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Real Life Experiences

Real Life Experiences highlights the stories 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 not include […]

You Wanted It!

Readers, Fight Times has listened to you and has acted on your requests once again. You wanted a free online e-mag and we gave it to you and now you want regular new content on a daily basis and we will deliver. No more bi-monthly editions where readers are waiting for new content. We will […]

Leiticia Pestova — Classical Musician, Model, Cage Fighter

Leiticia Pestova is a classical musician, professional singer and songwriter, dancer, realtor, mortgage broker, Rotarian, website designer, business owner, cage fighter, model and teacher; these are only a few of her many accomplishments at her young age. Leiticia was musically trained by Joanne Jaffa, a record producer and manager who used to tour with Jim […]

Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky

This issue of the Record of Service is about Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky who served with a very early group of irregular soldiers known as the Forest Rangers. The Forest Rangers date back over 140 years to the New Zealand Wars where they proved the worth of their guerrilla type warfare. There were other Ranger […]

Kiwi Close Protection Agent in South East Asia

On the afternoon of December 19, 2005 a group of 17 models from Australia, Lebanon, Brazil, USA and Indonesia arrived in Pattaya, Thailand. The models were on a promotional tour for the Fashion TV World Model Contest, which will be held in Thailand in 2006. The models stayed for 8 days and had a full […]

Todd Group End of 2005 Report

2005 was a hectic year for the Todd Group and its National and International depots as well as with its online e-mag Fight Times. The last part of 2005 saw Tank instructing in Australia, Auckland, South East Asia, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom. The reality is with everyone of these instructing visits come […]

2006 And It's Full Steam Ahead

2006 and it’s full steam ahead literally. I arrived home just in time for Christmas and it’s now January 1st and I am ready to leave again for consultancy and instructing work in several countries. This has meant some fast and furious advance work has been required on the e-mag front. If there is one […]

Real Life Experiences

Real Life Experiences highlights the stories 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 not include […]

New Zealand Wrestling History – Part 3

22 June 1949 The Akld Wrestling Assoc through its  sponsoring  of the Dominion Wrestling Union  of a revised set of rules allowing a greater variety of holds, has initiated the most progressive step made in the interests of NZ Amateur Wrestling in the last 15years. CHANGES :  1.The abolition of the rolling fall & its […]

New Zealand Wrestling History – Part 2

Wrestling Today Present Thoughts by Kevan Mclaughlan NZ Wrestling is to make a determined effort to upskill its wrestlers to be competitive internationally. 2002 saw the re emergence of a Junior programme, a small team visited USA, the UK & Switzerland for training & competition. It was extremely successful & provided a template for further […]