Youtube Video of the Month

There's a link on youtube to a site that laboriously tracks the history and development of martial arts as categorized by region of China. This is an interesting way of looking at martial arts. It's very exhaustive and a bit mind-numbing, but if your brain is wired for anthropology you may like it.

US Open San Da Championships Coming in October

Click the picture to see the full-size version.

Links: King of Sanda, USKBA

7/14: East Coast Combat Challenge: "NEXT"

Saturday July 14, 2007
(Amateur Sanda, Muay Thai and Full contact Kickboxing)
At "Fighthouse" in NYC (27th Street)

Ed Hsu will present his second "East Coast Combat Challenge" once again in New York City on Saturday July 14th.

This is an all amateur card and USKBA rules require head gear and shin guards in all divisions.

If you have anyone interested, please send their info to INFO@nysanda.com

1. Full Name (and ring nickname, if one is used)
2. Weight
3. Height
4. Age
5. Muay Thai, Sanda or American rules

6. Experience:
No. of years training & ring experience
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please include ALL ring experience, including all boxing, kickboxing, and MMA matches.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Also include any unsanctioned bouts such as interclubs or smokers!

7. Coach & Gym (name, address, & phone number)

Bruce Lee Gallery

Going through the MartialArtsNY.com archives, I found this post from several years ago about a Bruce Lee gallery... this will be heaven for Bruce Lee fans. This gallery has lots of pictures of Bruce on movie sets, candid pictures, as well as fighting pictures. Enjoy!

Kayo Promotion's Presents: Plattduetsche Park Restaurant

Amateur Kickboxing, Muay Thai Fight Nite
Sanctioned by I.K.A.S.

Date: June 22nd - Friday
Time: 7pm
Location: Plattduetsche Park Restaurant
1132 Hempstead Turnpike
Franklin Square, NY 11010
Phone: 516-742-5445
Call for advanced seating!

Check out our website at corleonekickboxing.com

Did you see it?

I didn't buy the pay-per-view, and good thing, too! Knocked out in the first round. Wow. I'm not a huge UFC fan, but I did see a lot of the publicity leading up to the fight, and I thought it would be Jackson all the way. Of course that's coming from someone who hasn't seen any of Liddell's fights except on youtube.

Here's the extremely brief official play-by-play from sherdog:

Round 1
Jackson cuts off the cage as Liddell circles. Rampage opens up with a one-two. Liddell calmly steps away. Quinton Jackson knocks out Chuck Liddell with a hard right hand and some pound for good measure. Liddell complains but he was clearly out. The official time is 1:53 of the first.

University of Bridgeport Offers Martial Arts B.A.

Since the university launched the major in 2005, interest has steadily increased, and department leaders say that trend likely will continue.

Faculty members, however, are quick to counter perceptions that they're handing out college degrees for barroom fighting or bully beating. Although physical training is a big part of the program, students also must absorb a liberal-arts curriculum that includes the psychology of martial arts and the history of fighting skills developed in China, Korea and Japan.

"We're trying to raise the level of consciousness about what the martial arts really represent," said Mark K. Setton, a professor of world religions who is chairman of the martial-arts studies program.

In South Korea, more than a dozen colleges offer martial-arts degrees, but Connecticut's Board of Governors for Higher Education called the University of Bridgeport's program the only one of its kind in the Western world.

Read the full story in the Hartford Courant--->

University of Bridgeport Martial Arts Studies Program
Shanghai Institute of Physical Education English-language information page