Samuel Staniforth started his cutlers business in 1864 primarily as a forger of knife blades to the Sheffield trade which was a substantial industry in the 1860s. He continued in this vein until the 1940s when he begun making and finishing blades right across the board from cook’s knives to butcher’s and slaughterman’s knives and […]
This is a real combative enthusiasts book that already has a six star rating and great reviews from Military expert instructors. Sales are very good and readers are already requesting further books from us. Time is our enemy with being so busy but in the future we have several more specialist and unique publications including […]
We have two fantastic martial arts films called A Bittersweet Life and Fearless with the great Jet Li that will be featured in the Telecom 2006 New Zealand Film Festival later this winter (Auckland July 13-30, Wellington July 21 – August 6). We are really thrilled to have these films as part of our programme. A […]
On the 19th August 2006, WAKO will hold its first ever Oceania Championships in Te Awamutu near hamilton. This event will also host three WFKKO world title fights between Great Britain and New zealand. Sue Latta of Muay Thai World title fame will fight her first WAKO style kickboxing tournament fighting for the vacant WFKKO […]
New promoters on the local scene, Heartland promotions, took their retinue to the Northland town of Kerikeri on May 27th and staged a promotion at a venue known simply as The Centre. For a town that has never staged professional boxing before (and according to one local that includes the amateur code as well) a […]
New Zealand’s top pro-wrestlers join forces for one huge night! Filmed for potential television screening! Lynfield YMCA, Auckland – Saturday, 12th August 2006 NZPWI Editor Dion McCracken has announced plans for NZPWI.co.nz to promote its first ever pro-wrestling event later this year. Called the “NZPWI Invitational”, the August 12 event is set to see New […]
The 2nd annual WTF Oceania Taekwondo Championships will be held in Auckland on the 26th August marking the first ever WTF sanctioned international event of it’s kind ever to be held in New Zealand. The WTF recognized national member association ‘Taekwondo New Zealand’ (TNZ), held it’s selection trials for the Oceania Championships in Dunedin on […]
David Tua David Tua with Dave Cameron Shirley Cameron and David Tua Johnny Hanks
Khun Bunjong Busarakamwongse, better known as Mr. Philip Wong, is the man behind Fairtex Muay Thai Fitness Camps in Thailand, Japan and America. Muay Thai has been his life long passion and over the years he has done a tremendous amount of work to promote the fighting art in Thailand and all over the world. […]
SAMBO, type of sport wrestling, permitting the application of painful holds; also a means of self-defense in a fight against a stronger or armed enemy. (Composed of an abbreviated form of the word SAM-B-O are SAM [SAMozashchita (Rus) – self-defense (Eng)] , B [Bez (Rus) – with out (Eng)] and O [Oruzhiya (Rus)- weapons (Eng) […]