Featured african martial arts:
- Black Dynamite
- Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts in the Atlantic World (Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)
- Living the Wildstyle
- Capoeira: A Tale of Martial Arts Mastery, Mysticism and Love
- African Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within
- Cold Steel 95SLB Sjambok
- Dark Target: 2 Disc Special Edition
Black Dynamite
An outrageous action comedy-spoof following the exploits of an ex-CIA agent (Michael Jai White) and full-time ladies man out to avenge the death of his brother against kung-fu masters, drug-dealing pimps and The Man.When drug dealers take out his kid brother, ex-CIA agent Black Dynamite (Spawn's Michael Jai White) makes like a karate-chopping dynamo to track them down. Armed with a .44 Magnum, a set of nunchucks, and a sexy 'stache, Big D starts out in the City of Angels, where his buddies Cream Corn (In Living Color's Tommy Davidson), a hustler, and Bullhorn (co-writer Byron Minns), a club owner, offer to lend a hand. The deeper Dynamite digs, the more endangered his life becomes as he uncovers a conspiracy to keep the black man down by flooding the streets with malt liquor and filling the country's orphanages with smack. Since the smooth operator has a way with the ladies, he also enlists Gloria (I Am Legend's Salli Richardson-Whitfield), a socially-conscious soul sister, to aid in his clean-up campaign. Director Scott Sanders and White, who co-wrote the script, collaborated on 1998's Thick as Thieves, and their chemistry shines through. If the supporting cast can be a little wooden, White gives Shaft's Richard Roundtree a run for the money with his cool-cat charisma. Set in 1972, Black Dynamite doesn't just act like a movie from the Superfly era, it looks and sounds like one, too, courtesy Adrian Younge's old-school funk score, Shawn Maurer's 16mm cinematography, a cartoon credit sequence, and some carefully choreographed boom mic appearances. And dig those crazy cameos: Arsenio Hall as Tasty Freeze, Brian McKnight as Sweet Meat, and NBA veteran John Salley as Kotex. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Stills from Black Dynamite (Click for larger image)
Price: $ 7.10
Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Art in the Atlantic World (Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)
The presence of African influence and tradition in the Americas has long been recognized in art, music, language, agriculture, and religion. T. J. Desch Obi explores another cultural continuity that is as old as eighteenth-century slave settlements in South America and as contemporary as hip-hop culture. In this thorough survey of the history of African martial arts techniques, Obi maps the translation of numerous physical combat techniques across three continents and several centuries to illustrate how these practices evolved over time and are still recognizable in American culture today. Some of these art traditions were part of African military training while others were for self-defense and spiritual discipline. Grounded in historical and cultural anthropological methodologies, Obi's investigation traces the influence of well-delineated African traditions on long-observed but misunderstood African and African American cultural activities in North America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. He links the Brazilian martial art capoeira to reports of slave activities recorded in colonial and antebellum North America. Likewise Obi connects images of the kalenda African stick-fighting techniques to the Haitian Revolution. Throughout the study Obi examines the ties between physical mastery of these arts and changing perceptions of honor. Including forty-five illustrations, this rich history of the arrival and dissemination of African martial arts in the Atlantic world offers a new vantage for furthering our understanding of the powerful influence of enslaved populations on our collective social history.Price: $ 43.54
Living the Wildstyle
The Action comes right at you in this classic old school action flick. With plenty of action, beautiful women, motorcycles and non stop martial arts make this the can't miss movie of the year.- 131 minutes in Length.
- Shot In San Francisco Bay Area
Capoeira: A Tale of Martial Arts Mastery, Mysticism and Love
In his first novel, Khafra Om-Ra-Seti flows with the spirit of ancient African wisdom and martial arts mastership. This book brings together many of his beliefs and visions regarding the search for a true meaning in life. The saga of the Dogon family, and the ancient beauty and spirit of Capoeira, moves the reader into the realms of mysticism, power and deceit, love and hate, freedom and redemption, and the burning passion to reach the highest level of self-mastery in one’s lifetime. This is the story that Khafra has wanted to tell for a long time!Ptah, a versatile and highly confident martial artist, has been the welterweight champion of his division for the past five years. His prowess in the ring is near legendary and he is popularly known as Ptah the Wizard. As a member of the Dogon clan, Ptah’s family has been instrumental in establishing the multi-million dollar earnings for fighters that truly proved themselves in the arena.
But lying just below the competitive struggles in the arena is a universal struggle of good vs. evil, of revenge and deception, of mysticism and history, and of the ultimate test to achieve mastership in one’s life. Ptah’s confrontation with the ancient beauty and brilliance of Capoeira is the ultimate test to discover the true master in himself.
Price: $ 4.99
Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within
For the first time ever, a book has been written that reveals the concepts, strategies and self-defense applications of the African martial arts. AFRICAN MARTIAL ARTS: Discovering the Warrior Within takes the reader to the African bush, where they are then taught to examine martial arts through the "tribal eye" for greater insight into the African Warrior Traditions. In addition to teaching the history and principles of the African martial arts in general - and the Egbe Ogun Traditional African Martial Arts System, in particular - the book also teaches practical self-defense and combat techniques, as well as teaching teachers how to teach African martial arts with an African mindset. Finally, this book was written - first and foremost - to educate people about the rich history and culture of the African Warrior Traditions. Written by African martial arts Master Instructor, Ancestral Priest and journalist- Balogun Oyabode Abeegunde.Cold Steel Knives 54" Black Sjambok
In Africa the Sjambok (Sham-Bawk) is a cattle prod a whip a riding crop and a means of self-protection. Unlike most western style whips the Sjambok is not plaited from thin leather thongs. Instead it is carved whole out of very thick Hippopotamus hide. Its considerable reach lightning speed and devastating impact have built it quite a reputation as a sure defense against deadly snakes. Since the Sjambok is swung like a rod or stick and not cracked like a conventional western style whip the weight speed and flexibility of the Sjambok’s lash does all the work and little skill is required to wield it effectively. Today Hippo hide is pretty scare and notmercially viable so Cold Steel has decided to make a synthetic version of the classic Sjambok. Featuring a thick beefy lash injection molded from polypropylene and equipped with a softfortable Kraton handle designed to resemble braided leather our synthetic Sjambok rivals the look and performance of even the most expensive originals. What’s more since it’s made entirely from super tough plastic it’s impervious to the elements and will never break crack shrink or mildew like leather is prone to do. Keep a Sjambok handy in your vehicle. Lay it across the dash stash it behind the seat or toss it in the bed trunk or boot. Hang one on the wall near the door of your home shop barn coop or kennel. And don’t et to loop one over your saddle horn every time you go riding as our Sjambok is sure to be the most useful and effective whip you have ever owned.Weight: 14.2 oz 0.40 kg Overall Length: 54" 1.37 m Handle Length: 10.25" 26.0 cm Tip Thickness: 0.5" 1.3 cm Material: Kraton Handle w/Extruded Black Plastic Lash- SKU (MODEL#): AR_140255.
- Item Condition: new
- Sold and shipped by AtRight.
- Brand Name: Cold Steel
- Shipping Weight: 1.15 lbs
Price: $ 16.19
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