Learning About the Haitian Martial Arts
Learning About the Haitian Martial Arts
There are literally hundreds of different martial arts styles that are practiced around the world and one of the least known but most significant is the Haitian martial arts style. The term Haitian martial arts actually include a few different martial arts styles: Judo, Brazilian Jujitsu, and taekwando, to name a few.
Judo
Judo is one of the more popular and recognized Haitian martial arts styles, and it is a modern martial art style that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. It is a style in which the most prominent feature is the competitive element that is involved, and the moves and maneuvers that are used within this fighting style are truly incredible.
Judo strongly emphasizes a freestyle sparring as one of its main and most major forms of training, and sparring, even within safety rules and regulations, is much more effective than only practicing techniques. It helps a student to develop strategy and better reflex and reaction skills, and helps them to learn to use new and innovative techniques against a resisting opponent.
Brazilian Jujitsu
This is another incredibly popular Haitian martial arts form, one which is very different from any other in its class. It is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and which also emphasizes ground fighting techniques and submission holds, including joint locks and chokeholds.
Since its origination, Brazilian Jujitsu has evolved incredibly, and over time has developed into a relatively independent system that is practiced religiously by students across the world.
Taekwando
Taekwando is one of the most familiar Haitian martial arts styles, and it is a fighting style and combat sport that puts the most emphasis on kicking techniques. This is what makes it the most different from any other Haitian martial arts style and it is actually considered as being the most maligned of all martial arts, as in it you are asked to believe that it was created for the destruction of one man by another.
Taekwando works by bringing a fluid to motion and a grace to movement, and also brings self-confidence, self-awareness and self-knowledge to the practitioner. Typical taekwando training includes a system of blocks, punches, open-handed strikes, take downs, sweeps and throws.
In order to understand about any single martial arts form, you really have to have at least a basic knowledge on a few others as well, because all martial art forms share the same common ideal and basis.