“Before there was Muay Thai, there was Bokator” The trailer for the new film about Khmer Bokator has just been released and is available for free on YouTube. The ancient Cambodians didn’t leave many written records to tell us how they lived. Fortunately the history was somewhat preserved in the stone carvings on the walls […]
Photos from the Princesses of Pain fight night held on November 3rd 2007. Australian Team New Zealand Team
To keep your bodyfat and physical condition in check or improving for the better a little bit of thought will go a long way. Here are some tips to keep you on track. Plan ahead. The key to a streamlined and performance body is all about preparation, always think at least a few hours ahead […]
The NZ Kickboxing team attend the WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Portugal November 26th to 2nd December 2007. Myself as Coach/Manager (Te Awamutu) Neil Fynn Assistant Coach (Kihikihi) Shaye Brooks Huntly. Clint King Hamilton. Nick feisst. Cambridge. Georgie Tutaki Te Kuiti Wiki Tutaki Te Kuiti. Carl Cowley Whakatane. Nick Schwarzer Whakatane Leith Trail Tauranga. Steve […]
For the first time, New Zealand Doce Pares sent a team to participate in the Cacoy Doce Pares World Federation Sport Stickfighting Championships. This year the Championships were held in Jakarta in early September with participants from all around the world, including Australia, Philippines, USA, Poland, England and Indonesia; a total of approximately 150 international […]
WAKO Fighter Georgie Tutaki has been selected to fight in Great Britain next August for the Professional World title. Georgie of Te Kuiti, King Country, Co-Instructor of King Country Kickboxing under the Phantom Kickboxing academy, signed a contract on Sat 27th October 2007, with Husband Wiki and her Manager and WAKO(NZ) President Rick Dobson as […]
In a little country town in Queensland, Australia called Murgan population 4,757 there is a unique group of young people playing the Olympic sport of Judo. Unique because some of the players are intellectual disabled, but this has not deterred their instructor Stan Munday who recently moved to Murgon from Adelaide in preparing the players […]
For thousands of years warriors from every race within humanity have understood the advantages of spiritual development and intuition to further develop and strengthen their skills of warrior-ship – perhaps even giving them an advantage in battle. Unfortunately in the ever – materialistic world in which we live, the modern warrior relies on the ever […]
Vince Palumbo recently attended the 4th Annual Cacoy Doce Pares World Championships along with his Australian team-mates. After several months of hard training Master Vince had prepared a team of 9 other Stick Fighters also from Adelaide, all ready to get into the action in Jakarta. Over the days of the tournament Master Vince exhibited […]
Boxing is an exciting sport where two superb athletes square off in a boxing ring and battle to the limits of human endurance, with a great deal of conditioning, fitness, skill and lots of techniques. But while boxing is a brutal competitive sport, it is truly an effective method of self defence. Boxers are some […]