Sofus' Martial Arts Page

I do not really have the time to keep this up to date, so I haven't had a chance to go out and find new good links. If you know of any, please send them my way. Thank you.

I've found it hard to not only find a good place but more importantly, to have time to practice there since most places seem to practice in the evening, when I have classes, but I try to keep up on my own when I don't have time to go to a club. Right now I do Tai-Chi (Wu-style), and some kung-fu, though I'm just a beginner in both. I've also had previous training in Shotokan Karate and Jui-Jitsu, and one of my worst mistakes, IMHO, was to stop (which I did around the age of 14). I know about most martial arts, and can carry a discussion about pros and cons for many of them... and in the end they really are all the same. This silly squabbling about "my art is better than yours" is just plain ridiculous. In the end, the most important thing is for each individual to find a teacher that he or she likes. Everything else is a distant second. IMHO, of course.

NOTE: I have had requests for adding banners and re-selling equipment for a commission. This is not a commercially oriented site. I keep this list solely on my own to help others, not for profit.

Currently I am only updating this page per request. Mail me at sofmac@gmail.com if you'd like me to add a link to this page.

• A few interesting sites
• Karate
• Phillipino Arts
• Judo
• Kung Fu / Chinese Arts
• Aikido / Hapkido / JuJutsu
• Tae Kwon Do
• Ninjutsu
• Zen, Philosophy, etc.
• Other related sites
• Equipment or otherwise commercial oriented sites

A few interesting sites:

Here is a few of the sites that I find interesting. If you know of any other sites, feel free to mail me at: sofmac@gmail.com.

• Martial Arts Recreation Directory seems to have a fairly comprehensive set of links.
• Martial Arts Planet is a site that covers information across various arts at all levels.
• Martial Arts Seminars --- covers all martial arts. Put up semiunars you know of.
• rec.marital-arts news group. I used to read this group quite often. Well worth checking out.
  The moderated news group rec.marital-arts.moderated is probably the better choice if you want serious information.
• A new community web-site that might be worth checking out: To Martial Arts and Beyond.
• Martial Arts Forums: Fight in the arena. Talk in the forum.

These are sites that contain specific information

Karate/Kenpo Karate

• Shotokan Karate of America

Phillipino Arts

Judo

• Judo Page courtesy of Neil Ohlenkamp.

Kung Fu / Chinese Arts

• Chi Sau Club (Wing Chun): A wing chun club in Australia. They have videos and articles there and update it regularly.
• Wing Chun Kung Fu: A site dedicated to bringing you free information and articles on Wing Chun Kung Fu.
• Tai Chi and Qigong Links
• Wu Style Tai Chi Singapore.
• Wu Style Tai Chi Chu'an.
• The Wu Style of Tai Chi.
• Erics' World - Dragon Academy Wing Chun Do
• Tsun Jo Wing Chun Kung Fu based out of Washington, founded by John N. Beall.
• Information about Chin-Wu. This is the page of a North Carolina (USA) branch.
• Planet Wing Chun
• Wing Lam Enterprises , Traditional Chinese martial arts and supplies.
• Kung Fu Loung

Aikido / Hapkido / JuJutsu

• British Aikido Board / the Controversy --- a site surrounding the controversy regarding Mr. Poole and his history in British Aikido.
• Deaf Aikidoists Society is an organization where all deaf or hard of hearing aikidoists from around the world can help promote the harmonious nature of aikido.
• Dentokan Jujutsu is a club practicing a traditional Japanese martial art near Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
• The Ellis Schools of Traditional Aikido
• The International Sungja-Do Association homepage.
• Aikido MPEGs
• Un-official Ki Society Home Page contains info on Ki Aikido.
• Aiki Jujitsu at Stanford.
• The Rutgers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club. Mostly useful for Rutgers affiliates.

Tae Kwon Do

• The International Sungja-Do Association homepage.
• TaeKwonDo Danmark, a Danish Taekwondo club. The main page is in Danish, but it has an english link off of it, but it's all about Danish clubs.

Ninjutsu

Zen, Philosophy, etc.

• Zen Buddhist Texts
• Buddhist Studies - WWW Virtual Library

Other related sites

• Ask Sensei has many resources for people wanting to know more. This has information in both English and Spanish.
• Some good information about the History of European Swords.

Equipment/Commercial/ sites

• The Traditional Karate Resource - download video files which provide a view of karate in Japan, Kata, Bunkai and Zen.
• Applied Zen - How martial arts strategy & Zen are applied to business (has downloadable videos).
• Kung Fu and Heal Exercise sells various kung fu related materials such as software, videos and books. Also has interesting articles regarding general health.
• SAAED Classical Works sells various martial arts related equipment.
• Chenab Sports are manufacturers and exportors of Martial Arts equipment (among other things). Based in Pakistan, it seems?
• Century Martial Arts Supplies
• Koo Self Defense International, a martial art focusing on street defense.
• Sanjay Gakhar c/o Amber Leather Goods Wholesalers sells, among other things, martial arts gear.
• LifeSpar is a training dummy, usable by boxers and martial artists. I'm not sure why Sylvester Stallone is in the intro, though? Either way, give it a look.
• Challenger Martial Arts equipment.
• Creative Fighters Guild: Provides streaming martial arts instruction in the self defense sport of jeet kune do, kickboxing and various martial arts forms of jiu jitsu and kali