By Sonia Ahmed  |  2 April 2020

Is dubbed as the cultural capital of Japan. In the face of rapid modernization in the country, Kyoto clings to its roots and traditions with Fushimi Inari and its 10,000 ...

Fushimi Inari-Taisha through 10,000 Torii Gates

By Jordan Newmark  |  12 December 2019

He won’t quit.Whether it’s during eleven hours of hard sparring for charity, ten years as a teacher and small business owner or nearly two decades of grinding to become a ...

Civello Teaches BJJ To Help Himself And Others

By Adriaan Odendaal  |  12 December 2019

African Nguni or Intonga stick fighting paints an impressive image. Men dance around each other, kicking up dust, a stick in each hand. They tap one against the other, creating ...

Traditional Nguni Stick Fighting Lives On In Today’s South Africa

By Sonia Ahmed  |  30 October 2019

There’s more to her than meets the eye. Currently, an International Media Cultural Work student at Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, Rameesha is the first Pakistani woman to become a certified kickboxing ...

Pakistan’s First Female Kickboxing Instructor Empowers Women

By Sonia Ahmed  |  29 October 2019

Practicing Taekwondo at the foot of Big Buddha is a humbling experience. The iconic Tian Tan Big Buddha statue oversees the stunning landscape of Lantau island on the western side ...

Peace, Culture, and Taekwondo Spirit at Big Buddha

By Lewis Budden  |  26 October 2019

Manchester, pioneers of the women’s right to vote, industrial pioneering and more recently, home to a new generation of MMA champions. But who are the people behind the champions? Where ...

Train Like a Champion in Manchester

By Lewis Budden  |  26 October 2019

Manchester, the UK’s second city. Mainly known to the world for its rock bands and football teams, the city is now basking in the glow of the modern MMA boom. ...

Why Manchester is the New Home of Wing Chun

By Adriaan Odendaal  |  28 September 2019

Practicing martial arts in Cape Town, South Africa, the city by the sea, heralds amongst the most beautiful destinations in the world. Sitting at the foot of the iconic Table Mountain, ...

Sun, Surf and Martial Arts in Cape Town

By Lemar Morgan  |  29 August 2019

I've been soaking up the wonderfully rich Bulgarian culture whilst I've been living and working here for the past 8 years, and I love Bulgaria, but rather despairingly, there is ...

An Outside View Of Da Dao: The Bulgarian Martial Art

By Sonia Ahmed  |  8 August 2019

One of the best kickboxers in Pakistan, Inam-ul-Haq, led a team of fighters to the World Martial Arts Summit in late December 2016. He debuted as an international competition, and ...

Pakistan’s Kickboxing Champion — The Self-Made Progeny

By Lewis Budden  |  1 August 2019

MMA in the UK has quickly blossomed into one of the most popular sports practiced. A recent UFC live event sold out London's historic 20,000 person capacity Royal Albert Hall ...

The Rise of MMA in the UK

By Lewis Budden  |  24 July 2019

The UK’s National Health Services now publicly encourages martial arts as a form of keeping fit and improving health. Unsurprising to us, as most martial arts were a way to ...

NHS Endorses Martial Arts – Here’s Why

By Lemar Morgan  |  15 July 2019

Cа́мбо (Sambo) or samozashchita bez oruzhiya: self defense without weapons. The foundation of Sambo in the 1920s against the backdrop of political turmoil and the Red Army's unarmed combat preparations is ...

Sambo Triumphs Over Repression

By Lemar Morgan  |  2 July 2019

Anne-Marie was born in East Tilbury, Essex, England, to an English mother and Irish father, and although there's nothing particularly remarkable about that, the principles and discipline she adopted into ...

Anne-Marie from Shotokan Karate Champion to Pop Sensation

By Sonia Ahmed  |  18 June 2019

Amir Khan is a businessman, a philanthropist, a family man, and above all, one of the most successful boxers of his time. Amir Khan was an overactive and aggressive child. ...

Celebrity Boxer Amir Khan Uses His Fame as a Force for Good

By Jordan Newmark  |  2 March 2019

When director Patty Jenkins needed a stunt double to embody the preeminent Amazonian warrior, she found the ideal candidate who like the character had trained her entire life in martial ...

Caitlin Dechelle Kicks Butt from Stage to Screen Stunt Performer

By Chris Davis  |  8 February 2019

Every martial artist is looking to turn that corner where the ‘martial’ binds with the ‘art’ to become who we are rather than what we do. It becomes a part ...

The Truth Behind Real Emotional Content in Combat Sports

By Adriaan Odendaal  |  4 February 2019

Griffin Horse Archery takes students and visitors on a unique training experience set in the Overberg region, one of the country’s most scenic areas. This farm-based training center boasts of ...

Wilderness, Whales, and Horseback Archery in South Africa

By Chris Davis  |  2 February 2019

Action movie stuntmen and women are elite athletes. The dangers they endure, especially on a martial arts movie set, rival and surpass the risks of any extreme athlete across any ...

What it Really Takes to be a Martial Arts Stunt Person

By Carlos Alberto Romay  |  1 February 2019

The key to a high-performance sport is the mentality, more than physicality. Paula Pareto’s general training method is based on specific circuits of judo, a few minutes and very explosive. ...

Olympic Judoka Conquers Mountain in Argentina

By Marty Mulcahey  |  25 January 2019

An intelligently structured nutritional plan is the foundation of any athlete's success; so, when an elite champion tries something new it raises questions. That was the case with two-division world ...

The Vegan Ways of Boxing Champion Tim Bradley

By Lemar Morgan  |  9 December 2018

Inspired by the Roman Empire's Gladiators and what they ate at the time, James 'Lighting' Wilks, a seasoned martial artist and former UFC champion, was astonished by what he discovered. ...

A Lad from Leicester Discovers Veganism is a “Game Changer”

By Nicholas Vrchoticky  |  1 December 2018

Sparring, wrestling, and martial arts seem far removed from the quiet farm life. Yet, these pastimes seem tame when compared to men and women who routinely operate machines large enough ...

Cornfield Sparring – An Iowa Pastime

By Adriaan Odendaal  |  28 November 2018

When young Malawians made The Town Monger, an independently-produced African Kung Fu film, it used Kung Fu to say something significant about their own lives, community, and the challenges they ...

What Makes an African Kung Fu Movie More than Just Action?

By Lemar Morgan  |  16 November 2018

The English are known for many things but martial arts aren’t one of them. However, there is evidence to support the notion that MMA was the invention of an eminent ...

Bartitsu – The Gentlemanly Art of Self-Defence

By Will Wain Williams  |  11 November 2018

The region of Shandong province in north-eastern China is dominated by rugged coastline, jagged cliffs, and stony beaches. Much like the scenery, the people of Shandong are known throughout China ...

Seeking the Source: Mantis Fist as Practiced in Shandong China

By Theo Karasavvas  |  25 October 2018

A substantial amount of archaeological and historical evidence has shown that the ancient Greeks celebrated and practiced combat sports that were remarkably similar to many of the fighting sports we ...

Pammachon a Long-Forgotten Martial Art