In Return Of the Dragon, Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee have a climatic fight in the Colliseum. This is that fight. Enjoy!

Ah — this is a good video. It’s a nicely done Aikido demonstration, showing empty hand attacks, jo attacks, knife attacks, and sword attacks.

This is too cool — Tekken as done by actual human beings! (From Kotaku).

There’s a great article on WikiHow on how to choose a martial art. It’s a great read for anyone who’s new to the martial arts world, but is looking to start training. Nicely done! I think I’d add one other step to it, though: do your homework. Any school should have a traceable lineage, showing where that school originated. Wikipedia and Google are great resources for tracking this back. Most schools showcase their lineages right on their web page, so go through it and verify their statements. Is their description consistent with views from people outside of their school and other independent sources? If their school is the only one mentioning their lineage, be wary. Google will also turn up “horror stories” for some purported martial arts.

See also: McDojo. Also, if you can’t find the art mentioned in the Martial Arts FAQ, you should definitely do more research before plunking your money down.

If you think you can stop a train with kung fu, you might want to go back to the kwoon, Daniel-san. As kung fu gets broader exposure through media, are we at risk of having kids doing stupid things? Worth a thought, as well as consideration by any martial arts instructor: ground your students in common sense!