Real Life Stories highlights the experiences of operators and civilians who have had to use the skills they've learnt in self defence or combat. If you have had to defend yourself as a civilian or in the execution of your duties as a service person, then don't hesitate to forward your story. These stories will […]
It never ceases to amaze me how closed eyed and minded some people can be. They are so afraid that other individuals are more knowledgeable than themselves and that these other’s skills are actually better than their own. Rather than being open minded and arming themselves with more knowledge they totally disregard anything but their […]
In Hwa Rang Do: Defend, Take Down, Submit, authors Taejoon Lee (the eldest son of Dr. Joo Bang Lee) and Mark Cheng present a variety of easy-to-understand self-defense combination techniques complete with set-ups and variations for different attack situations. This well-rounded collection of strikes, joint-manipulations, throws, grappling and submission techniques fits beautifully into the 3-step […]
Thank you to the many thousands of new readers each month and to the return readers that keep coming back every issue. The compliments received have made us all at Fight Times and the Todd Group feel very pleased and satisfied with what we have achieved so far. The main comments are that we focus […]
History of Clubs Competing BROWNS BAY Club was started in 2001. The idea of the club is for people to wrestle after they leave school. KELSTON Recently formed this year, doesn't bear much resemblance to the old Kelston Club of the 1980-1990's. It is very much based in the school but, does endeavour to encourage […]
Shocker Shaw was born in England 13 December 13th 1919 in Cradley Heath, in what they called the Black Country, because it was a very industrial area. He was named Ashley George (Pat) but was later known by his SAS buddies as Shocker. The reason why will become clear as this story unfolds. Shocker's mother […]
This month sees the New Zealand launch of a new range of Martial Arts instructional DVDs produced by Summersdale Productions, exclusive to Fight Times, featuring some of the finest martial artists the UK has to offer. Offering world class instruction in a variety of styles from traditional karate – Shotokan, Wado and Goju-Ryu to Street […]
Real Life Stories highlights the experiences of operators and civilians who have had to use the skills they've learnt in self defence or combat. If you have had to defend yourself as a civilian or in the execution of your duties as a service person, then don't hesitate to forward your story. These stories will […]
The martial arts can bring out the best in humans and the worst. Training can improve individual's physical abilities and inturn improve their fitness and state of health. We must remember that many physical pursuits can achieve the same benefits and many sports persons are far more physically capable than martial artists and vice versa. […]
Real Life Stories highlights the experiences of operators and civilians who have had to use the skills they've learnt in self defence or combat. If you have had to defend yourself as a civilian or in the execution of your duties as a service person, then don't hesitate to forward your story. These stories will […]