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Real Combat Experience – Part 1 — The Nature of the Beast

I know I’m going to offend someone, somewhere, with this article, so I’ll say sorry now! I realise that a lot of people train in ‘real combat’ systems, but (and here’s the thing) what is real combat and what do most people know about it? Everyone knows about real combat training, yes? Maybe not, if […]

Lake Havasu Black Belt Academy Founders Inducted Into United States Kali Association Filipino Martial Arts Hall Of Fame

Lake Havasu City…Lake Havasu Black Belt Academy is pleased to announce the induction of co-founders Scott and Juanita (Nita) Brown into the United States Kali Association, Inc, 2008 Filipino Martial Arts Hall of Fame, headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Three time Hall of Famer himself, Western Region Vice-President, Michigan native, Lake Havasu Resident since 2002 […]

Club Physical Auckland Olympic Wrestling Championship

Club Physical organized and hosted the Auckland Olympic Wrestling Championship on Sunday. The event was held at Dilworth Boys School, Epsom. Special thanks to Iain Adamson for organizing this first class venue. Special thanks also to our valued pair-masters and officials. Close to one hundred competitors came from throughout Auckland and as far as Wangarei […]

To be a move ahead

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (June 20, 2008)- It's one thing to defeat an attacker by pummeling them by any means necessary to render them incapable of fighting; however, it's entirely another to take down an opponent without throwing a single punch and while receiving minimal injuries. Volunteers spent the week of June 9 to 13 participating […]

Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2008

Time is rapidly drawing near to our Twelfth AMAHOF Awards to be held in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th October, 2008. Three members of the PEC are currently in Surfers Paradise (for separate business) and have met up with the Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise and checked the facility and arrangements […]

The Princesses are ready to show their stuff

In the first 24 hours after announcing the next POP-Princesses of Pain event 45 women signed up to fight. The entrants are still rolling in and are coming at a strong rate, so the point has been made that the girls are ready to fight and support the POP vision which is giving them the […]

America vs The World – Princesses of Pain

The female fight league Princesses of Pain (POP) in currently taking applications from female fighters to compete in it's next event/TV series. After a successful competition  which seen America go head to head with Australasia there is no doubt the world wants to see more of  the women who fight. Congratulations to both teams as the series […]

Survival of the Strongest — Build A Better Machine

How many times do we hear, regarding the effectiveness of some system, various statements such as ‘technique not strength’, ‘no matter the opponents size’ etc?  Strange how the people usually hard-selling such notions are often not in ‘prime’ condition themselves, or their target market are the vulnerable persons wanting a ‘magic-wand’ system of evening the […]

Shan Lai Tai Kung Fu – Part 3

This is the next in a series of 'Martial Arts Odyssey' episodes shot inside of Burma, at Loi Tailang, the headquarters of the Shan State Army. While the army fights to help the Shan people survive and gain independence, Master Kawn Wan struggles to keep his people's martial art alive, and to teach it to […]