Kings and Queen of the mat from left Sam Belkin, Jess Todd and Scott Macgregor. The New Zealand grappling and wrestling Association (NZGAWA) in its first year as a governing body has achieved much. The NZGAWA consists of every wrestling club in the South Island bar one and grappling clubs with a combined total number […]
The latest craze must surely be MMA or Mixed Martial Arts. Modern Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) emerged in 1993 with the Ultimate Fighting Championships, based on the concept of pitting different fighting styles against each other in competition with minimal rules, in an attempt to determine which system/martial art would be more effective in a real, unregulated combat […]
Background: Mayhem II is an MMA (mixed martial arts) tournament held in Selangor, Malaysia, sponsored by Muayfit, on September 11, 2011. The event was historic because, with over 60 fighters taking part, it was the largest MMA tournament ever held in Malaysia. For the Cambodian team this was an extremely important event because they represent […]
It has come to my attention that there seems to be a question from our wider public, or at least those that I have spoken to, that seem to wonder what training Bujutsu would be good for. I use the term “Bujutsu” loosely to refer to all martial arts in general terms, there is after […]
Train For the Cage, Think for the Street Really? MMA is a sport; that's an indisputable fact. A sport is a scenario in which two equally capable parties mutually agree to adhere to certain rules and restrictions during a contest. A cage fight has rules and, no matter how few or limited they may […]
Howard assisting with promotional photography. Howard Bell was born at Brighton near Dunedin in New Zealand in 1952. He has two older brothers and a younger sister. Howard’s father served in World War II spending four years in the desert with the engineers maintaining and working on steam engines. He told Howard of how they […]
Fight Photos used with the permission of Dana Reid. Dunedin’s Blake ‘the Snake’ Tomlinson and Wellington’s Jordan Wehrman made history on Saturday, November 13th when they contested the first Thai boxing match with rope bound hands in New Zealand. In the 1920s and earlier in Thailand rope bound hands were the fighter’s only hand protection […]
Spc. Raymond Quintanilla 305th MPAD, USD-S PAO BASRA, Iraq – The high demands military members face, simultaneously fighting two wars, multiple tours abroad, and changes in mission, places an even more important emphasis on their combat readiness. The physical fitness and mental readiness of a Soldier is of the essence in successfully carrying out missions, […]
Excellent would be an understated description of this training camp. The combat sport school Dunedin had planned this for many months and could not be more pleased with the support and outcome. Admittedly it was a cold winter's night on Friday, July 30 when coaches and participants arrived at the camp sometime after dark. […]
Introduction This article was made possible by Wahid Wennekes formerly of the Mejiro gym in the Netherlands and now the owner trainer of the Mejiro Gym, Milton, New Zealand. Wahid is a friend of Bas from back in their home country and gave me the introduction making this interview possible. The approach I've taken to […]