You’re down a dark alley on your way home from a night out and a group of hooded attackers jump you. It’s four vs. one and you’re heavily outnumbered. Even with your black belt in karate, you feel overwhelmed and end up submitting to the attackers. If you’re lucky they’ll just rob you but if…
The military is often thought of as a man’s world, with the majority of personnel in military branches across the globe being men. However, in a select few countries, the statistics are far more equal. One of these is Israel, where both men and women are required to serve in the military. Women serving in…
Do the fight scenes in Black Panther have any basis in real-world African martial arts? Is it completely based on any martial arts in real life? No. Is there a correlation? Yes. Most of the fight choreography is “movie-fu” – a combination of camera-friendly techniques drawn from a wide range of mostly Asian styles such…
Many of our articles have spoken of great masters who have long passed, and famous fighters who are currently rising to great fame today in martial arts competitions all around the world. But, until now, we had not talked about one of the best known and imitated judokas. Toshihiko Koga was born in Fukuoka on…