By Sean Chaffin and Tim Schermbeck Alfred Einstein once said he often got his best ideas while shaving. Whether a Nobel Prize winner or just a regular Joe, using an old-fashioned straight razor offers some extra time to ponder the world or even an excellent idea of your own. New
Our focus is to bring you a variety of fighters and disciplines so you can improve your skillset! If you’ve enjoyed learning about getting out of headlocks, avoiding beatdowns and street defense with Bellator champ and Skillset writer Sullivan Cauley, you’ll love the stuff from our new contributor Shondo Blades!
In September of 1984, Miami Vice hit pop culture like the Yucatan Meteor. It was an instant, explosive hit, for a whole bunch of reasons. Probably first among them was the Executive Producer, the incomparable Michael Mann. Everything about the series, from top to bottom bears his imprint: he exercised
Since long before the UFC’s creation, arguments raged about which fighting styles or martial arts were superior. Boxing was the most popular combat sport in most places, but the mystique of traditional martial arts like karate, kung fu and taekwondo left many to wonder what would really happen if a
The cadre of professional wrestling has changed dramatically since its early days, and it was the ’90s wrestlers who helped to get it where it is. Today’s “superstars” are high-flying, bloodletting, hard-hitting warriors who forever changed the way we see sports entertainment. Don’t get the wrong idea, however. It’s not
Among the world’s soldiers for hire, two groups stand out for their history of courage and loyalty: The French Foreign Legion and the Gurkhas. In fact, because they have served one country loyally for so many years, the French Foreign Legion and the Gurkhas are exempt under U.N. protocols regarding
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Welcome to part seven of our self-defense series with pro MMA fighter Sullivan Cauley. So far Sully’s shown us how to use the bear hug in a fight, a push kick to create distance, the long guard to defend against a punch and how to escape from a full mount. Episode five was
