It’s hard to deny that Mixed Martial Arts is one of the most challenging and physically-demanding sports today; and the professionals fighting in the octagon invest a lot of time and effort in honing their skills and managing their physiques. Take one look at male MMA fighters, and you’ll see a common pattern of bulging…
To make it in the big leagues, you need skill, physical strength, and stamina. To intimidate your MMA opponents, a ripped bod is a great place to start. Here are some of the most muscular men in the sport today. Anthony Kewoa Johnson Officially retired from the Octagon, ‘Rumble’ Johnson was known for brutal knockouts…
When someone mentions “kung fu,” the image that most likely appears in their head is that of a fluid, albeit nondescript style of martial arts. That, or the ‘drunken style’ kung fu which is easy to spot with its swaying motions. People think they know what “kung fu” looks like because of how it’s portrayed…
Don’t get us wrong – most, if not all of these professional fighters are highly-skilled, strategic, and intelligent when it comes to the Octagon. But when it comes to their choice of body art, several decisions seem questionable. Think you’ve seen it all? Well, here are some of the worst MMA tattoos to date. Anti-Government?…
The concept of mixed martial arts is far older than most people think. Full-contact fighting with competitors coming from several disciplines, and an emphasis on submission? That description is actually a perfect fit for pankration, an ancient Greek martial art dating back to 648 BC! If you are interested in practicing MMA, click here to…
There is a continuous flow of transmission of knowledge and skills in martial arts as we know them today. It’s nothing new, for example, that MMA practitioners have learned techniques from other disciplines and have implemented them in their fighting styles. This mix of techniques andchokeholds has even created new disciplines, such as MMA. Traditional…
“Best fighters in MMA” lists are a dime a dozen, and usually end up being dominated by the same Randy Couture or Anderson Silva entries anyway. So let’s take a look at the more disgraceful side of mixed martial arts and list some of the worst fighters in MMA – the beaten, the fallen, the…
Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? It’s a never-ending debate, but when it comes to kung fu movies, more often than not, art takes on a completely different direction, with the popular martial arts action movie genre spewing its own clichés about kung fu that don’t reflect the real thing at all.…
What do you know about judo, one of the world’s oldest grappling martial arts? The family of Japan’s diverse set of martial arts is only around half a millennium old, all borne out of the ancient discipline Takenouchi-Ryu, the forerunner of jujutsu. Jujutsu and its tenets would eventually develop into a separate martial art, judo.…
You’ve heard of scammers pretending to be grandmasters or senseis of a martial art just for money, but given all the real talent around the world, you would think that they would never try it. Even in this day and age, however, swindlers still exist, and you have to be wary of them. Take this…