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Capoeira and the distant horizon

May 28, 2021
kamaurashid
Martial arts

I set a rule for myself some years back that I should be training in a martial art for about twice the amount of time that I teach it. This is not easy to maintain, especially given all of the

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Africans Kung Fu Fighting

April 20, 2021
kamaurashid
Martial arts

Recently I stumbled upon this video. It shows a group Africans who journeyed to China to study the martial arts. I’ve seen other videos like this, including one where an African decided to create a Shaolin Temple in his community

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The “Asian-ness” of the martial arts

November 28, 2020
kamaurashid
Martial arts

A year or so ago I journeyed to Madison, Wisconsin to purchase a book from Dr. Edward Powe. The book was entitled, “Combat Games of Northern Nigeria“. My interest was to learn more about the combat traditions of the Hausa

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The game, the fight: Thoughts on the teaching and practice of Capoeira

November 15, 2020
kamaurashid
Martial arts

I have been thinking about the dichotomization of Capoeira into the luta (fight) and the jogo (game) and the implications of this to the teaching of Capoeira. While this dichotomy is does capture broad contours of the art, there are

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The multi-dimensionality of Capoeira

October 26, 2020
kamaurashid
Martial arts

I remember Ahati Kilindi Iyi saying once that in traditional contexts martial artists derived their spiritual development and physical conditioning from their art. As a consequence of this, the martial arts became holistic tools of personal development. I was inspired

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Averting extinction and being true to tradition

September 25, 2020
kamaurashid
Martial arts

Every African combat art is a critical reflection of the dynamic mosaic that comprises our history and culture. Sadly, many of our combat arts have passed into oblivion and others teeter on the brink of doing so. However, in Trinidad

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Adaptation in the martial arts

May 1, 2020
kamaurashid
Martial arts

Years ago, while watching videos of Kung Fu practitioners sparring against each other, I noticed that many of these arts tended to look like kickboxing during sparring. Sometimes this was a rather rough transition. At other times, depending on the

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When an elder dies: Reflections on Ahati Kilindi Iyi’s life and legacy

April 11, 2020
kamaurashid
Martial arts

I first met Ahati Kilindi Iyi in 2005. My encounter with him came after years of wanting to study the African fighting arts, but not being certain how. By this time I had studied Wing Chun, Choy Lay Fut, mixed

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How to study the African combat arts?

March 16, 2020
kamaurashid
Martial arts

There are a few paths into the world of the African combat arts. First, identify what resources that you have access to now. There are traditional African combat arts within many of our communities–some of these are, in fact, endangered.

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Three paths, one destination

February 4, 2020
kamaurashid
Martial arts

To my thinking there are three paths to the African warrior tradition. The first path is characterized by both the practice of the African combat arts, as well as the internalization of the highest ethics and discipline of the culture.

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