Posted on 26 June 2012. Tags: acoustic electric guitar, Anybody, art, beginning, BJJ, chinese martial art, fuzhou china, Maga, mandarin, martial art clubs, martial arts clubs, Muay, niche, thanks in advance
Hi guys,
I am moving to Fuzhou, China at the beginning of September and I was wondering if anybody knew of any martial art clubs in the area. I have searched on the internet but I think my lack of Mandarin is thwarting me 🙂
In England I have been learning Muay Thai and BJJ, but I would be happy to find anything to continue with this hobby. E.g. Judo/kickboxing/boxing/Krav Maga – in other words any type of Westernised, mainstream style instead of a niche Chinese martial art. But if there is nothing else, I’ll take it 🙂
Thanks in advance guys, I should really learn to read some Mandarin I guess.
p.s. As a bonus, I don’t suppose anyone knows where I could buy an acoustic-electric guitar in the area for cheap? 😀
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Posted on 01 December 2010. Tags: bartons, Community, fitness, fitness fad, fitness gym, fitness routine, Google, google trends, Krav, Maga, mainstream, mainstream appeal, tae kwon, traditional martial art, www google com
I recently ran across this article: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0…
It states Krav Maga is this huge fad, something I have heard for years from other martial artists. The article goes on to state it is offered in many mainstream gyms citing David Barton’s network of gyms. Yet I cannot seem to find 1 mainstream fitness gym in my area that offers it, yet most offer a boxing class that ‘fundamentally sound and realistic'(their words not mine). Even when researching David Bartons gyms it seems only his Miami location offers Krav, though all offer a boxing class similar to whats described above.
I did some Google Trends searches. In one it is absolutely eclipsed by the more traditional martial art of Karate, traditional fitness routine of Yoga, and even the legitimate flash in the pan fitness fad Zumba: http://www.google.com/trends?q=Krav+Maga…
Even when I researched it against other currently popular martial arts it doesn’t show any real difference in popularity compared with Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, or Tae Kwon Do : http://www.google.com/trends?q=Krav+Maga…
So how popular is it really outside of the martial arts community? I don’t see it really having the mainstream appeal everyone is claiming it has. Is it’s popularity just Hollywood smoke in mirrors and an over statement by our niche community, or am I just missing something?
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