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[31 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Shanghai Ju-Jutsu Club

The Shanghai Ju-Jutsu Club offers mixed martial arts based on the Ju- Jutsu system. With the training located in Puxi (near Nanjing Road), the club provides an open setting for participants to learn and develop their skills.
A mixed martial art in its true sense, Ju-Jutsu combines various styles including Judo and BJJ, Karate and Aikido, as well as Arnis, WT, and Kickboxing. Trained widely throughout Europe, Ju-Jutsu allows practitioners to use the most effective counter to an attack. It uses the strength of the attacker against him, to counter his …

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[28 Feb 2009 | No Comment | ]
Grapplers Edge Martial Arts

Martial arts in Shanghai is beginning to encompass arts beyond the traditional styles of kung fu.  Grapplers Edge is introducing the grappling art of Brazilian juijitsu to Shanghai.  Specializing in groundfighting and mixed martial arts training, Grapplers edge offers a complete martial arts package for the serious hands-on practitioner.  We hold classes daily for both beginners and advanced, as well as open gym free fighting two times per week.  For class times please contact us.

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[24 Feb 2009 | No Comment | ]
Fitness in Shanghai: A Clash of Cultures

Fitness in Shanghai is undoubtedly growing in prominence.  But despite the phenomenon of boutique gyms and specialized personal trainers popping up all over town, Fitness still remains a lifestyle choice for expats, and a status symbol for Shanghainese.  Expat owned and run Fitness Centers in Shanghai demand a premium if only because they value things like sanitary conditions and professional instruction, things taken for granted in the west.  On the other hand, Chinese run gyms tend to offer lower membership fees while promising your fair share of spitters, coughers, and …