Silat medallist DJ provides an introduction on what Silat is, competition experiences and why he thinks Ca-Carrot is better than Vegeetable

Georgie is a keen martial artist training Krav Maga. Many choose martial arts as their option of sport with the added benefit “oh its also good for self-defence”. City civilian Krav Maga practitioners focus on self-defence as their primary priority

Sam competed in a wrestling match, in a boxing ring & in a MMA cage - whilst registered blind (restricted vision). Sounds romantic like a classic blind samurai movie but in practice his coaches screamed directions from his corner like calling out moves to a Pokemon. Immensely challenging. Well done Sam!

We have a casual comfy chat with Zijian, a student in London Film School on exploring martial arts as an aspect in modern film making

Go Beastmode! Why beasts? Open up a children’s picturebook & animals take up the most space & capture the most interest. Have we ever grown up from that love for animals? What is animal symbology? Is there any relevance to human combat?

Buddha Buffs will have to forgive us in trying to condense several millennia of Buddhist philosophy into an hour….but hear us out…we do believe in Neo being the One through his many achievements

From Badboy-biker to Bjj-lovin, Rajan shares his love for martial arts & its values inline with meditation

Isshin Ryu 3rd Dan blackbelter shares his carefree (ie not organised, not focused) spontaneous journey in Karate

AOT & DBZ loving nerd competes at National level and shares journey including learning blocks (and kicking through them!)

K1 Kickboxing doesn’t have the traditional Asian belt-grading system but the European Championship belt fits equally well to keep trousers from falling down