From the dawn of human conflict, until the development of firearms, the vast majority of battlefield injuries were inflicted by blades, barbs or bludgeons. The ancients, however, never neglected any means at their disposal to annihilate the enemy. Time and again kings and commanders turned to the dark arts of alchemy to give them the […]
War is a product of culture, not of science. No matter how much modern warfare owes to science and technology, no matter how much effort modern soldiers have devoted to rational consideration of the problems of war, the way we fight is influenced by habits, traditions and customs which can be traced to the beginning […]
Canadian Boxer Joe Burns The last New Zealand ring death occurred in Auckland when, Joe Burns, billed as a Hawaiian Canadian, died in Auckland Hospital a fortnight after being knocked out at the Town Hall on May 10 1948 by Tommy Downes of Palmerston North in the second round. Just as professional boxing is gaining […]
When you meet Bill Moffitt you immediately know you are in the company of a man’s man. Bill is a straight shooter and in these times of PC BS it is nice to hear a man who has been there and done that, who is not afraid to say it straight and not pussy foot […]
The motto of a very special man. Rangi Nikora /Nicholls. “Who dares”, and that is what Rangi did all his life, gave everything his best. Rangi sadly passed away June the 24th 1996 age 57, while working on the series, “The Man from Snowy River” in Victoria. Rangi and Tina Turner on ‘Mad Max’ Rangi […]
The history of European Military formalized armed and unarmed combat as researched by its legitimate and loyal subjects. Readers will be able to say I read these details first in AMA (AMA – Australasian Martial Arts was the former name of Fight Times magazine), before all the wannabe unarmed combat experts in their own minds […]
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 […]
What is thereat technical difference between traditional Judo and Ju Jitsu? The answer really is nothing it's just in the name. Judo is just one form of Ju Jitsu, a throwing form mostly. To understand the connection between the two you must first know the history of Judo. Professor Kano first studied Kito Ryu Ju […]
A Judo 7th Dan obtained at the age of 29, is the greatest Judoka whoever lived. At 5ft 6ins tall and 84kg, born 10/9/1917, in Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan Masahiko Kimura started Judo at the age of 10. By the time he went to high school he was a 4th Dan. In 1935 he […]
Okinawan karate-do, or more correctly karate-jutsu, was once the deadly fighting art of the Ryukyu Islands. Then a feared combative act, it is now Japan's modern (verging on) Olympic Sport. But the modernists are today taking a back seat, traditional karate is again in vogue, and the ancient masters doors are being pounded upon by […]