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Street photography, sports pictures demands a certain level of expertise in handling the camera – exposure, using a tripod etc.  If you’re one of the lucky ones and have tickets for the London Olympics in 2012, then www.my-photo-school.com offers all the tuition you need so you are equipped for capturing that once only image of a high flying kick or Usain Bolt sprinting (or maybe even jogging as he did in China)  past the finishing line.

The early Greeks practiced a martial art known as Pankration, meaning the art of complete strength. The art itself is comprised of a combination of combative styles including wrestling, grappling, and throws as well as certain boxing techniques. The earliest records of Pankration being practiced is around Seven Hundred BC but all indications are that this fighting style had most likely been in use for a very long time before that and it is still practiced in Greece and other parts of the world today.

Japan had ancient martial arts deeply imbedded in it’s culture and most seem to have evolved from breathing exercises. These arts were later influenced by migratory Chinese martial arts experts. It would now seem that almost all of Asia had developed martial arts from breathing exercises. Korea had the ancient art of Hwa Rang Do, Kali in the Philippines, and even Yoga has been developed into a martial art by some practitioners.

Martial Arts have been practiced by mankind for 1000?s of years. Quite often linked to religion and spirituality, or just used for combat or competition, the Martial Arts are an integral part of human history and their practice will, hopefully, continue long into the future.