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Whether you are a black belt or a complete
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latest action movie news and interviews
with stars like Jackie Chan, Jet Li,
Steven Seagal, Jean Claude Van Damme,
Chuck Norris, Richard Norton and much,
much more.
What does it really take to
get to the Olympic Games?
This is one athletes intimate four year
journey in the quest to be the best.
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Fight-film
Flashbacks / New Releases
Check out the latest info
on new releases or take a
step into the time machine, select a date
in history and learn all about an action
film's formation, making and the actors'
inside stories.
This month we take a look at Clint Morris' movie Undisputed
Fight club/Self Defence Unique
combat tips and real life stories with Blitz
Martial Arts Magazine
Get Real
Why would a woman want to participate in such violent and stress-inducing games, in a group made up largely of men? Well, when the group are seasoned martial artists and the man leading them is world-renowned self-defence guru Richard Dimitri, who wouldn’t?
Fight Like A Girl
After several years training in traditional martial arts, then facing real violence for the first time, Adori Bubble discovered the Israeli reality-based self-defence system of Krav Maga. She now heads Tactical Krav Maga’s Fight Like A Girl (FLAG) program in Melbourne.
Mick Nicholls:Freestyle Combat Karate
Mick Nicholls has always been considered among Melbourne’s most progressive martial artists, a fact recognised in 1997 when he received the prestigious Blitz Freestyle Instructor of the Year award.
The Survival Code Awareness, Part2: Cooper's Colour Codes
It’s one thing to be aware, it’s another thing to move on to assessing or evaluating what you observe and to then take the appropriate action. A simple tool that can aid us in this process is the Colour Codes of Awareness concept.
Story
archive
A collection of our best articles from
training advice to feature stories. This
archive contains everything a Martial
Artist wants to know...
Surviving the Battle
Sensei Thomas McKinnon, 3rd Dan Black-belt in Shotokan karate, Muay Thai instructor and former British Army paratrooper, is not short on credentials. He can now add author to the list, having recently released his book Surviving the Battleground of Childhood
The Complex Master
Richard Norton might be best known for his many action movie roles, but he’s also a consummate martial artist. In part one of this two-part interview, we talk to Norton about the drills and why they’re the best training tool he’s acquired in 45 years of training.
The Masters' Master Grandmaster Wu Bin is responsible for developing some of China’s most prodigious martial arts talent of the last 30 years. Recently he led a trio of Chinese kung fu masters visiting Melbourne to teach on behalf of his student, and Jet Li’s class-mate, Master Tang Laiwei.
Choke Like Clockwork Australia’s most successful sport Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach Peter de Been — also an elite competitor in his own right — sees chokes as among the most effective and applicable moves for success on the mat.
Fitness/Training
Tips
Quick tips to improve your performance
7 Killer Exercises... that you have probably never tried Blitz fitness expert Matt Jones reviews exercises that are rarely covered, but will reward anyone brave enough to try them out.
Combat Crunches Clive Girdham began his martial arts training in judo at the age of 14, in England. Clive has also trained extensively in Muay Thai and submission-grappling and is a qualified personal trainer. Drill of the Month - Combat Crunches
When East Meets West A killer workout: animal kung fu & kettlebells If we’ve made such advances in strength and conditioning science in modern times, why perform exercises that have been around for thousands of years?
Movie
News
Latest in action and martial arts for the
big screen to home video and DVD
Martial Arts Masters
A
collection of news and interviews with
martial arts masters
and action movie
stars
Bob Jones:Freestyle Martial Arts Pioneer Kyoshi Bob Jones, 7th Dan, began his martial arts journey with two of Australia’s best-known pioneers — taekwondo’s Jack Rozinszky and Goju-ryu karate master Tino Ceberano — and went on to found Zen Do Kai (ZDK) Freestyle in the late 1970s.
John Taylor: The Father of Full-Contact Karate Shihan John Taylor, 8th Dan, is undoubtedly the best-known Kyokushin karate-ka in Australia. He has been an ardent promoter and practitioner of the art since he first began training in 1963, just after emigrating from England.
Sifu Gary Martin
Sifu Gary Martin is one of the most recognised and well-respected kung fu masters in Australia, having taught the Chinese internal martial arts — with a strong focus on street self-defence — since 1979.
Diet & Nutrition
Simple, easy to follow nutrition tips to help keep you on track & motivated
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National
All Styles: The Number 1 Tournament Circuit
in Australia.
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the latest news, reports, results, ratings
and photographs from every NAS tournament
in Australia.
World
All Styles Organisation: WASO 2006
World Championship
From Karate to Kung Fu, Taekwondo
to Kickboxing, this is a Martial Arts tournament
extravaganza like no other and it’s
coming to Surfers Paradise on 19th, 20th & 21st
May 2006. Visit www.worldallstyles.com for
more information.
Instructors Fighting Techniques
Blitz Collector's Edition of Instructors Fighting Techniques is a tribute to some of the best of the best Martial Arts Instructors that Australasia has to offer.
Following on from the success of previous issues, Fighting Fat makes its much anticipated return to have you looking fit and lean, just in time for summer. Focusses on all aspects of fitness: diet, nutrition, training (aerobic, anaerobic, weight) and lifestyle.
Joint Winner is Amy Ashurst
Joint monthly winner Amy Ashurst tells how altering more than just her workout lead her into a healthy weight range. Read more »
Joint Winner is Romany White
Joint monthly winner Romany White proves hard work really does pay off!
Read more »
January's Monthly Winner is Helen Jaman
Helen Jaman combined a family holiday with fitness and healthy eating to achieve amazing results. Read more »
This Months Winner was Paul Omann
Motivated by the 12-week BodyBlitz Challenge and with the resolve to resist temptation, Paul managed some incredible results. Read more »
Get Real
Fight Like A Girl
Mick Nicholls:Freestyle Combat Karate
The Survival Code
Sifu Gary Martin
World
All Styles Organisation: WASO 2006
World Championship
Joint Winner is Amy Ashurst
Joint Winner is Romany White
January's Monthly Winner is Helen Jaman
This Months Winner was Paul Omann
