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Karate
27th August
@ 10pm
Hosts Jason
Chambers and Bill Duff travel to the island
of Okinawa, Japan, the birthplace of one
of the most deadly hand-to-hand combat arts
in the world, Karate. Our hosts will journey
across this legendary island, learning all
aspects of the martial art Okinawans created
to help battle invading Samurai warriors
over 400 years ago.After practicing Iron
Body Training in a 600 year-old castle,
mastering heart-stopping vital point strikes
in an ancient temple and putting themselves
through the rigorous training regiments
of ancient Karate masters, one of the hosts
will step onto the mat to face a black belt,
and Okinawan Champion, in a true Karate
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Kung Fu
28th August
@ 10pm
Hosts Jason
Chambers and Bill Duff journey to China,
home to one of the oldest and most famous
martial arts of all; Kung Fu. From Beijing
to the Great Wall, our hosts will travel
this vast country learning techniques from
some of the greatest living masters. After
practicing flying kicks fifteen feet in
the air at a kung fu film studio and learning
the brutal moves of the Chinese police,
our hosts will arrive at one of the most
sacred sites in all martial arts to witness
the awesome feats of the Shaolin fighting
monks. And finally one of the hosts will
step into the ring to take on a true kung
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Cambodian
Bloodsport
3rd September
@ 10pm
Bred in
dark jungles of Southeast Asia, Pradal Serey
is a devastating striking art of bone shattering
kicks, punches, knees and elbows. The ancient
fighting art of the mysterious Angkor Empire,
some argue that it's the forefather of modern
Muay Thai. But it's little known outside
Cambodia's borders. From gritty urban fighting
pits to the sweltering jungles of the north
- our hosts will journey into the heart
of Pradal Serey to perfect the vicious strikes
of this brutal martial art. Along the way
they'll race water buffalo against natives
in a 1000 year old village festival and
learn the ancient killing techniques of
Khmer warriors in the ruins of a foreboding
temple city. Their journey culminates when
they enter the ring to battle it out against
a 4 time Pradal Serey champion.
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Eskrima
Stickfighting
4th September
@ 10pm
Hosts Jason
Chambers and Bill Duff travel to the island
nation of the Philippines, where the indigenous
fighting style, Eskrima, was formed. From
ancient forts in Cebu City to a modern military
base in Manila, our hosts will learn the stick
and knife techniques that were used to kill
famed Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan
in the 16th century and to destroy a the terrorist
organization Abu Sayef in the mid 90's. Along
the way, they'll attempt to take down a 2000-pound
water buffalo using techniques developed on
the rice patties at the foot of the Manalanga
Mountains, and perfect Eskrima stick twirling
techniques on rickety bamboo rafts beneath
the waterfalls in the jungles of Badian. Finally
one of our hosts will enter a gritty cockfight
ring for an Eskrima stick fight against a
5-time world champion. |
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Judo
Samurai Legacy
10th September
@ 10pm
Our hosts,
Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, are in Japan
to test their tolerance to physical pain;
to reach a higher level of intense training.
They are in Japan to understand the techniques
and history of Japan's national martial art:
Judo. Derived from the bloody battlefields
of feudal Japan and jujutsu fighting styles
of the samurai, judo has an illustrious past
of deadly skills and honor. Along their journey,
our hosts travel through the cultural centers
of Tokyo, Kyoto and Okayama. A world champion
judoka shows our hosts special, match-winning
techniques, and the descendent of a 400-year-old
line of samurai, teaches them the differences
between the deadly art of jujutsu and the
gentle way of judo. |
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Krav
Maga Of The Israeli Commandos
11th September
@ 10pm
Hosts Jason
Chambers and Bill Duff travel to Israel to
study one of the deadliest and most effective
hand-to-hand combat systems in the world.
Specifically designed for the Israeli Defense
Forces in the 1940's, Krav Maga is a dirty,
anything-goes fighting style that is used
to disarm and destroy assailants carrying
multiple weapons. Our hosts journey to some
of the most sacred religious locations in
the world as they learn to escape deadly chokes,
deflect weapons, and perfect ruthless counterattacks
in their quest to become true human weapons.
Never before have our hosts learned a martial
art that is not only physically demanding,
but also a combative necessity in this war-torn
country. Their journey ends with a fight against
an entire unit of elite-level Krav Maga professionals. |
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Marine Corps
Martial Arts
17th September
@ 10pm
Hosts Jason
Chambers and Bill Duff venture to Quantico,
Virginia, the heart of America's Military
Complex, to study one of the world's most
dangerous and highly-evolved martial arts.
It's called MCMAP - the Marine Corps Martial
Arts Program. So intense, and so secretive,
that it has never been exhibited to the
outside world before, MCMAP fuses hardcore
takedowns, bone-jarring strikes, and a system
of hand-to-hand combat derived from the
oldest and most revered martial arts in
the world. After testing their mettle against
the Corps' fiercest fighters, our hosts
endure a skills test so brutal that MCMAP's
refer to it simply as "the Last of
the Mohicans."
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MMA America'
S Extreme Fighting
18th September @ 10pm
Mixed Martial
Arts is the world's youngest and fastest
growing martial art in the world. Fusing
devastating strikes and jabs with merciless
chokes and joint locks, MMA incorporates
elements of Muay Thai, Judo, Wrestling,
Boxing and Jujitsu into what many argue
is the deadliest fighting form on the planet.
Our hosts journey to the mecca of the mixed
martial arts world - Los Angeles, California,
where they'll train with of some of MMA's
most feared fighters. Champion kick-boxer
Cung Le, the King of Pancrase, Josh Barnett,
legendary Bas Rutten and five-time UFC Champ
Randy Couture will put our hosts through
the paces as they prepare for the ultimate
challenge: a full-blown bout, inside the
octagon, against a bona fide Mixed Martial
Artist.
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Muay Thai
Ultimate Striking
24th
September @ 10pm
Hosts Jason
Chambers and Bill Duff journey to Bangkok,
Thailand, home to one of the world's most
distinctive and devastating martial arts,
Muay Thai. After witnessing beatdowns and
knockouts at legendary Lumpinee Stadium,
they'll travel across the country perfecting
the moves of the fighting style known as
The Science of Eight Limbs. From ancient
killing techniques in the jungles on the
border of Burma to weapons training among
the ruins of a Buddhist temple, they'll
master all aspects of this centuries old
martial art in the hopes that one of them
can survive a fight against an international
Muay Thai champion.
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Ninjutsu
25th
September @ 10pm
Jason Chambers
and Bill Duff venture back to the Land of
the Rising Sun to study one of the most
mysterious, subversive, and deadly martial
arts in the world - Ninjutsu. From the electric
streets of Tokyo to the misty mountains
of North Japan - our hosts will wield the
swords, throwing stars, and violent takedowns
of the Ninja. They'll explore the secret
passages of a 300-year-old Ninjutsu barracks,
and hone the secret fighting tactics of
Japan's immortal shadow warriors. And it's
all in preparation for one ultimate challenge:
a back-to-back showdown with two Ninjutsu
masters.
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