Recently I was given the honour of spending time with martial arts legend Cung Le, I would like to share some of the interview with you. Towards the end, Cung made a comment which has stuck with me. When I told him about possible confrontation with well intended naysayers whom I would often meet while building […]
A big misconception in self defense is the theory that the more techniques that you learn the better off you will be when a defensive situation presents itself. Learning multiple techniques is good but there are a couple of issues that should be considered. Let’s first look at the issue of reaction time when presented […]
“As well as the impact and partner work, I find that strength training benefits the tools dramatically, after all what good is any tool without the right machine to make it work?” Mick Coup – C2: Core Combatives In the previous two articles I have discussed some of the fundamental theory and practice behind C2: […]
Here is a short promo from Princesses of Pain. In the coming weeks we will release a longer version to give a fuller idea of the doco’s content. The doco is aimed at film festivals which was done for the specific reason of not allowing the footage to be changed and have the women of […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Luke Broadlick, the 16 year-old world champion martial artist and celebrity contributor at KICKgen.com, the Orlando-based web community for martial arts aficionados, landed a co-starring role on True Jackson VP, Nickelodeon’s popular pre-teen situation comedy. (from left to right) KeKe Palmer, Luke Broadlick and Ashley Argota Broadlick, a six-time ISKA World Champion, […]
“I really try to stress the understanding of the principles, which promotes that self-teaching approach, which in turn promotes endless free-thinking applications – real combat is a lonely business, there’s nobody available to think for you!” -Mick Coup – C2: Core Combatives I entered Glen Smith’s fully-equipped Boxing and Grappling gymnasium ready for sore fists […]
Japan the Land of the Rising Sun and Tokyo a city that never sleeps. In December this city will host one of the greatest Martial Arts world events of 2008 in which 8 men will enter this tournament and only 1 will walk away champion. Holland, Russia, Morocco, France, Turkey, Korea and New Zealand will […]
Martial Arts for the 21st Century Escrima is the name of a secret martial art brought to the United States by Filipinos. The word Escrima means, “To skirmish”. The art is virtually unknown to the general public because of its late entry into the mainstream martial arts world. What hasn’t helped the popularity growth of Escrima is the […]
Sipalki-do is a fast street self defence system using all body parts including pressure points, grabs, hands and legs counter-attacks, immobilizations and angles of movement. It’s easy to learn without contact and a cooperative class environment is great fitness training for anybody with any fitness level you will learn how to defend yourself without provoking […]
Labour weekend 2008 marked a historical event in New Zealand’s martial arts history. Christchurch played host to the first full contact sport stick fighting tournament ever to be held in New Zealand. Up until 2007, New Zealand had a spread of individual instructors of the Philippine martial arts. During 2007, the first seeds of unity […]