As a travelogue and an exercise in improving foreign relations, the History Channel’s show on martial arts is charming and, despite its subject matter, harmless....
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- Canseco’s Quick Debut
- Correction
- Banned Sport Gains Fans, and Seeks More in Albany
- Busting Out of Her Shell
- Elite XC Was Brutal. So Was the Hyperbole.
- Karate Kast 2005-07-19
- Couture Contract Dispute Settled
- Real Men Don’t Fight
- Real Men Don’t Fight
- Ending in Main Event Raises Fans’ Suspicions
- [TS] Bronx Man Pleads Guilty In Terror Case
- With Brock Lesnar
- Program Averages 4.3 Million Viewers
- MOVIE REVIEW | 'PROTAGONIST'; Men Behaving Extreme...
- [TS] Getting Your Kicks on Television
- Pulling No Punches, Brawler Wins His Prime-Time Debut
- Badge of Honor for the New Fighter: Mangled Ear
- TV Spotlight Shines on Celebrated Street Brawler
- Contender Shores Up Karate’s Reputation Among U.F....
- Companies Warm to Sponsoring Mixed Martial Arts
- Fighter Shot to Death in Idaho
- Strong, Silent Types (One Very Silent)
- Ultimate Branding
- Failed Test Prompts Complaint
- Ultimate Fighting Recruits Military to Its Ranks
- The Businessman Who Finds Time to Fight
- Unified Title at Middleweight
- SPORTS BRIEFING | MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; Fighter Dies...
- Tapes Capture Bold Claims of Bronx Man in Terror Plot
- [TS] MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; A 5-Foot-6 Bruiser's Jour...
- In China, Jeers and Cheers for ‘Kung Fu Panda’
- Going to the Mat to Welcome a Sport to Broadcast TV
- Getting Your Kicks on Television
- For Soldiers, a Fringe Fighting Sport Finds Mainst...
- [TS] THE FACE; Diet by the Sword
- Prime-Time Deal With CBS
- THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP; St. Pierre Dom...
- MOVIE REVIEW | 'WAR'; Martial Arts With a Gun Inst...
- Morton Knocked Out 38 Seconds Into Bout
- Bronx Man Pleads Guilty in Terror Case
- Men Behaving Extremely, With True Believers' Passion
- MOVIE REVIEW | 'PROTAGONIST'; Men Behaving Extreme...
- [TS] EXECUTIVE PURSUITS; In the Corner With the Gl...
- Drug Testing Hasn’t Grown With a Sport
- SPORTS BRIEFING | MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; Ultimate Fig...
- Judo Icon, a Fighter for Her Sport, Is Facing a Ne...
- A Russian Warrior Who Doesn’t Battle for Acclaim
- In Tight, a New (Old) Martial Art Gains Followers
- Lesnar Defends His U.F.C. Title
- Claims of Molestation Resurface for Judo Official
- From the Edge of Madness to Fighting's Mainstream
- [TS] ULTIMATE FIGHTING; Mixed Martial Arts, From t...
- CLASS IS IN SESSION: STREET KATA; Hard, Easy or Ju...
- Cuban Athlete Is Barred for Kicking Referee’s Face
- [TS] II: True-Life Tales; Former-Self Defense
- [TS] Bong Soo Han, 73, Orchestrator Of Martial Art...
- [TS] How a Cast Got Its Kicks. And Throws. And Pun...
- Cuban Athlete Is Barred for Kicking Referee in the...
- Texas: Ex-Chief of Norris Charity Pleads Guilty
- [TS] Few Rules, but to the Fighters, Pure Sport
- MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; A 5-Foot-6 Bruiser’s Jou...
- THE FACE; Diet by the Sword
- [TS] FIGHTING; An Ultimate Warrior Is Used to Figh...
- [TS] CHEERING SECTION; Woman Joins Fight Club
- How a Cast Got Its Kicks. And Throws. And Punches.
- EXECUTIVE PURSUITS; In the Corner With the Gladiat...
- [TS] FIGHTING; No Helmet, No Padding And, in the R...
- DANCE REVIEW; A Blending of Euripides, Martial Art...
- [TS] MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; New Moves for an Age-Old ...
- Mixed Martial Arts Makes Its Way to High School
- Choose Your Weapon: Exotic Martial Arts
- Blood Sport
- Mixed Martial Arts: A Tale of Success, but a Note ...
- Ultimate Fighting Circuit Reaches a Milestone
- Sparring Partners Put the Team Before All Else
- Three Siblings Headed to Beijing in Tae Kwon Do
- Gladiator
- [TS] THE GOODS; A Soap That Goes to the Mat
- TELEVISION REVIEW; Beware the No. 2 Fighter With a...
- [TS] PERSONAL BUSINESS: EXECUTIVE PURSUITS; In Thi...
- Mismatches in the Ring Draw Toughman Critics
- II: True-Life Tales; Former-Self Defense
- MOVIE REVIEW | 'WAR'; Martial Arts With a Gun Inst...
- [TS] CRITIC$(RSQUO$)S CHOICE; New DVDs
- [TS] Controversial Sport and Its Stars Kick Their ...
- [TS] FILM; Exit Kicking: Jet Li's Martial Arts Swa...
- Once-Secret Martial Art Rises in Ring’s Bright L...
- Men Behaving Extremely, With True Believers’ Pas...
- The Color of Victory? Rethinking the Power of a Bl...
- CRITIC$(RSQUO$)S CHOICE; New DVDs
- [TS] It's All Geek to Me
- THEATER REVIEW; A Martial Arts Film, Only Live
- Corrections: For the Record
- ULTIMATE FIGHTING; Mixed Martial Arts, From the Ed...
- TRUE-LIFE TALES; Former-Self Defense
- From the Edge of Madness to Fighting’s Mains...
- [TS] 50 Guys, All Trying To Look Like Bruce Lee
- Past and Future in Championship Fight
- To the Fighter in Red Go a Few More Spoils
- WORLD BRIEFING; Colombia: Wrong Target
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- Karate, the ultimate martial art that developed from a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan fighting methods and southern Chinese martial arts. "Karate" originally meant Tang hand, i.e. Chinese hand, which was later changed to a homonym meaning 'empty hand' in Japanese. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open handed techniques. However, grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints/traps, throws and vital point striking also appear in karate. - Excert from Wikipedia, summing up the essence of Karate.
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