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Bill Wallace – Kicking’s $6m dollar man!
Bill ‘Superfoot’ Wallace is a kicking legend. With his kicks clocked at over 60mph, and the ability to throw a hook kick, roundhouse (turning) and sidekick from the same chamber, he was as great a...
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Bruce Lee – THE martial arts legend
Bruce Lee is widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. His films, especially the Hollywood-produced Enter the Dragon, elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts...
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Kenneth Funakoshi – Carrying on the legacy
The name Funakoshi is synonymous with martial arts, specifically Karate. Gichin Funakoshi was responsible for Karate being widely accepted by the Japanese. So successful was he in this that many people...
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Reality Based Personal Protection – Modern Day Martial Arts?
Defensive Tactics, Ground Survival, Knife Survival, Crime Survival and Terrorism Survival are the modules that I saw on the Jim Wagner Reality Based Personal Protection Instructor Level 1 Course menu....
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Dana White – Pulling no punches
This was part of a telephone conference that I took part in for UFC 68; where I was the only one to ask Randy Couture as to whether he was really coming back to fight, or just doing it to top up his...
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Tim Sylvia – ‘The 7’ Monster’
Tim Sylvia can only be described as ‘physically imposing’, ‘a seven foot monster’ or ‘f—–g huge’. He’s thirty years old (thirteen years younger than Couture), six foot eight and weighs 255lbs (116kg)....
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Rich Franklin – Back on track?
It was clear to his fans, in fact it was clear to anybody watching, that Rich Franklin was not focussed when he entered the Octagon to defend his belt against Anderson Silva. This became all the more...
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Randy Couture – UFC’s VI(OA)P!
As you can see, even in the title I didn’t pull any punches. Thank God there was very little chance of him ever getting his hands on me! When I asked him about the pension top-up, Dana took a little...
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Shamrock versus Gracie – What a shambles
EliteXC, aka Showtime have been pushing the Shamrock versus Gracie match as one of the greatest showdowns this year. Unfortunately it seems that Shamrock had other plans, especially when it turned out...
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Dana White – Turbo-charging the UFC
Since 2001, when Dana White grabbed the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) by the neck and dragged it out of the rut it had fallen int;, the UFC has gone from being a show with out-of-shape brawlers,...
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