Tag: Taekwondo

Interview with Silvio Simac, Part 1

Interview with Silvio Simac, Part 1

Silvio Simac is a Croatian-born British martial artist and actor who has enjoyed a long and varied three decade career with some outstanding achievements. These include being (multi-time) British, European and World Taekwondo champion. Aside from TKD, Silvio holds black belts in Choi Kwang Do, kickboxing, karate and ...

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Interview with Warren Vice

Interview with Warren Vice

Warren Vice is a 5th Dan Taekwondo fighter with the TAGB (Taekwondo Association of Great Britain). He is recognised globally as one of the most successful taekwondo fighters ever, not least for his show-stopping, electrifying and relentless kicking skills which pretty much always find their mark! He is also known for ...

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Happy Birthday Chuck Norris!

Happy Birthday Chuck Norris!

The legend that is Chuck Norris turns 74 today! For those that don't know, Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. It was whilst stationed in South Korea in 1958 with the US Air Force that he took an interest in Tang Soo Do (tangsudo), which led to the founding of the Chun Kuk Do ...

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Interview with The Edmunds Sistas

Interview with The Edmunds Sistas

They're young, confident, successful and living the life of their dreams! This talented dynamic duo, sisters from the United Kingdom, are still only teenagers, but don't let those classic feminine looks fool you. They're serious fighters with all the TAGB credentials (training under the TAGB Taekwondo Federation of ...

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Interview with Scott Adkins, Part 1

Interview with Scott Adkins, Part 1

Happy New Year 2014! With Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear just having been released yesterday we realised our Ninja-searching efforts were coming to a close, and our covert task in the jungle dojo complete, well…almost! We felt there was something missing, so mustering all our Ninja-fu we continued to explore going out on ...

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Interview with Kane Kosugi

Interview with Kane Kosugi

With the release of Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear getting closer, we crept on through the night (while everyone else was sleeping) into the undergrowth continuing on our quest of the Ninja. Our earnest wanderings paid off when we were pleasantly surprised to discover another hidden member of the cast!  We managed to ...

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Interview with Lauren Okadigbo

Interview with Lauren Okadigbo

Lauren in cool repose... (Copyright Fearful Symmetry Productions 2013) Recently, at KFK we've witnessed a flurry of rather talented, charismatic and seriously dedicated martial arts femmes beginning to emerge and spring into the light of the silver-screen. They're in growing demand for opportunities encompassing all ...

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The Kick (2011)

The Kick (2011)

The Kick How often does a movie title have the courtesy to be so perfectly descriptive of the content of the film it's attached to without spoiling anything for the prospective audience? (Way to give away the ending, "Ernest Saves Christmas"!) Pracha Pinkeaw's "The Kick" does just that for the viewer - the title ...

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Team GB Olympic Taekwondo – video interview

Team GB Olympic Taekwondo – video interview

In this video, we get to see Team GB Olympic Taekwondo athletes sparring as they prepare for London 2012. We caught-up with Martin Stamper, who spoke about his medal hopes, Lutalo Muhammad spoke about his daily life and training and Jade Jones about her performance /preparation. They were all focussed, motivated and ...

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