LINKS

links last updated 7/14/03
if there are any broken links, please notify me at ironhand@karatebreaking.com

- IRON PALM - - SCHOOLS / ORGS - - PRACTITIONER SITES -
- MMA - - SITE DIRECTORIES - - MA SUPPLIES -

Iron Palm Links

Mew Hing's 18 Daoist Palms- This is Jung Shee James Patrick Lacy's homepage. He specializes in his system's trademark technique, the coconut break.

Brian Gray Enterprises- This is the home page of Master Brian Gray, "the Father of Iron Palm in America." Mostly an online catalog for his products.

Iron Palm I- An interesting variation of iron palm conditioning.

Mieir-King Services- This site offers information and several products related to iron palm training and Chinese herbs. Fairly inexpensive, but rather good booklets for sale.

Iron Palm Kung Fu- This site offers more information on iron palm training, including aspects of Sup Bat Mo Jung Pai (18 Daoist Palms). Some very nice breaks in movieclip (realmedia) format.

Shi Fu Sheeley's School of Martial Arts- Another site about the 18 Daoist Palms Mew Hing Five Elder Kung Fu System.

Schools/Organizations

Combined Martial Arts Academy- This is a great school in Jackson Heights, NY. It offers training in traditional martial arts, as well as muay thai, submission fighting, boxing, and so forth.You may have seen their ad in Full Contact Fighter.

Tsunami Karate - Tough, hard fighting Isshin-Ryu karate school located in New Jersey.

Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy- Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy is a New York City based school under the direction of 9th dan Sifu Jack Shamburger, training is in Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo and Thai Kickboxing.

Shane Varney's Karate School- The web site for Shane Varney's Karate, where they teach a Tae Kwon Do based style.

Karate-Jutsu Training Center-
Moscow based school of combat effective karate.

Praying Mantis Kung Fu-
This is Sifu John Newberry's site and features Praying Mantis Kung Fu. Sifu Newberry is certified Master of Iron Palm under the Iron Palm International Organization.

Jidokwan America- This is the homepage for the USA division of the International Jidokwan Federation.

TLH Martial Arts and Fitness- The homepage for a California based school, teaching Tsoi Li Ho Kung Fu

International Sosuishitsu-Ryu Association- The home page for this association with a branch in NYC.

Bow Law Kung Fu Association- This is the homepage for a NYC based kung fu school, teaching such styles as Shaolin Black Tiger and Hung Gar.

East York Hapkido-Karate Club- The official homepage for the East York Hapkido-Karate Club. Includes history of Hapkido.

Alan Lee's Kung Fu Wusu Temple- This is a NYC based nonprofit organization. Grandmaster Lee is a very well respected teacher of kung fu and his school has been around for a very long time. Grandmaster Lee originally took over for his student, Mr. James Cheatham (an excellent teacher of karate), back in the 1960's.

Ashihara Karate- Anyone interested in Ashihara Karate should visit this very well set up site.

Hill Country Karate- The "unofficial" site for the Hill Country Karate School. This school is based in Texas, where everything is bigger and badder. According to my friend Rikesh, who happens to live there (also found breaking on my site), even the bricks are bigger.

American Uechi-ryu Forum- This is a site on Uechi-ryu karate. It has a lot of areas to explore with a nice section on conventional as well as some some unconventional conditioning methods.

Combat Martial Arts- This is the homepage for the Combat Martial Art Practitioners Association.

Winnipeg Kyokushin Karate- A nice site with a lot of Kyokushin information and links to other Kyokushin sites.

USF Karate Club- Learn how to build a traditional full-sized makiwara.

Other Martial Arts Related Sites / Practitioner's Sites

The Aikido Faq- Various information about aikido, plus info on how to make your own dit da jow.

Nunchaku Guild- This site has information and links related to everything nunchaku.

The Aikido FAQ- This is a comprehensive site with some nice information on making your own liniments.

The Human Weapon Homepage- This is martial artist and pro wrestler Clif Watkins' homepage. Take a look to see world record patio block breaking.

Tae Kwon Do Karate and Kickboxing- This is a good site with regular updates. Look for the selective breaking and materials sections.

Wenessia Guide to Martial Arts- A comprehensive site with all sorts of info on martial arts and an extensive database of links to martial arts sites in various languages.

Real Self Defense- A site offering a variety of resources for instructors and students.

World Records for Board and Brick Breaking- An interesting listing of world record breaks.

Gordon Nore's Martial Arts Photo Gallery- A popular site with good information and links to various martial arts.

Mistery Shadow's Official Martial Art Ki Page- This is an excellent site. A strange name for a host and the site is adorned with plenty of manga, but there is a huge amount of serious information on ki training. Well worth the time to take a look.

John Robinson- A website offering some info and demonstrations.

Dave's Shotokan Karate Page-Breaking- This page has some good tips for practicing karate breaking techniques.

Mixed Martial Arts Sites

Sherdog- Up to date MMA results, news, and exclusive interviews.

Ultimate Fighting Championship- The official homepage for the premier mma event.

PRIDE FC- Official site for the PRIDE Fighting Championship.

Fightworld- Updates on PRIDE, ADCC, Shooto, UFC, HooknShoot and other stuff.

Full Contact Fighter- The homepage for the NHB newspaper.

MMA.TV- Home to the Underground, the premier discussion forum for all sorts of MMA news, rumors, contacts, and, on occasion, trash talk.

Andrei Arlovski - Arlovski.tv is the official web site of Andrei "The
Pitbull" Arlovski, the heavyweight champ of the Ultimate Fighting
Championship.

Martial Arts Link Sites

Martial Arts Video Trader- Lots of links and video trading.

TotalSurf Martial Arts Links- Categorized information and links to martial arts sites.

Budoseek- This is a martial arts search engine with extensive links to categorized martial arts styles.

Barrel's Martial Arts Links- A clean site with plenty of categorized links.

Perk's Martial Arts Internet Resource Guide- Another clean site with good links. Easy to navigate.

Ordering / Supplies

TigerStrike- Martial arts supplies including weapons and equipment at discounted prices. Brand name martial arts supplies from MTI Swift and Double Guard.

Atama Kimonos- High quality jiu jitsu kimonos and grappling apparel.

Karate Depot- An online store for general martial arts supplies.

Tozando- This is a Japan based mail order martial arts equipment company.

Best of Martial Arts- This martial arts mall offers a variety of products.

Teebo Products- Offering Smash Master Stands, interesting portable and adjustable stands for board and brick breaking. Some nice video demonstrations as well.

Martial Arts Mart- Online ordering of martial arts supplies and discount pine boards for breaking practice/demonstration.

Wholesale Health and Fitness Products- Discount prices and online ordering for a huge variety of sports supplements, including some of the most popular, often sold out in stores kind of stuff.

Center for Natural Wellness- This site is an online store offering a wide variety of both Western and Chinese herbs. There are also a number of prepared internal formulas for healing bruises, bones, etc.

Good Medicine Cabin- This is another good online store offering organically grown herbs and herbal products. Friendly site.

Asian World of Martial Arts (AWMA)- Very popular company for all kinds of martial arts supplies.

Panther Productions- Very popular company for all kinds of instructional martial arts videos.

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