Sombo Master Mark Densberg Charged with Rape

This is unfortunate story. It just goes to show that being a martial artist, even a well-known or world champion martial artist, is no guarantee that someone is a good person. Densberg is also charged with posession of child pornography.

http://www.standard-journal.com/articles/2004/05/18/news_full/news2.txt
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=1872830&nav=5juwNBAi

Possible Candidate for Chechen Presidency is Sambo and Judo Expert

Chechnya's president was assasinated recently at a sporting event. One of the men being touted as a possible replacement, Aslambek Aslakhanov, "used to devote himself to sambo." (link) You can learn sambo in Manhattan at New York Combat Sambo and you can learn both sambo and Systema, the fighting system of Russian Special Forces, at the Fighthouse.

Interview with Master Hun

Master Hun teaches chanbara, a form of swordfighting that uses foam-padded sticks so practitioners can whack each other without remorse - or wearing heavy armor. He also practices aikido and loves hot chili peppers. You may remember him from such TV segments as NY1's "NY1 Living" and CNN's "Making the MOOSt Of It." Martial Arts NY present our interview with Master Hun.

Physical Therapist Ming Chew Fixes Jason Kidd's Knee

Ming Chew, Columbia University and NYU grad, former bodybuilder and jujitsu practitioner, has been getting some press lately for using a syncretic method of healing that the Newark Star-Ledger likens to Bruce Lee's method.

Just as Lee borrowed from many different disciplines to arrive at what he felt was the best form of martial arts, Chew has taken from many different theories of physical rehabilitation -- both Western and non-Western -- and blended them into the form he now practices on patients. "I simply used what worked and discarded what didn't work," Chew said. "And what's left is what I have."

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Newark Star Ledger
New York Daily News