Caution: The contents of this article are for education purposes only. The principles described are extremely dangerous and are for military close combat training and operations only. Their application applies solely to the military. I recently watched on cable a kiwi rugby game and can see why the kiwis are so good at hand to […]
Xiantian is a concept in Ancient Chinese Philosophy of Science, which have been developed by Taoists and later adopted in Chinese Martial Arts. Actually Xiantian is two Chinese words, Xian means before and Tian means day or heaven. But the term is used to denote congenital, such as congenital deficiency for example. This term is […]
Once again the TUNZ extended the olive branch to members of all WTF organizations in the spirit of unification and to support the establishment of ‘Taekwondo New Zealand’ by inviting participants from outside of the TUNZ to compete in this years Nationals. Held for the first time ever in Blenheim at Stadium 2000, on the […]
The Prevalent State of Mind It’s apparent that the prevalent state of mind regarding self defense lies predominantly in the “active” zone. In saying such it should automatically clue us in that there is room for improvement in the so called “passive” zone. Each means and method is unique unto that zone. Neither is better […]
The WORLD ASSOCIATION of KICKBOXING ASSOCIATIONS (NZ) (WAKO (NZ), held its first 'New Zealand National' Full Contact Championships at Te Awamutu on 2nd July. Initially three title fights were booked for the evening with 9 fights on the under-card to warm the crowd up. Local Heavyweight favourite 'Bad Boy' Brad Johanson was unfortunately scratched from […]
Dragon Promotions in association with Chu Zhen Dao Freestyle Martial Arts hosted again, with out a doubt one of the best Muay Thai kickboxing tournaments held in NZ. The event on Saturday May 21st was run at Tauranga's QE II (the only stadium in Tauranga big enough to house this event), and in spite of […]
Tell us about your beginnings, where and when did you start training and in what sport initially. I have been involved with fitness and athletics my entire life. At about 9yrs old I began playing baseball, and participating in martial arts. I also was fascinated with doing stunts such as jumping off of buildings etc. […]
10-points 1st 9-points 2nd 8-points 3rd 6-points 4th Junior Hard Style Forms Mixed 1 Tysin Langridge MODKA Taupo 20 2 Logan Van Der Holst Waikeria Hawks 9 2 Micheal Andrews-Peters Glenview Martial Arts 9 4 Bruno Butler Kotaga Ryu 8 5 Jayden Toa-Maxwell Glenview Martial Arts 6 Adult Male Hard Style Forms MALE 1 Clint […]
© Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com photos © John Donehue John is the Australian representative for the Jiu-Jitsu team Nova Uniao which has such high calibre BJJ and MMA competitors as Shaolin, BJ Penn, Charuto Verissimo, Robson Moura and Leo Santos to name a few under founder Andre Pederneiras John Donehue's introduction to a fighting system […]
What a fantastic array of Kyokushin Karate spirit. As most of you might already know, full contact karate is the absolute forte of our style. Back in the day when Sosai Masutatsu Oyama the creator of Kyokushin Karate was alive, Kyokushin is referred to as the 'Strongest Karate' in the world and in this day […]