The David Brent Wolfe Dictionary of

English Martial Art Terms

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• Glima is the name of the wrestling art of Iceland.
• Grandmaster is a martial art term with basicly two types of meaning. The first type is the individual who is the head instructor of a martial art style or organization. The second type is the individual who has reached a certain level of skill and knowledge in a particular martial art and been graded to a very high grade level, usually 8th and 9th degree black belt, in Korean organizations. Typically, a grandmaster has taught students to become masters. Grandmaster can be thought of as a teacher of masters.
• Ground strength vector is a phrase devised by Mike Sigman as an explanation of the Chinese concept of qi or chi. It is a method of aligning the body to use the energy contained in the joints rather than using just muscular strength.