Resources for Beginners

We all have to start somewhere, but "where" is often a challenge we all face. To help you, we have assembled a short list of starting points for you to review.

At the top is our own Martial Talk Reference Library (http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=1109). Containing a large number of links to "Frequently Asked Questions" pages, as well as health and fitness resources, it is an excellent starting point for research.

Additional Sites:
Martial Arts: Which One? (http://money.cnn.com/2001/10/17/saving/q_karate/) CNN Oct 2001


So You Wanna Study Martial Arts (http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/martialarts/martialarts.html)

So you wanna do Martial Arts Huh (http://www.martialartsplanet.com/magazine/articles/wannadoma.htm) by Andy Murray

Martial Arts Info (http://www.martial-arts-info.com/)

A Beginners Perspective....The Grading (http://www.martialartsplanet.com/magazine/articles/begperspective.htm) By Melanie Box

History of the Black Belt (http://rustaz.com/writings/nonfiction/blackbelt.htm) By Bob Hubbard

A Brief Look At Japanese Sword Arts (http://rustaz.com/writings/nonfiction/swordarts.htm) By Bob Hubbard

Martial Arts for the disabled through my eyes (http://www.martialartsplanet.com/magazine/articles/mafordisabled.htm) By Andrew Melrose
The Purpose of Kata (http://www.martialartsplanet.com/magazine/articles/purposekata.htm) by Andrew Green

May I add Russian Martial Arts Northwest (http://www.russianmartialart.org.uk) for lots of articles and video clips of Russian Systema.

Paul Genge

if you're new to martial arts and want to check out what karate is about have a look at www.karateonline.org (http://www.karateonline.org).

i've done karate for 11 years and love it

gary

This is my favourite site.
Shows all the basics in very well axplained flash animations.
But most of it is for modern wushu an gymnastics.

However, looks like they are also working on other martial arts realted stuff lately.
Check it. This resource is AWESOME!!!!!! .... and actually free

http://www.martinvidic.com/martinvidic_en_2006/flash_mavi

Nice reference materials guys. It is always good to see how everyone else trains.

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No content on MT is auto-generated. All posts are by real people :)

~Tess

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Interesting diversity of topics. I'll check them out, even though I'm not new.

Was looking for some pics on handwrapping techniques and found this searching on here. Figured it would make sense to have in here since I suck at wrapping my hands yet and a lot of the people I know that are still pretty new are having the same problem.

Little picture walkthrough of one technique for wrapping your hands

www.boxinggyms.com/tips/wraps/ribbon/index.htm (http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/www.boxinggyms.com/tips/wraps/ribbon/index.htm)

There are quite a few broken links.. maybe a revision?

Which links are broken, releana? Sometimes when a site shifts hosts or it's 'name' lapses the same thing can spring up elsewhere on the Net. A quick Google can often re-find the target of a link so it shouldn't be too hard to repair (if the sites still exist of course).

Any help on BJJ?

i was wondering if anyone has a workout plan to help with me starting MMA/bjj type, i can't train the moves but i want to train the body for it since i am in the middle of nowhere

thanks

Please send all info about internal force power if you have any info.

Thank you all,
Oss