For a very small country we are proud of the fact that no fewer than ten World's heavyweight Wrestling Champions have paid us a visit (I wrote this story in 1973 so it does not include the more recent Champions like Rick Flair, Harley Race, Jack Brisco and Giant Baba). At the turn of the […]
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 […]
A series of landmark decisions were approved by the Executive Council of the World Taekwondo Federation at its meeting in Seoul, Korea, on July 20, 2005. As testament to its commitment to successfully implement the recommendations of the Reform Committee, the WTF approved the creation of its fifth Taekwondo union in the region of Oceania. […]
Med Cell is a new column to Fight Times that will I'm sure really interest our readers. Let me introduce Doc, as we know him at the Todd Group, Dr Steffan Eriksson. Doc is an emergency registrar in the A&E and as such deals with trauma as part of his duties on a regular basis. […]
The new look Rachelle Leah © Marc Wickert www.knucklepit.com All photos copyright 2004 Zuffa LLC Photography by Joshua Hedges This was another memorable UFC with plenty of action and a few surprises. Two highlights were the return of MMA greats Jeremy Horn and Tra Telligman. Another turn up for the cards was the new-look Rachelle […]
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. The two main categories of non ballistic type weapons commonly associated with close quarters combat or urban self protection armed threats […]
I was reminded the other day of a student I once had, named Louwtjie. I don't think he'd mind me using his name, as the story I want to tell will indicate one of the joys of teaching martial arts. I was still a first dan instructor in my early twenties and taught in a […]
So many people ask me why I always implore them to train, stay in shape; build some strength and train in combat. The answer is simple and two-fold: You WILL at some point in your life need to handle a physical confrontation – man or woman. You'll be lucky if it only one and it […]
Former New Zealand amateur champion and international representative, Julian Scully (69kg) of Christchurch, was giving a shock in his first professional fight when he was decked with a right hook in the second round by journeyman Kelly McBride (67kg) at the Hornby Workingmen's Club on August 18. Scully was boxing along nicely when nuggetty McBride […]