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How To: Tie your belt (obi) on your gi for aikido
The video tutorial describes how to tie your belt (obi or sash) around your gi suit for aikido. This method is particularly good for aikido as the finished knot is fairly flat and the layers of the belt do not cross at the back.
How To: Devastate your attacker during a hand gun attack
Learn how to strike your attacker when facing a hand gun attack. This is step three in surviving a hand gun attack, following how not to get shot, and how to gain control of the weapon. Learn how to get inside the gun's danger circle using different strikes and stay in there. Also learn what to do against a two handed gun grip.
How To: Do the Muay Thai kickboxing basic fight stance
Muay Thai, a form of kickboxing and the national sport of Thailand, is an intense martial art that uses not just all the limbs, but joints, as possible weapons against an opponent. This how-to video clarifies some basic Muay Thai kickboxing moves, with step-by-step instructions accompanied with demonstrations shown from multiple angles. Whether you're looking to work on your technique, or pick up a new sport, this video tutorial will help you improve your Muay Thai skills. Follow along and le...
How To: Use the Vaporizer leg lock MMA move with Eddie Bravo
There are a lot of different leg locks out there, but this one might be the nastiest. It's called the Vaporizer leg lock, part of Eddie Bravo's BJJ system, and it looks like you could use it to snap someone's foot completely off with minimal effort. Watch this video to learn how to do it from Eddie Bravo himself and Joanne of MMA Girls.
How To: Wrap your fists Muay Boran style for Muay Thai boxing
Muay Boran is the ancient relative of modern Muay Thai boxing. This clear how-to video shows the correct method of wrapping your fists to prepare for a match or training.
How To: Execute Ko-Bu Nunchaku moves
Ko-Bu Nunchaku is the first nunchaku kata you learn in Okinawan Kobudo. See how it is done in this tutorial.
How To: Do a forward roll
Here is a brief video on how to start doing the forward roll in Jiu Jitsu. Ukemi (rolling and falling) are very important in the martial arts and often neglected.
How To: Do an arresting handling & restraining technique
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to do an arresting technique for handling and restraining. As the opponent begins to punch you, grab the opponent's wrist with one hand. Then push the other arm under the opponent's bicep and under the armpit. Now pull the opponent towards you and push their arm to their back. Make sure you grab over the opponent's hand. Then use your knee to push against and opponent's hamstring and pull down their shoulder to throw them down on the floor. Continue l...
How To: Wrap your hands for Muay Thai boxing
There are many different methods of wrapping ones hands when they are doing Muay Thai boxing. This clear, concise video shows a simiple method that you can try as well before you start your mortal combat. The emphasis on this tecnique puts wrist protection over knuckle protection.
How To: Perform a standing elbow "break" and take down in Japanese Jujutsu
If you're interested in learning a little bit of Japanese Jujutsu, check out the next video tutorial. In it you'll learn how to perform a standing elbow break and take down move. This is perfect for anyone who is touched by a possible assailant in the shirt. It's a quick and easy move that can put the attacker in a position they don't want to be. When practicing this, though, make sure you are very careful and that you don't overextend your partner's elbow. This can lead to serious injury, so...
How To: Do the Jiu Jitsu Banana Split grappling submission
Learn to perform a Jiu Jitsu Banana Split leg submission. This is a submission for grappling not self defense. It attacks the groin by pulling the muscles apart.
How To: Master the basics of tai chi silk reeling
Tai chi silk reeling is a basic foundation to tai chi that mimics the motion of pulling silk from a silkworm. Learn the basic movements and principles behind silk reeling from a tai chi expert in this free martial arts video series.
How To: Do the Brazilian high kick
In this tutorial, we learn how to do the Brazilian high kick. First, stretch out your body before you do this so you don't pull a muscle. You want to stand on one leg when you do this and bring the other leg straight up. The leg on the ground will turn to the side while your other leg and knee will be brought to the front of the body. Step in with your foot to the side, then bring the other leg up and to the side, then bring the foot down to the corner next to you. Do this quickly to make it ...
How To: Begin training in Kendo
This is a kendo instruction video. In this video you will learn how to begin your training. It includes Etiquette in Seiza, drawing your sword, sitting in sonkyo, how to grab your sword, and kamae to.
How To: Do a Jiu Jitsu Kimura lock from a side control
Learn to execute a Jiu Jitsu Kimura shoulder lock from a side control position.
How To: Do a Jiu Jitsu crab walk over escape
How to execute a Jiu Jitsu Crab Walk Over escape. This is a stacking guard escape.
How To: Escape a Jiu Jitsu arm bar from the guard position
Learn to Escape a Jiu Jitsu arm bar from the guard position using what is called the "telephone."
How To: Do a Jiu Jitsu Kimura shoulder lock from a side mount
Learn to execute a Jiu Jitsu Kimura shoulder lock from side control (or side mount) position.
How To: Sit in Seiza in Kendo
This is an instruction video about how to sit in seiza in Kendo. It is very important to know how to how to sit in seiza becasue in kendo we sit in seiza all the time! It is also useful to learn because seiza is a part of Japanese culture.
How To: Repair your Gi pants
Often, the double draw string in gi pants tend to "un thread". Here is a quick way to fix and re thread them.
How To: Strike small men in Kendo
Learning how to strike a small men (no, not a tiny person) in Kendo could be problematic. In this video, you will see various ways of striking small men.
How To: Learn about the 8 Immortals Staff in QiQong
A Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - esque film that shows you how the 8 Immortal Staff in QiQong is performed. Follow along even if you have no idea what this is. With an nice performance set to music and an authentic backdrop, this is more demonstration than how to.
How To: Hold a bo and use the striking points
This video shows you how to hold a bo and the striking points - these are the basics, known as "kihon".
How To: Activate pain with pressure points on the body
Glen Levy teaches you some pressure points in this martial arts video tutorial. The human body just takes a little pressure to bring somebody down to their knees. By learning how to properly apply these pressure points, you'll be the person nobody wants to fight.
How To: Do Aikido moves for beginners
Ronald Gotlin holds five black belts, including a 6th degree black belt in Tomiki Ryu Aikido, and is Past President and Founding Member of the International Aikido Alliance. This series of videos shows beginner moves in aikido.
How To: Do basic arnis moves with bastons
This videos shows you how to do basic Arnis (stick fighting) moves with a baston (rattan stick). Arnis is a Filipino based martial arts.
How To: Break a choke hold while seated using a pressure point
This martial arts/self defense video will show you how to break a choke hold using a pressure point, from a seated position. These are nerve points that you use to disrupt your attackers nervous system. Remember that in using these forms you must always keep a calm mind. It is also important to know when your opponent is disabled after using this chokehold.
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How To: Use the pressure points of the neck in combat
The neck is one of the most important and fragile parts of the body. It has few bones and muscles and very many blood vessels and nerves, making it a natural haven for pressure points. This video will teach you how to locate and strike many of these pressure points in order to improve your self-defense or martial arts skills. It includes demonstrations, diagrams, and detailed instructions for utilizing the information obtained in real-world self-defense situations.
How To: Do Kung Fu techniques
Expert Village is proud to present Shaolin Kung Fu Master Bruce Wen, who shares the secrets he learned after years under the instruction of Shaolin Monks. He shows you the meditation techniques you’ll need to discipline your mind to successfully execute Shaolin punches, block, kicks and more.
How To: Practice Wing Chun chi sao drills
Learn about Wing Chun martial arts chi sao drills from Alan Gibson.
How To: Throw a powerful punch MMA style with Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock shows Yardbarker Dewey Hammond how to throw an effective punch. MMA fighter Frank Shamrock teaches the fundamentals of Mixed Martial Arts. If you want to learn how to dominate your opponent in the cage, this video tutorial on throwing punches is a good place to start.
How To: Use the pressure points of the face in self-defense
The face is generally considered the most effective place to punch someone if you want to put them on the ground. This video demonstrates how to use the face's many pressure points to hurt it more efficiently and end your fights more quickly.
How To: Do basic karate for kids
This martial arts video demonstrates basic karate techniques for kids and beginners. No one should attempt to try these techniques without being trained and supervised by a qualified karate instructor.
How To: Scorpion kick someone in the face with Chloe Bruce
You may have come across Chloe Bruce in the past, but we're betting it was on the web, because if it were in person, you probably wouldn't be reading this right now. Because in a blink of an eye, she'd have her foot smashed against your face using her world famous Scorpion Kick, a difficult move for any martial artist to perform.
How To: Master basic and advanced Shaolin staff techniques
The art of Meihuaquan Kung Fu is a special form of Shaolin Kung Fu; learn basic and advanced staff and weapon combat techniques in this free Shaolin martial arts video series.
How To: Do Shaolin Kung Fu forms
In these martial arts training videos, learn about a particularly deadly form of Chinese gong fu called the tai mantis, or praying mantis, fighting style. Our expert will lead you in some of the more advanced moves and forms, including the spear hand, the triple pluck, the mantis hook, and the chokehold technique. Do Shaolin Kung Fu forms - Part 1 of 18.
How To: Do the anaconda choke
This choke hold is dangerous because your opponent will not always want to tap out. This is a great hold to do, and gives you control of his or her body. This martial arts technique takes practice.
How To: Tie a karate belt
Watch this how-to in order to learn how to tie a Karate belt. Knowing how to tie a Karate Belt is the first thing an aspiring Karate student should learn.
How To: Execute basic punches, kicks and blocks in karate
See how to properly execute the following Kihon (basic moves): punch, kick and block of the 10th kyu in the Okinawan Karate style of Pwang Gai Noon (Pan Gai Noon or Pang Gai Noon, called Han Ko Nan Ryu in Japan).