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warehouse in which the CBS series was shot. To keep him busy while he established his school, Norris gave Machado regular work a ...

One key to making such moves work is being more efficient than your opponent when it comes to energy usage. Machado went so far ...

Thompson, for whom Machado has served as BJJ coach. He holds a special connection with the latter because the martial artist is, ...

George Dillman and Taika Oyata, his second pressure-point teacher. ...

(And Why It Matters) BY CHRIS THOMAS Ph oto by Ki mb erl y^ D illm an ,^ C ou rte sy of G eo rg e^ D illm an ...

N ot many figures in the modern martial arts loom larger than — and generate as much controversy as — George Dillman. A mem- ber ...

fighting — a lifetime’s worth of study. The reason for this is that pressure-point exper- tise is not the result of knowing a fe ...

order to increase the total body of knowl- edge on the subject. When Wally Jay observed this, he was impressed that everyone was ...

throwing students without making contact. And karate practitioners are familiar with toate-jitsu from a famous story about Bushi ...

THE (^) H IGHLI GHT (^) Z ONE! BY PERRY (^) WILLIAM K PHOTOS COURTESY OF C ELLY ENTURY MARTIAL (^) AR TS You Ar e (^) Abo ut to ...

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since the 1970s. He and his top student Mike McCoy went on to become event promoters in Florida, and by 1981 they were helping r ...

officials and another 100 people we employ for that day. There are 800 divisions and 30 rings. Without our team, it would be tot ...

worldly.” Rudolph, who admits to being influenced by magician Criss Angel, did so many spins, twirls and tosses with his bo that ...

their new friends from other nations. That’s surely one of the most important yet least talked about benefits of martial arts tr ...

BATTLE OF THE SEXES When Women Spar With Men, They Face the Enemy Within! BY KATHERINE DE BODA PHOTOS COURTESY OF DANA ABBOTT ...

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him — few people are willing to invest the time and effort needed to learn the art of the sword. I hung up, unsure of how to pro ...

with the sword. He said I would need this to round out my skills as a martial artist and eventually earn my black belt. One day ...