Aggressive, joint-breaking and animalistic, Silat – the Indonesian martial art that often uses knives – has made an appearance on the silver screen and, according to some, may have given birth to the greatest martial arts fight scene ever filmed. Look back to 2011 and the world saw The Raid: Redemption hit the box office.…
Wing Chun is regarded as one of the best martial arts in the world. Invented by nuns in ancient China, this fighting style focuses on self-defense and fitness. With grabs and kicks and punches, this tradition is powerful and in the right (or wrong) hands, it can be an almost unstoppable force of power and…
If you’ve ever been out to a club you’ll have seen the bouncers at the door and lurking near the bar. Huge, full of muscle and usually balding (sorry but it’s true!), these men often have a darker history than just working at your local 90s night. Police officers, army vets, bodybuilders, bodyguards – the…
Perhaps no rivalry in cinematic history is as legendary as the one between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. What a marvel it is that two of the greatest action heroes of all time were contemporaries! But after some three decades of being neck and neck in the Hollywood world, who ultimately had a greater, more…