Anime
What Martial Arts Are Used In Attack on Titan?
If you are an Attack on Titan fan, you may remember the training sessions the new recruits had to go through in season 1. Of these training sessions, a standout moment was when Annie shows Eren how to fight during their hand-to-hand combat session. Interestingly enough, Eren successfully uses these new combat skills later in the series (spoilers ahead). In this post, I am going to explain the fighting styles used in Attack on Titan. In Attack on Titan, Annie primarily uses two martial arts, one being Muay Thai, and the other being Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She shows Eren’s skills in…
What Martial Arts Are Used In Avatar: The Last Airbender?
As you probably already know, in the series Avatar: The Last Airbender, some of the characters are known as benders, able to manipulate the four elements using martial arts. What you may not know, is that the movements used by benders in the show are based on real-life Chinese traditional martial arts styles. So in this post, I’m going to compare the different styles used in the show, and compare them to the real-life thing. What martial arts are used in Avatar: The Last Airbender? In short, the martial arts styles used in Avatar are Tai Chi Chuan (Water), Hung…
What Martial Arts Does Batman Know?
The DC comic book superhero Batman is known for being one of the few superheroes without any actual powers. However, he makes up for it with his genius-level intellect, being able to learn many things quickly, including martial arts. Which leads us to today’s question: What martial arts does Batman know? According to the Batman Fandom and comic lore, Batman has mastered and perfected every single form of hand-to-hand combat known to man. However, his most commonly used martial arts include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Taekwondo, Judo, Muay Thai, Savate, Karate, Kung Fu, Boxing, Capoeira, Krav Maga, Aikido, and Ninjutsu. Chances are…
What Martial Arts Does Goku Use in Dragon Ball Z?
If you’re a Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z fan like me, then you’ve probably used it as inspiration to start training martial arts. But perhaps you’ve also wondered, What type of martial arts are they using? Is this a real fighting style? Well, look no further my anime-loving friend, because in this post I am going to dissect and explain the martial arts styles used by Goku (and friends) in the Dragon Ball series. Goku uses a hybrid fighting style inspired heavily by Wushu (Kung Fu), Wing Chun, and Karate. This is evidenced by his wide stance, which is…
What Martial Arts Are Used In Naruto?
If you’re a Naruto fan like me, then you were probably also just as intrigued by the way they fought using chakra and ninjutsu. I personally also used it as inspiration for training actual martial arts. But one thing I always liked about Naruto is how realistic the hand-to-hand combat scenes seemed, and how they used real martial arts techniques. So that’s what I’m going to address in this post: What martial arts are used in the Naruto series? The characters from the Naruto anime use a vast variety of real martial arts, the majority using Boxing, Muay Thai, and…
What is Dragon Ball Jiu Jitsu?
If you have been into MMA for a while, you may have come across something called ‘Dragon Ball Jiu Jitsu’. If you were looking to find out more about what this is, then you came to the right place! In the post, I am going to discuss what exactly Dragon Ball Jiu Jitsu is, where it came from, and who practices it. Dragon Ball Jiu-Jitsu is a style of fighting that was coined by former UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Newton. It combines aspects of jiu-jitsu, judo, wrestling, and boxing to create Newton’s unique fighting style. Dragon Ball is a Japanese…