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 watch and engage in today. Pammachon is considered a long lost cousin of today's modern combat arts. The Greeks considered [...]
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Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) was 30 million dollars’ worth of ultraviolence, a star with no previous martial arts training, and a director with a flair for dramatics. Should martial artists be offended or excited that this movie was so successful (and continues to be a pseudo-cult classic)? Tarantino's Training [...]
Filmed exclusively in Cape Town, South Africa, the first season of HBO Cinemax’s Warrior comes in April 2019, based on an original long-lost idea by Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee gave much to the martial arts community before his death in 1973. In one of his private notebooks, there was the idea [...]
Without a doubt, Jet Li is one of the most entertaining martial arts movie personalities of the current generation. In contrast to Jackie Chan, Li usually picks more serious fare for his roles. Before his crossover into the American movie market, he was even more serious than Westerners know him [...]
Manny Pacquiao (Senator Manny Pacquiao, actually) is obviously the face of Filipino boxing to the world. However, it is truly impossible to understand how Pacquiao came to be the superstar he is without understanding where he came from. The elite Filipino boxing gym I attended gave me a unique insight [...]
How many people were compelled to step into a dojo for the first time after seeing The Karate Kid? Thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions? Martial arts movies make us want to do martial arts. Plain and simple. A decade before anyone knew what the Octagon was or saw a UFC [...]
In the Internet age, you can talk with a professional fighter, challenge them in combat, and, promptly lose all without leaving your own living room. Arguably, the leading deliverer of digital drubbings is the same person handing the most out analog-style inside the Octagon, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” [...]
The legend of Bruce Lee tells us that the original lion of crossover martial arts cinema was also a lion of the martial arts life. After all, this is the man who wrote Tao of Jeet Kune Do after breaking his own back working too hard on his craft. Although, [...]
Jet Li's film, The One, is one of the most underrated martial arts flicks in recent history. This is for no lack of effort or star power from the cast. Source: wikipedia.com The film stars martial arts legend Jet Li as Gabe Law, Gabe Yulaw, and other versions of himself [...]
The culture of drinking beer is one that is very common in Europe. So it comes as no surprise that during the last decade, we’ve seen a number of martial artists turn to beer brewing themselves, making what's known as craft beers. Craft beers are individually made beers, often in [...]
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