aikido

# Aikido decides life and death in a single strike, so students must carefully follow the instructor's teaching and not compete to see who is the strongest. Aikido is the way that teaches how one can deal with several enemies. Students must train themselves to be alert not just to the front but to all sides and the back.
Training should always be conducted in a pleasant and joyful atmosphere. The instructor teaches only one small aspect of the art. Its versatile applications must be discovered by each student through incessant practice and training. In daily practice first begin by moving your body and then progress to more intensive practice. Never force anything unnaturally or unreasonably. If this rule is followed, then even elderly people will not hurt themselves and they can train in a pleasant and joyful atmosphere. The purpose of Aikido is to train mind and body and to produce sincere, earnest people. Since all the techniques are to be transmitted person-to-person, do not randomly reveal them to others, for this might lead to their being used by hoodlums.

Lamon Brewster

"Luan is a good fighter who landed many good shots against me," said WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster after successfully defending his title by ninth round TKO against mandatory challenger Luan Krasniqi in Hamburg, Germany. "I want to be thee world champion, not just a United States champion and I proved it tonight by coming to Germany and defeating a game challenger. I always fight from will, not always from skill. I want to give applause to Hamburg and the German people for being so wonderful to me during my visit. I will never forget my time here." Brewster's promoter Don King echoed his champion's sentiments. "Luan used his jab and his right but this champion doesn't quit," King said. "Lamon Brewster is a true world champion now that he came to Germany and won here."

Antonius Rahayan

Indonesian boxer Antonius Rahayan, who underwent brain surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain (9/22), is reportedly gaining consciousness, and shows an excellent improvement. He's reportedly sitting on his hospital bed recognizing his friends and relatives. However to keep his condition stable, the medical team is still leeping him in the Intensive Care Unit of the Christian University Hospital.

cka...

My name is Steve Wilson Jr. and I am the Chief Instructor of the Christian Karate Association. I have been studying karate for about 15 years and have achieved a forth degree black belt. I have taught for 8 years. I started teaching in my back yard with the local neighbors and teens from the church. We then used a facility in a local church in Cheney, Washington. Two years later, the Lord called us to expand our organization and move into a commercial setting where we fully developed the curriculum. While we were there, we grew from 4 students to around 85 students in four months. During that time we had 15-20 actively involved in a weekly bible study. The Lord then called us to move to our current location, in Post Falls, ID, to establish our National Headquarters and to expand our organization.
During the last 5 years the Lord has given me a vision of what He fully intends to do with the Christian Karate Association. I plan to expand the program nationally where there will be Christian Karate Association schools through out the United States. All of these schools will have state-of-the art facilities, great karate programs, excellent teachers, and dynamic outreach programs to reach people for Christ.

taekwondo

Stretching is very important. It allows people to have a larger freedom of movement. Do all them slowly so you will not pull a muscle, and also just in case you are not at that physical level yet.
SIDE-STRETCH:
# Spread you feet apart to your sides slowly, until you can feel it. Your toes should be facing forward.
# You can stand for 30 seconds with your hands on your hips.
# You can bend down and touch your hands to the floor.
# You can bend down and move your hands to the left side.
# You can bend down and move your hands to the right side.
TOUCH YOUR TOES:
# Put your feet together, with them both facing forward. Without bending your knees, bend down and reach for your toes.
# If you can touch your toes then your goal should be to put your palms on the floor.

Gejon

As his bosom buddy, Oriental boxing champion Rodel Mayol of the Philippines would like to wish compatriot and world minimumweight title challenger Eriberto 'Yukka' Gejon more power. And the 24-year-old Mayol means that literally. According to Mayol, current Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) 105-lb champion, Gejon needs to redouble the degree of his punches for him to get a much better chance of becoming a world champion this weekend. Sunday night in Yokohama, Japan, the 26-year-old Gejon battles reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight ruler Yutaka Niida in a 12-round championship match.

Muay Thai

translated into English as Thai Boxing, is the national sport of Thailand and is a martial art with origins in the ancient battlefield tactics of the Siamese (or Thai) army. It evolved from Krabi-Krabong, literally sword and baton, the hand-to-hand tactics of the Thai army. The early Muay Thai bouts pitted different companies within the Siamese army against each other with few rules and no weight divisions or time limits. They became quite popular and eventually were shown in stadium across the country. In the early 20th century, time limits, boxing gloves as well as a uniform set of rules were introduced. During the latter half of the 20th century Muay Thai was exported to many countries and is now practiced by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world.

CKA

The Christian Karate Association began in 1995. The purpose was to create a unique approach for witnessing to non-believers and strengthening believers. The popularity of karate is used to attract people and then present the gospel of Christ. For believers, a curriculum was created to help continue their growth in the Lord.
The goal of the Christian Karate Association is to lead many people to the Lord Jesus, and to continue their growth as Christians. This is accomplished through many different avenues such as: Bible reading and memorization for each karate belt test, the learning of different Christian Character Qualities, fellowship with other believers and discipleship from Christian Leaders in the school.

Julio Cesar

Welterweight Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. (107-6-1, 88 KOs) said "adios" to Phoenix fight fans with a shocking loss to late sub Grover Wiley (30-6-1, 13 KOs) before 7,893 stunned onlookers Saturday night at America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Julio called it quits after round five citing a broken right hand. After the fight, promoter Bob Arum stated that "boxing is a young man's game" adding that he felt "this should be it" for Julio. He also said he will match Julio Jr. against Grover Wiley in a revenge match on the November 12 Klitschko-Rahman card at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Pedden

Fightnews.com recently caught up with Robbie Peden and briefly chatted with him about his upcoming fight with Marco Antonio Barrera. Peden is scheduled to face the Mexican superstar tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and was very candid about his views on the fight. The Aussie warrior took the time out to answer a few questions

Juarez

Rocky Juarez vs. Zahir Rahim
In a battle of unbeaten prospects, The Boxing Fan takes the harder punching and more battle tested Juarez. Rahim has shown some good skill, but slapping punches will not be enough to keep the hard charging Juarez off. Juarez KO 9.
Kermit Cintron vs. Manuel Gomez
Gomez is a tough customer who gave Shane Mosley his one of his toughest fights early in his career. He also holds wins over Kofi Jantuah and Miguel Angel Gonzalez. The Boxing Fan will go with the upset here and take Gomez by a close decision.

action

Middleweight sensation John Duddy (11-0, 10 KOs) is scheduled to clash with Joe "The Assassin" Brady (13-4-1, 6 KOs) in an eight round headliner this coming Saturday night (September 17) at the Dana Barros Sports Complex in Mansfield, MA. The undefeated 26 year old Irishman Duddy, fighting out of Queens, NY has a number of spectacular wins to his credit, recently pummeling Patrick Coleman (29-11) on July 22nd, in an eight round TKO witnessed by the boxing world on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. Coleman, who in 1999 had beaten the now former WBA welterweight champ Jose Rivera, came to fight that night -- but Duddy came to win. Before Coleman, Duddy notched another unanimous eight round decision over Patrick Thompson on the June undercard to Miguel Angel Cotto's WBO light welterweight title win over Mohamad Abdulaev at Madison Square Garden.

fight Ngoudjo

Emanuel Augustus has informed Fightnews that his promoter Lou DiBella is working hard on getting the contracts signed for a proposed fight in October versus hard punching Herman "Black Panther" Ngoudjo (11-0 8 kos) for his NABF light welterweight title. If the fight takes place it would be in Herman's backyard of Montreal, Canada. Ngoudjo was born and raised in Camerroon, Africa but now resides in Montreal. Emanuel stressed to Fightnews that he will not take a step back and fight low level opposition or unranked after his classy knockout win over Ray "Sucra" Oliveira. The unbeaten Ngoudjo is ranked #11 by the WBC and is a target in Augustus' sights.

John Calloway

IBF light-welterweight champion Ricky Hatton will be making a major announcement about his future on Monday at a press conference. It will be held at Manchester City's football club's City of Manchester Stadium.WBA featherweight champion Chris John is heading to the US tomorrow. He'll be one of the cornermen of Naoufel ben Rabah in Marco Barrera's undercard Sept. 17. Titan Entertainment has announced the signing of "All American Prizefighter" Rob Calloway 60-5-1, 45 KOs).Actor Russell Crowe, who recently starred in the film 'The Cinderella Man,' has been quoted as saying "I think boxing is something stupid." This coming from a man who recently ripped a phone from the wall at a New York City hotel and threw it at a clerk, striking him in the face. Crowe settled a civil lawsuit for $100,000 plus a public apology. "This is possibly the most shameful situation I’ve ever gotten myself in in my life and I’ve done some pretty dumb things in my life," Crowe told talkshow host David Letterman regarding the incident. "So to actually make a new number one is spectacularly stupid."

Moorer

The latest buzz in boxing has former heavyweight (and light heavyweight) world champion Michael 'Double M' Moorer (47-4-1; 37 KO's) making a possible return to the ring sometime in October. Last month, the 37 year old Moorer was the guest host on FNF, where at the beginning of the broadcast, he announced his intention to fight again. About 40 minutes later, fight analyst (and former trainer of Moorer) Teddy Atlas suggested that he retire from the ring. Without hesitation, Moorer accepted Atlas' advice and agreed to retire and concentrate on training other fighters. A possible opponent of Moorer could be Kevin Rooney protégé, Thomas Hayes (22-1, 15 KO's). Should Moorer return to the ring, it would be the fastest 'comeback-retirement-comebacks' in recent memory.

Perez-Ramirez

As reported yesterday, promoter Don King returns to the Savvis Center in St Louis on September 30. It was announced today that the fight card will include not two, but three world championship fights. Record-setting light heavyweight Virgil Hill will meet undefeated WBA #1-ranked contender Valery Brudov for the vacant WBA cruiserweight title; WBO jr middleweight champion Daniel Santos will defend against undefeated Joe Wyatt; and IBF jr bantamweight champion Luis Perez will risk his belt by taking on Hugo "Rambo" Ramirez. Tickets priced at $25, $50, $100, $150 $300 and $500 are on sale now at the Savvis Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets or call 314-241-1888. King will contribute $10,000 to the Salvation Army's Hurricane Katrina relief effort to commemorate this event in addition to $100 from every $500 ringside ticket sold.

Baldomir will face Judah

WBC #2 Carlos Baldomir of Argentina will be WBA/WBC/IBF Welterweight champ Zab Judah's next foe, September 30th in St Louis, Missouri. So far, 34-year-old Baldomir seemed to be destined to be only a perennial high ranked contender, as he has been during the last five years. Yet, after winning a unanimous decision over Mexican Miguel Angel Rodriguez last May 21st in Chicago in a WBC eliminator, Baldomir will now have his long awaited shot. Baldomir's (41-9-6, 12 KOs) last defeat was back in December 1998, when he dropped a decision against fellow compatriot Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes. After that, he won 17 fights and drew the other two.Currently, "El Tata" Baldomir is training in Los Angeles under the supervision of legendary trainer Amilcar Brusa. Baldomir will be joined by his trainer Jose Lemos on Wednesday. "This chance took me by surprise as I expected to fight for the title in November or December. However, I'll be ready 'cause I won't let this chance go. Lefthanders like Judah used to give me some trouble in the ring. But not anymore. Since I'm fighting in such a competitive market as the US you have to learn how to fight against any fighter and any style," said Baldomir on Monday to radio show "Ring Side en el Aire."