Martial Arts Blog
Here we aim to bring you martial arts news and articles from around the web, especially the more whacky and weird aspects. We will also post blogs here from the Bear Martial Arts team, and also from you guys.
If you fancy writing a blog or posting an article, please email team@bearmartialarts.com your article and we will publish it on our site. You'll get full credit for your article, and we will even promote your own website / blog if you have one :)
Please note that any articles which are offensive, or are deemed inappropriate, will not be approved for publication.
Bear Martial Arts Website Goes Live
Thank you for finding us, and thank you for visiting our site. For those of you who are new to the Bear Martial Arts brand, let us first tell you a little about who we are and what we do.
Our aim (or mission statement if you like corporate terms) is to
- Be a hub of everything to do with martial arts
- Provide you with information about the various arts
- Help you sift through the 1000s of films and books that are related to the genre and find the ones worth watching / reading
- Supply you with all the martial arts toys you have ever wanted
- Help you find a club in your local area so you can start training in the art you always wanted to learn
We will do this through our Bear Martial Arts brand, the various graphics for which you will find on pretty much every page on our website. We will be releasing branded items through our online store, so if you like the bear then keep a look out for those, as they will be in our store very soon.
As well as our website (which you have found as you are reading this article) you can interact with the Bear Martial Arts brand on both Facebook and Twitter. To visit either of those simply click on the links on the right hand side of this page, or go to https://www.facebook.com/BearMartialArts or find us on Twitter @BearMartialArts.
Today we have made live our online store, with a select few items going on sale today. Over the coming weeks we will be making more items live on the store, including a vast array of martial arts weapons, training items, clothing, as well as Bear Martial Arts branded items. Announcements will be made through all our digital channels, so please keep an eye out for those.
The whole store is not open today, as we are testing the site to make sure that it all works (techie stuff). The items in store now are in stock and ready for purchase, and will be joined by other cool toys and items over the next few weeks.
We have excellent links with suppliers in both the UK and China, so if there is ANYTHING that you want, please let us know by email shop@bearmartialarts.com, as there is a very good chance that we can get it for you.
Our site is brand new and always under review, so if you have any comments please let us know on Facebook, Twitter or by emailing us team@bearmartialarts.com. There are also plenty of opportunities to get involved and to be published on our site. You ca write film reviews, book reviews, blogs, or even write an article for our Martial Arts Styles section. If that interests you please get in touch!
Thank you again for visiting. We hope you like the site, and we look forward to speaking to you all very soon.
The Bear Martial Arts Team
Kung Fu Bear Learns the Staff
Here at Bear Martial Arts we spend a lot of time on YouTube. Sometimes for work reasons (finding the best martial arts related videos for you to put on our site), and sometimes because we are avoiding work and there is lots of funny and crazy stuff to find on there. Rarely is there a video that falls into both categories. Yet today we have come across one that does, and we thought that we would start your weekend off with something quite extraordinary.
Before we go any further please click on this link and watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgg_fukbvU
There is no other way to describe it: the bear in this videos has clearly learnt how to use staff. We are presuming that the bear in the video has a Jo Staff due to it's size, but then again bears are huge so if this is a big bear (hard to tell as there is no reference) then it could well be a Bo Staff, making the bear's skills even more impressive.
We always thought that bears were scary enough, and that they would never need to learn martial arts. Clearly we were wrong! If you ever come across a bear in the wild, if you thought you had no chance before, now they are learning martial arts you will really have no chance!
The Perfect Bedside Weapon
The team here have come across a bedside table for sale that also doubles up as a home self-defence kit.
http://www.jamesmcadam.co.uk/table_for_sale.html
If you click on the link above you will be taken to an advert for a table which, when an intruder breaks into your home, is easily disassembled into a shield and bat kit, making you ready to take on the burglar with ease.
This is quite frankly a genius idea, and we can't wait to get one for the office. The price tag is a problem though, at $245 a baseball bat and a tea tray under the bed is a much cheaper option.
