Krav Maga 411

This is a parody interview that a funny sketch comedy artist filmed. If you watch enough streetfights caught on tape you’ll know what this dude is talking about. I know my readers will appreciate this clips if anyone does.

Just a reminder for you all, tonight is UFC Fight Night on Spike TV. This is free UFC and it looks like there’s going to be some good bouts. You’ll recognize some of the fighters from the Spike TV reality show “the Ultimate Fighter”. At least the writers strike can’t stop MMA.

Here is a video clip of a small stature woman using a knee strike to the face to knock out a man in a gymnasium. I don’t know if she had a reason to knock him out but she really fires the knee effortlessly, she probably had trained it. It really goes to show what a devastating strike a knee strike can be. (more…)

UFC 80 is two days away so I hope you didn’t make any plans for Saturday. It’s a good line up:

• Joe Stevenson vs. BJ Penn
• Fabricio Werdum vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
• Jess Liaudin vs. Marcus Davis
• Wilson Gouveia vs. Jason Lambert
• Jorge Rivera vs. Kendall Grove

This is going to be a lightweight title match for Penn and Stevenson because Sean “the Muscle Shark” Sherk tested positive for steroids. (more…)

It looks like we have a new martial arts show on the discovery channel called “Fight Quest”, so set your DVRs. I haven’t had a chance to see it yet but it seems a lot like The History Channel’s “Human Weapon”, but who cares? If you train in martial arts you can’t get enough of these shows. It also looks like they’re going to cover Krav Maga which is always good. (more…)

This is a video clip of David Bluestein, a 3^rd degree Krav Maga black belt, teaching a basic choke from the side defense. David is one of my teachers at Krav Maga Sherman Oaks, which is located in the Los Angeles San Fernando Valley. (more…)

Like I wrote in a previous post the National Geographic Channel is bringing back their show “Fight Science”, which is great for us fight / martial arts fans, because the last shows were stand outs. They just posted the preview video on their website NationalGeographic.com. This episode is called “Fight Science Special Ops” and this time they put Navy Seals, Green Berets and Israeli Commandos to the test. (more…)

Just a heads up for those of you that get Versus TV or has a friend that does. There’s going to be a couple of title fights on February 13^th 2008. These will be some great, fun to watch fights, especially for free cable TV. (more…)

Here is a great interview with Wanderlei Silva that Kevin Iole did over at Yahoo Sports in which Silva talks about the fight and his respect for Liddell. (more…)

 This is a video clip of a Krav Maga basic self defense technique to defend against being choked from the front. It’s from the History Channel’s TV show “Human Weapon”. It’s being narrated by the show’s hosts, Bill Duff and Jason Chambers. (more…)

One thing I really hate is when fight scenes in movies are unrealistic. I don’t mean your basic kung fu movie; I mean movies that are supposed to be realistic and gritty, like the new Cohen Brothers’ movie “No Country for Old Men”.

Spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen the movie yet this will spoil a short scene in the beginning for you. (more…)