We're doing quite a bit here to prepare for the upcoming release of Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, the long-awaited reboot of one of the live-action career of one of histories definitive fighting games. But one aspect of that history we feel we must be careful not to overlook is the impact that Street Fighter has ...
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Last night the BBC aired Insane Fight Club here in the UK, a three part fly-on-the-wall documentary on this new wrestling phenomena with its growing fanbase. Watch the trailer: A group of friends have created a brand new subculture that is taking over the streets of Glasgow. They’ve established their very own ...
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by guest contributor Volcan Kacar DVD cover Some know him as the ‘Muscles from Brussels’ and others know him simply as Jean-Claude Van Damme. Once a kickboxing champion, now a big time action hero performing his own signature heavyweight 360 helicopter kicks! But have you ever wondered how the Van Damme ...
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In this documentary, we look at one of the world's oldest and most dangerous martial arts: kalaripayattu. Closely linked to Hinduism, Kalari means: battlefield/gym and Puttara means: platform/stage. This may translate loosely into something like "Fight Club"! Americans, Doug Anderson, Iraqi war vet and bodyguard from ...
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Masters of Kung-fu is a documentary on the ancient art of Shaolin kung-(or 'gong') fu and grants unprecedented access to these renowned warrior monks and shows us training their incredible skills and feats of strength. From the reverence shown to Boddidharma who came from India in 527AD, to gaining an insight into the ...
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The Kung Fu Fighting martial arts documentary is a wonderful, compact documentary (first aired in 1997 as part of BBC 2′s great 'Kung Fu Night') on martial arts featuring a comprehensive view of the kung-fu movie industry. There is some great footage/clips and input from some of the most prominent figures in the field ...
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