFC 5. These results contributed to the movement towards grappling, cross-training and MMA.
Prescription Drugs and Online Pharmacies
Overview: This portal will discuss topics related to prescription medications and online medications
Kung Fu
Overview: For those dedicated to the sport and art of Kung Fu.
Wesley Snipes
Overview: Wesley Snipes portal, to track breaking news and share opinions about Wesley Snipes. Wesley Snipes is an actor who starred in the "Blade" trilogy, "Jungle Fever" and "White Men Can't Jump."
Filipino martial arts
Overview: Learn about Filipino martial arts and share articles and videos about Eskrima, Kali, and Arnis,
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