new article: Taking Control in a Self-defense Situation

Read an excerpt from Loren W. Christensen's new book: How to Fight the Pain Resistant Attacker

In Taking Control of a Self-defense Situation, Loren talks about how to control the attacker, how to control the situation and how to control your actions, why these three are essential to successfully escape when attacked and why you can't have one without the other two.

New Book: How to Fight the Pain Resistant Attacker

Best selling martial arts author Loren W. Christensen's service as a military policeman during the Vietnam War, his 25 years as a street cop, and his training in the martial arts since 1965 have provided him with real-world experience dealing with violent people, especially those who have a high tolerance to pain. In Fighting the Pain Resistant Attacker, Loren shows you dozens of tried-and-true, step-by-step techniques that target specific parts of the body that will disorient a pain-resistant assailant, destroy his will, and disable his physical ability to keep attacking.

Martial Arts Holiday Gift Ideas

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Muay Thai Fights filmed in Thailand

We've uncovered over 10 hours of Muay Thai fight footage in our archives and have started posting it at YouTube. All of the fights were filmed at ringside between 1999 and 2003 in rural Thailand.

Muay Thai Fights playlist

Martial Arts Group Conditioning Drills

The martial arts classroom drills video set is complete at YouTube. There are about 50 drills and games for partners and small groups, mostly geared for use in kids' classes.

How to Use your Keys for Self-defense

This series of videos demonstrates 7 methods of using your keys as a self-defense weapon against an attacker. Because you carry your keys everywhere when traveling, they are an excellent and totally legal weapon to use when defending yourself or your loved ones.

Watch the How to use your Keys for Self-defense videos at YouTube

New Article: Taekwondo Self-defense Principles

This article, excerpted from Taekwondo Self-defense: Taekwondo Hoshinsool by Sang H. Kim, outlines the three principles of coping with a self-defense situation after you've made the choice to fight back. Read Taekwondo Hoshinsool: Assess, Attack, Adapt

Taekwondo Self-defense Hoshinsool book

Taekwondo Self-defense:Taekwondo Hoshinsool by Sang H. Kim has just been released. This new book focuses on using traditional taekwondo skills for self-defense. It would make a great supplemental text for taekwondo students and a systematic guide for instructors looking for taekwondo-based self-defense skills for the classroom.

Complete Kicking book review

Aaron Wayne-Duke has reviewed Sang H. Kim's Complete Kicking book in his Spirit Mind and Body podcast this week.

Book Reviewers Wanted

If you're willing to review Sang H. Kim's Complete Kicking book and post the review at Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com, let us know. We'll send you an autographed copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. We're only looking for 10 reviewers, so jump on this today if you're up for it.

Zen Buddhism documentary selected for Film Festival

Zen Buddhism: In Search of Self has been named an official selection of the 2009 T.H.I.S. Buddhist Film Festival to be held September 13th to 19th at the Shaw Brothers’ Lido Cinema in Singapore.

Zen Buddhism: In Search of Self, available from www.TurtlePress.com, is the only film ever to document the daily lives of female Korean Buddhist Nuns and their 1000-year old tradition of gathering for a ninety day period of meditation, fasting and contemplation deep in the mountains of South Korea. It has been compared in atmosphere and style to Into Great Silence, the Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary.

The festival features an international line-up of 10 films showcasing Buddhist values and cultures from all over the world, including China, Thailand, Japan, Tibet, Afghanistan, Iceland and the United States. The festival opens with the acclaimed Chinese film A Full Bright Moon and closes with the Berlin International Film Festival Peace Film award winner Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame.

The film festival aims to promote awareness of the Buddha’s timeless Teachings and diversity of Buddhist cultures around the world through the use of film, a contemporary medium. Playing on the oft-cited verse “Thus have I heard” (T.H.I.S. stands for Thus Have I Seen) at the start of many Buddhist sutras, T.H.I.S. Buddhist Film Festival 2009 hopes to achieve a similar reflection amongst Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, as they discuss Buddhist Teachings and values featured in the films.

Clearance DVDs near sold out

We have only 1 or 2 of each of these clearance DVDs left:

Tai Chi Qigong DVD
Tai Chi Single and Double Broadsword DVD
Tai Chi Push Hands DVD
Bagua Eight Basics Palms DVD


Get 'em while they last . . .

Book Reviews at Martial Arts Unltd

A couple of great new book reviews at Martial Arts [Unltd] : book review of Sang H. Kim's Vital Point Strikes and a book review of Steve Scott's Tap Out Textbook

Ssireum Korean Wrestling videos on YouTube

Now you can watch the full Ssireum: Korean Wrestling documentary video on YouTube:



This little known style is becoming increasingly popular outside of Korea thanks in part to this video series originally released on VHS by Turtle Press almost 15 years ago.

Zen Man Martial Arts Movie on YouTube

Watch the full-length martial arts movie Zen Man on YouTube.

Zen Man martial arts movie Free on YouTube

We've posted the intro to Zen Man, a martial arts themed movie, on YouTube. If there's enough interest, we'll post the whole film in a series of high quality videos so you can watch it for free on YouTube. If you're interested, leave a comment on the Zen Man Movie Part 1 video at YouTube.

Free Martial Arts Lesson Videos on YouTube

30 free martial arts lessons on YouTube taught by professional instructors, coaches, fighters and black belts. Learn fundamental skills of muay thai, karate, taekwondo, hapkido, jujitsu, kickboxing, weapon training and much more.

Revised and Updated for 2009: Martial Arts Instructors Desk Reference

Sang H. Kim has revised and updated his popular martial arts school management and teaching reference book, Martial Arts Instructor's Desk Reference, with new advice for school owners and instructors including tips on using the internet for advertising and promotion. Get high quality advice on teaching, organizing your curriculum, advertising, marketing, publicity, student retention and much more from a highly successful instructor and school owner.

$9.95 Martial Arts DVDs - Super Deals!

We've got some super deals right now on martial arts instructional and fight DVDs - only $9.95 for select DVDs including weapons, taekwondo, breaking, boxing, kickboxing and more. See the full list of discounted martial arts DVDs.

77 Fun and Exciting Martial Arts Drills DVD

The 77 Fun and Exciting Martial Arts Drills DVD has been discontinued but you can now watch many of the drills from the DVD on Youtube - Martial Arts Conditioning Drills video playlist.