By Lewis Budden | 19 December 2020
In the vast world of MMA, if you were to name a style that uses both a combination of strikes and kicks you may immediately name, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Karate. You may not Immediately picture French sailors competing at sea… welcome to Savate.What is Savate?It goes by many names, French foot fighting, French Boxing, Savate […]
By Dr. Pamela Fernandes | 13 December 2020
The most visible part of you as you practice martial arts is your feet. And having ugly feet can be a major problem. Not just aesthetically but also physically. Nearly half the people who have bunions complain of pain their feet. And without happy feet, you can’t be an effective martial arts fighter.Keep Those Camel-Toes […]
By Dr. Pamela Fernandes | 13 December 2020
Knee injuries got your attention! We don’t blame you for looking. They are fairly common among martial artists. MMA artist Derrick Lewis managed to fight with his bum knee for four years. However, he suffered his knee injury in 2015, during his fight with Ryan Potts. He was in a kneebar that he got out […]
By Christina Major | 13 December 2020
When people start talking about good carbs to eat for combat athletes, they tend to focus on vegetables, whole grains and, ironically, supplements. The can be a good way to get in things like fiber and the prebiotic oligosaccharides that can help improve your digestive system. But, looking at carbohydrates as good or bad really […]
By Ryan Jansen | 13 December 2020
The aspiring grappler seeking to fulfill his or her true potential should recognize that the benefits associated with the practice of the grappling arts can and will be enhanced through the application of the right “Combat Arts Strength and Conditioning to Achieve Peak Performance.”Experience in live grappling situations will affirm that conditioning is as crucial […]
By Éireann 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 arts world was Saban’s Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, a westernized reworking of the long-standing Japanese Super Sentai series which pits a group of teens against giant monsters and malevolent beings bent on […]
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 (2001) hyperactive swagger, Hong Kong cinema royalty Johnnie To returns from a three year hiatus with Chasing Dream (Chihuo Quan Wang), ending the longest stall in a career averaging two films annually […]
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 dauntless Megan Anderson remains rooted and unflinching in the crosshairs of the baddest woman on the planet. There’s nothing about the fight that evokes the same sort of […]
By Dr. Pamela Fernandes | 24 October 2020
If you head off to martial arts forums online, there is always a question about cauliflower ears. From the newbies who want to take up grappling, to the guys who’ve just had an ear injury and even the pros who’re want to impress a significant other! There are lots of questions about dealing with cauliflower […]
By Éireann Mannino | 9 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 most iconic roles, Bolo has a tendency to silently appear and disappear, as if spliced into films solely for his alternately stoic, explosive or ominous affect. With such mass as his, he […]
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