Welcome Art of the Warrior, Martial Arts Magazine is your world wide source for all martial arts including but not limited to Kuk Sool, Hapkido, Kempo, Hanmudo, Yudo, Tang Soo Do, Shuri Ryu, Tai Chi, Kendo, Shorei Go Ju Ryu and major organizations such as the United Martial Science Federation (UMSF), the World Kido Federation, the Professional Karate Commission (PKC), League of Martial Artists (LAMO), Martial Arts Karate Association (MAKA), the American Karate Association, Montgomery & Atlanta Feathers & Steel Group, The World Kuk Sool Association,  Jun Tong Mu Sool, as well as many others. We pride our publication on viewing and examining the martial arts from a scientific point of view. It is our understanding that one cannot fully understand the martial arts without an understanding of functional anatomy, motor control, biomechanics, physics, exercise physiology, body alignment and an in-depth understanding of how forces travel through the body and/or striking extremities. Our publication is designed to chip away at the many facets of martial arts as well as offering the latest news on Mixed Martial Arts, Tae Kwon Do, Tai Chi, Kenpo, Judo, Karate, Muay Thai, Grappling, Kung-Fu, and other fighting systems. Also check out martial art history, current events, self-defense, health and fitness breakthroughs and martial artists such as C.S. Kim, Preston & Otis Baker, Marlin Sims, John Davis, Jef Naayers, In Sun Seo, Cheryl Cherowitz, Billy Lee Burchett, James McMurray, Anthony Muhammad, Jimmy Jones, Shorty Mills, Larry Tankson, Steve Seo, John Murphy, Moses Powell and many more.

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Now Available  from Art of the Warrior, Martial Arts Magazine... 2008 Winter Workshop DVD and Cd featuring Chief Master Marlin Sims of the UMSF. Please check our workshop  for more information on this DVD and Cd instructional series. A very limited supply of this DVD & CD will be sold.

The contemporary junk food and fast food diet is based upon denatured, highly refined,  processed, genetically altered and synthetically chemicalized non-foods. This modern stuff looks like food, tastes like food, smells like food, but amounts to chemical waste and/or synthetic dirt. In fact, there is no commercial food that is safe to eat. The chemicals that compose commercial foods  interfere with the body's ability to function use enzymes, amino acids, minerals, fats and vitamins. Synthetic chemicals age and deteriorate the health. Synthetic chemicalshave slow and delayed effects that do not appear for weeks or months after they are consumed. When the effects of the chemicals appear, they are oftern misdiagnosed as flu, infection, V.D., hearth attack, AIDS, allergies, headaches, tension, stress, depression, fatigue, tingling toes or fingers, constipation etc. Visit our Nutrition Page for the complete article .

It is important to be able to coordinate and control the sequence of body movements in order to produce and direct the maximum amount of force into the ground and your target. The body can be described as a series of rigid segments linked together by moveable joints. Power for the limbs must originate from the center of the body, moving down the hips, legs, and feet into the ground. At the same time this same force moves up the spine to the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand and finally into its intended target. Founder and President of the United Martial Science Federation, Chief Master Marlin Sims submitted an article on how to develop punching power. Visit our Sims' Corner page for a small excerpt from this article. Please check back often for additional training tips from the world renowned Chief Master Marlin Sims. Sims writes in every edition of Art of the Warrior.

Visit Our Physical Training page! On this page Craig Snyder, PT, MPT, ACT, covers three serious medical conditions: shock, concussions, and spinal cord injuries. In the martial arts, serious injury is possible and the first care that is given can oftentimes be the most important care that is given. Quick thinking and proper care can be the difference between a full recovery and serious permanent injury. This article does not substitute as professional medical advice or training. Please consult a medical professional for any concerns regarding your health or an injury.Martial art training involves multi-joint, multi-planar movements.  Research suggests that many injuries occur during eccentric deceleration in the frontal and transverse planes as a result of the inability to control postural alignment.  Poor martial art training and exercise, in addition to other factors, lead to these muscle imbalances.  The imbalances explain many injuries that occur during training, outside of trauma-induced ones. By implementing the five correction steps, these problems can be minimized, if not eliminated, resulting in students displaying optimal amounts of stability, strength, power and range of movement with ease during martial art training and performance.  Martial artist, Clinical Massage Therapist and  author, Michael Robinson  provides us with insight on 4 Keys to Muscle Imbalance Correction.

Visit our video clips page for small video clips of several martial artists and events from around the country. Some martial artists featured on this page are Mat Huges, Mike Chat, plus much more.

The Art of the Warrior Photo Gallery is filled with thousands of photos of martial artists and events from around the world. Most recently our gallery has photos from the Hapkido Brothers Florida Workshop featuring GM Seo, Hapkido goes to China, the Tracy Kenpo Gathering of the Eagles, Art of the Warrior Workshop, VSK JuJitsu Workshop and the Day of Champions Martial Arts Classic. Visit our page today to view our catalog of photos from the past five years.