Discussions about the honorary black belt have risen again after the World University Taekwondo Federation (WUTF) bestowed a black belt to none other than Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte and his special assistant Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go. The offering happened during President Duterte’s official visit to South Korea earlier this week, after the WUTF governor, Kim…
We are just a few weeks away from the cinematic release of this action-comedy by Director Jeff Lau. Kung Fu League will feature 4 Legendary Martial Arts Masters and is bound to satisfy even the most jaded souls among us. Among these Legends, we have Ip Man (played by Dennis To), Chinese folk hero Wong Fei…
We all know that Russians are generally quite tough and not afraid of a bit of confrontation. But when you put a giant Sumo wrestler up against a man of average size, you can be fairly sure what the result is going to be……or can you? This Russian Sumo Wrestling is a perfect example of…
Unless you have been living under a rock recently, you will have heard the controversy surrounding the US Open Final between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka in which Williams lost control of herself and was subsequently penalized by Umpire Carlos Ramos. She accused the Umpire of being sexist, stating that a man would have gotten…
Karate Combat kicked off this week with six fights in an outdoor pit as a new Karate upstart takes hold of the martial arts world, with only positive reviews. Debuting in Miami, this new competitive reworked Karate has reminded those who may not enjoy classic Karate that the martial art can be exciting, and some…
Chinese Bull-Wrestling (or Guanniu) is a divisive sport at best. Although not quite as controversial as it’s Spanish counterpart, since the Bulls are not killed in the process, it still does raise certain ethical questions. But what we are interested in here is its place within the martial arts community, if it has a place at…
Mention Mixed Martial Arts and Sen. John McCains name in the same sentence to someone and you are likely to get one of two responses. A confused expression as to how the 2 topics could be linked, or the impression that McCain was the worst thing to happen to MMA and seemed hell-bent on destroying it. His relationship…
Apparently, Youtuber’s fighting each other in an Arena is now a thing. While a lot of people would be quite happy to see certain personalities on the platform get punched repeatedly (we are looking at you Logan Paul), we weren’t quite as excited to hear that the PPV profit was greater than any UFC fight this…
Iko Uwais is back and will be the sole reason that we will be queueing up for tickets to see Mile 22. Since we are all huge fans of Iko and the Raid movies, it is nice to see he is starting to get the global recognition he deserves. His co-stars gush that he could…
Okay, so you’re already dope at fighting and know all the moves under the sun. You’ve a black belt in four different martial arts and you invented Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. But do you really know how to defend yourself in a real life situation? Sure, we don’t advise using any of these moves to attack anyone,…