Manny Pacquiao, a world champion in a whopping eight different weights, has told the press that his next fight will answer a recurring question – should he continue fighting or not? The game changing fight is set to take place on 14th July, 2018, against welterweight boxer Argentine Lucas Matthysse. The WBA welterweight title fight…
The year was 1520 and wrestling was all the rage in Britain. Building a grand history, overtaking boxing for a time, the European sport influenced by the Middle East became the number one sport to watch. At the time, King Henry VIII of England was 29 years old and an avid wrestler himself, and despite…
Martial Arts can save your life….. The scenario is easy to imagine. A car pulls up alongside you, blacked out windows and no license plate. A man opens the door and points a gun at you, demanding you get in, there is nobody around so what do you do? OK, let’s be realistic here, this…
While nowadays we imagine a slightly less active Oval Office, back when Theodore Roosevelt was President, he would spend his free time in the White House practising Wrestling, Boxing and Jujitsu. In order to lose 20 pounds before an election, he trained for 3 hours everyday, under the guidance of Yamashita Yoshiaki, the pioneer of…
For the first time in 129 years, a bare-knuckle fighting event which is completely legal and regulated is coming to the United States of America. On June 2nd, the first Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will be held in Wyoming and will feature several UFC and Bellator fighters and pro-boxers. Back in 1889, bare-knuckle fighting was…
Jeet Kune Do is Bruce Lee’s own creation. A confusing style that has left people wondering about its style and form which seems to be on the whole something absent in the ether. In an article written in Black Belt magazine way back in 1971, Bruce Lee himself admits that “it is difficult to explain…
Sports injuries are as common as the cold. Through organized sports, competitions, training sessions or time in the gym, we are bound to injure ourselves at some point, and it is something we should learn to expect. There is nothing wrong with sustaining an injury now and again, but depending on its severity, your future…
Before the successes of a recent Indonesian action film called The Raid, the life of a SIlat practitioner was quiet and unheard of. The ancient martial art that was developed in the archipelago of Indonesia was known but not famous. A number of practitioners could be found the world over, but it was often relegated…
This bizarre combination of people, places and martial arts have, thanks to the randomness of the universe, all become related this week as North Korea cancels a Taekwondo performance set to be held at the Vatican, with the Pope invited to watch. With the current political changes happening on the Korean Peninsula, it appears that…
Muscle memory is a common phrase that people go to to explain why they are so good at martial arts, and although this sweeping term often is misused, it is a useful way to help contextualize what is going on in your body after hours and hours of training. Through repetition of a set of…