Dedicated to the legendary Bruce Lee and Musashi
Martial Arts has been around since hands could defend and sticks or stones were first picked up by man as defensive measures from his foes. Over the centuries it has evolved into a art form that can be appreciated by any who have observed a master of armed or unarmed combat in action. To defend oneself from the aggression of others is a natural defense mechanism or all species on the planet. To make a science of it is most definately a human characteristic. This site will focus it's inertia on the "Art Forms" themselves and encourages input from others on the subject. It will concentrate on those arts that require years to perfect and still more to fully comprehend the inner workings. These will be schools of thought that lead to self perfection and their natural extensions. The ultimate skill of the martial artist to defend life of the weaker and preserve it will also be addressed. This page encourages feedback with every suggestion given equal consideration. This site reserves the right to include what material it feels best fits its mandate. "HardSoft" will be updated regularly and evolve as time cycles on by.
This is a giant listing of martial art schools listed alphabetically for your convenience. Computer addicts can now find balance in cyberspace.
This is the Martial Arts Network site which allows you membership to the brotherhood for martial artists. This could be a great way to keep informed on the martial arts world.
This wood company custom builds such items as belt racks, trophy mounts, and the like for the martial art industry.
This site emulates the greatest virtues of the martial arts and hence mankind. It contains words of wisdom from several authors with a message from Linda Lee Cadwell. The merits of such a site needs no explanation.
This is the University of California's Martial Arts Program and is the largest of it's kind in the United States.
This could be considered a model of simular programs in the U.S.
This is a "everything you wanted to know about martial arts but were afraid to ask" page and contains extensive links to martial art related subjects internet-wide. You deserve a black belt if you can get through all the information here in one inning.
This page is a Q&A regarding martial art history and the moral tradition of the art. Many could gain insights to the real art of the martial arts by overviewing this page.
This is one netizen's personal journey in the martial arts world. It contains links to sites on his interests on the web for various martial arts. Among them Tang Soo Do, Aikido, and Qigong.
This is Century Martial Arts Supplies on line service. Has some great feel good martial arts stories to share online so those training can find comfort that they are not alone. Among the stories are "Preparing for Clashes in Class",and how "Abusive Marriage Led Woman to Karate". You also can order a free martial arts catalog right here.
Here martial artists and others will find links to all sorts of obscure systems such as Hawaiian, Thai, Indonesian, Burmese, and Brazilian martial arts. Worth kicking around for a bit for plain old curiosity sake if nothing else.
Those interested in the origins of iaido will find this site a great place to build one's knowledge base for the history of the samurai. It covers early conditions that lead to to development of the samurai class and their evolutionary development as knights and warriors.
Searching for a martial art website worth the cybertime? Then look no further than this site for a great overview of the Sogo way of the warrior. It is dedicated to this school and its preservation throughout the globe.
This netizen offers seminars involving Ichi Ryu Karate and apparently pressure point fighting techniques. Look for elaborations on the subject.
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