Below are links to martial arts schools, online video clips and resources around the world that are worthy of your consideration:
The international training center for White Crane Silat in West Java Indonesia: PGB White Crane Silat
For a free video by Voice of America Indonesia, of White Crane Silat
practiced at Soja Martial Arts, please click this link. The language is both in
English and Indonesian. It was taken at the end of 2009.
San Francisco branch of PGB White Crane Silat, with other regional links
White Crane Silat Berlin, Germany
Bay Mountain Wing Tsun San Francisco Bay Area
MKG Martial Arts in the Seattle, WA offers similar diverse workouts.
For an ongoing in-depth conversation on internal Eastern Martial Arts try this link: http://emptyflower.net/forums/index.php?
Basic video tutorial on how to execute a safe front roll in a variety of situations. This video comes from a Parkour group. Click here to practice your rolls correctly!
Click here to view a youtube video clip of a group of Russian Spetnaz (military special forces) executing front rolls in a variety of ways.
Interesting online video article from the New York Times Magazine online: The Women of Parkour. In the sport of parkour, people leap off railings, jump over walls, and generally use the urban environment as their playing field. Most practitioners are men, but now women are joining the ranks.
Oakland Crimespotting is an interactive map of crimes in Oakland, CA, and a better way of understanding crime in cities.
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Visit the Oakland Public Library Catalog Online.
Ohmygod! Signs of a civilized society!
That's where my tax dollars are going! I approve!
Barefoot Movement Flow Teacher Training Program & Barefoot Bodywork in Downtown Oakland, CA
The Visible Body, the world's first free, Web-based 3-D interactive model of the human body. The Visible Body consists of highly detailed, anatomically accurate, 3-D models of all human body systems, developed by a highly trained team with decades of experience in medical illustration and biomedical visualization.
The Fuzz Speech. Here's an interesting video on why you should workout/stretch on a daily basis. Click here for the Youtube video on the "Fuzz Speech." It is taken from "Fascia and stretching" by Gil Hedley in 2005.