© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com 22/08/06 It's early Tuesday morning in London, and Alex Reid is at home – busily getting ready for a private lesson with a new student he has just taken on. 'The Reidernater' is a very sought-after personal trainer in the UK. And when he's not submitting opponents with his renowned triangle […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com 1 Feb. 2007 Born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, IFL Condor Adam Lynn now lives in Orange county, but he clarifies that he is not one of those ‘bad' Harley Davidson guys: "No, no, not at all. That's a different Orange County: They're from Orange County, New York. I'm in Orange County, California," […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com 7 Mar. 2007 On April 13, 2007, Matt Lindland's Wolfpack will be squaring off against Renzo Gracie's Pitbulls in what is expected to be a top-shelf MMA tournament. And light-heavyweight wolfpacker Aaron Stark is counting down the days till he can get back in the IFL ring. "I'm driving to Portland […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com 2006 It's just two days before Thanksgiving and Aaron Stark has done the bolt; fleeing the Portland, Oregon deluge that is currently only good for ducks – not Wolfpackers. "We've just been sitting down, having something to eat. I'm in Santa Barbara, California with my wife, Tiffany, on a vacation. We're […]
With 2007 being the 80th anniversary of the Todd group conducted in conjunction with the annual international close combat course and the close personal protection specialist training course 2008 had plenty to live up to. It was apparent several months before the course that all positions would be full and the applications would exceed the […]
Arianny © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com March 1, 2008 All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges Coming Live from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, this was a star-studded card with plenty of action. The big announcement of the night was that Mark ‘The Hammer’ Coleman would be locking horns with Brock Lesnar […]
South Auckland trainer Ofisa Vili staged a promotion at the Manurewa Netball Stadium on Friday September 28 that drew a big crowd and featured kickboxing, full on Muay Thai, boxing, hip-hop and Polynesian food. In the main boxing match of the evening, Shane Chapman, having his first orthodox boxing contest in two years, gained a […]
How do we teach children to be efficient students of realistic self-protection and martial arts? It’s a tough question and if training children is to be seen as an allegory for teaching fundamentals then it is not surprising that this very element is where the martial arts education industry is at its weakest. I see […]
“Why”: the dreaded single syllable word that a child can use repeatedly to raise an adult’s temperature and stretch his comfortable and established philosophies of logic, reason and beliefs to breaking point. I have seen many an adult reduced to a blubbering mess or a ranting dictator, as he tries to explain and justify his […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright IFL 2006 Although the International Fight League is known for pitting some of the world’s best MMA athletes against each other in team competition, below are five outstanding individual matches that took place in 2006 under the title of IFL ‘Superfights’. Stay tuned to knucklepit.com as more IFL […]