One of the many questions Fight Times receives is how do I escape this hold or that choke and so on. Unless we dedicate time to actually have a technique column it is difficult to explain even with pictures sometimes, as there are, like all other techniques, an almost infinite amount of variables. Often I […]
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 […]
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. My military close combat courses incorporate a combating and familiarisation with enemy fighting arts of the world component. These modules provide […]
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 […]
Reporoa prospect Daniel McKinnon (72kg) needed seven rounds to halt underdog Fili Mailata (72kg) for the vacant New Zealand middleweight title at the Auckland Boxing Association\s stadium on Saturday, December 10th. But Mailata, despite coming in as a late substitute, made a fight of it until the stoppage and earned a good hand from the […]
I wrote the story below on George Gordienko when I was only young, and I can tell you he turned into one of the sports "All Time Greats." He was highly regarded in Germany and Britain as well as all over Europe and Canada. His matches in New Zealand with Big John DaSilva are legendary […]
You'd search long and far before you'd find a more startling physical comparison between two sportsmen who have recently competed in New Zealand. Both Giant Baba and Little Tokyo are Japanese and both are wrestlers but there the similarity ends, starkly. Giant Baba Little Tokyo Giant Baba, you see, towers 7ft tall and bangs the […]
Chris Rehu–Jackie Stuart P.A.B.A. Champ Peter Kariuki with Azzra his Manager and Kenyan amateur Absolum Okati Bruce Glozier–Chris Rehu Decision a Draw Chris Rehu Mick Flannery (Australia) Ex N.Z. Champs Lance Revill and Battling Laavasa Craig Parsons Jimmy Brown Daniel McKinnon Mike Parkinson Thomas Laulii Bruce Glozier
Outstanding Jewish wrestler is fairly and squarely on the side of law and order in 5000-bout mat career. DAVE CAMERON of Auckland is the original wrestling "nut". He has wrestled professionally both in New Zealand and in Britain, has written many words as a publicity source for the game, photographed numerous wrestlers, including all those […]
On Saturday September 17th (Election night), as the hopes of New Zealand's two main political parties see-awed back and forward, an equally riveting contest was taking place centring at the Kath Day hall in Otahuhu, South Auckland, writes Jim Mahoney. Elisara Sii Uta and Amosa Zinck went head-to-head for eleven rounds for the New Zealand […]