Well there's been a bit of a delay, but the latest issue of The Martial Atrs Journal is finally online, and it's been well worth the wait.
We have updated the free articles, so for those of you that are yet to subscribe (come on.... what are you waiting for?) you have another fantastic article by Michael Jay (the first of a two part set of articles), and a great article by Allan Gill on the application of the Heian Nidan Karate Kata.

For those of you that are subscribers, you have the second part of Dr Matthew Mills' Fitness for Martial Arts, Jeff Nash's article on the Reality of Violence, and another article by Jon Alexander entitled "Confused About Chi?".

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