By FAHL Staff  |  25 August 2024 "Jiu-Jitsu University" by Saulo Ribeiro and Kevin Howell is a comprehensive and transformative guide to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), authored by one of the ...

Mastering the Mat: Jiu Jitsu University Revolutionary Approach

By FAHL Staff  |  18 August 2024 "When Violence Is the Answer: Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake" by Tim Larkin, a self-protection ...

When Violence is Necessary

By FAHL Staff  |  18 August 2024 In Dave Lowry's thought-provoking book, "Moving Toward Stillness," we embarked on a philosophical journey that delves deep into the heart of budo, offering ...

Unlocking the Essence of Budo – Moving Toward Stillness

By Eirann Mannino  |  8 April 2021 Despite the prevalent traces of Judo in modern martial arts action choreography, it remains sorely neglected as either a subject or primary martial ...

Johnnie To’s Throw Down Is the Love Letter Judo Always Deserved

By Eireann Mannino  |  5 May 2021 By all rights, Alber Pyun’s Nemesis (1992) should be a staple midnight movie, slated alongside the likes of Eraserhead, Mad Max, and Faster ...

Nemesis is Midnight Movie Magic

Jordan Newmark | 13 May 2021 Imagine the sport of Mixed Martial Arts is a house. The foundation is the rules, the walls and floors are the fighters, and the ...

Chris Rini Finds Art in MMA Violence

By Eireann Mannino  |  20 March 2021 With a cast like Robert DeNiro (Sam), Stellan Skarsgård (Gregor), Sean Bean (Spence), Jean Reno (Vincent), and Natascha McElhone (Deirdre) to its credit ...

Ronin has Class and Clout in Equal Measure

By Martin Mulcahey  |  4 January 2021 The association between boxing and Parkinson's Syndrome is usually negative, but former world bantamweight weight champion Paulie Ayala is changing that perception. In ...

Paulie Ayala Provides Puncher’s Chance Against Parkinson’s Syndrome

By Eireann Mannino  |  27 December 2020 Three time World Boxing Council (WBC) World Bantamweight champion Jôichirô Tatsuyôshi, is the subject of Joe, Tomorrow: 20 years with Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (2015), ...

Joe, Tomorrow is about the Boxer, not Boxing

By Eireann Mannino  |  12 December 2020 For those who came of age in the early 90’s, there is a good chance one of your first encounters with the martial ...

Ultraman, a Head Above the Rest

By Éireann Mannino  |  13 November 2020   With unmistakable kinship to his 2004 Judo film Throw Down (Yau doh lung fu bong) and more than a pinch of Fulltime Killer’s ...

Johnnie To Enters the Octagon

By Jordy McElroy  |  31 October 2020 Megan Anderson fears no woman. Even with a scheduled December bout against Amanda Nunes—a two-division UFC champion that napalms faces for a living—a ...

Title Bout Aside, Mental Health Remains Megan Anderson’s Biggest Fight

By Éireann Mannino  | 10 October 2020   It seems peculiar to say, that with as impressive a frame as Bolo Yeung’s, he is somehow a transient figure. Even in his ...

Curious Case of Bolo Yeung

By Sonia Ahmed  |  12 September 2020   Renowned as the queen of the South, Cebu is the port capital and the oldest city in Cebu province. Located in the Central ...

Cebu ‒ World’s Arnis Capital & the Perfect Martial Arts Destination

By Sonia Ahmed  |  1 September 2020   Egypt is home to one of the world’s earliest civilizations. The country has seven UNESCO World Heritage sites. There’s hardly anyone in the ...

Explore Great Pyramids & Learn an Ancient Egyptian Martial Art Tahtib

By Jordy McElroy  |  28 August 2020 The weight an inanimate object can hold on such a young soul is immeasurable in a poverty-stricken world where hopes and dreams are ...

Failing at Soccer Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Jose Aldo

Jordy McElroy  |  14 August 2020   Thousands of miles away, across an endless stretch of land and water, Anderson Silva is reinventing himself as the baddest man on the planet.But ...

Anderson Silva From Baddest UFC Fighter To Baddest Twitch Streamer

By Jordy McElroy  |  27 August 2020 Judging from a distance is a commonality in human beings. There’s a hint of convenience in feigning understanding of a book without reading ...

BJJ legend Royce Gracie Tackles Pocatello’s Crime as a Police Officer