THIS DATE IN HISTORY: February 25, 1964

http://link.history.com/services/link/bcpid1184539009/bclid1201016459/bctid1201080191 Clay knocks out Liston On February 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout. The dreaded Liston, who had twice demolished former champ Floyd Patterson in one round, was an 8-to-1 favorite. However, Clay predicted victory, boasting that he would...

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VIDCLIP: Practical uses of Nunchuku ;-)

Well not youtube, but I labelled this post as such. Sincerest thanks to Spladdle member Ausgepicht for posting this! Related video - check out http://stickgrappler.blogspot.com/2008/11/bruce-lee-playing-table-tennis-with.html for a video of Bruce Lee (impersonator) playing table tennis with a pair of nunchuku. Enj...

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Muhammad Ali -- My daughter's school project

My oldest daughter's guidance project due today. The theme is Black History month. Her group was assigned Muhammad Ali. Great fun working with her on her project!Came across some sites:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Alihttp://www.ali.com/http://www.alicenter.org/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/ali01.htmlhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/muhammad_ali.htmlTruly The Greate...

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EBOOKS: Edwin Haislet's BOXING

DL the free pdf here:Kirk Lawson's Lulu storefrontEdwin Haislet's BOXING is one of the best all-around instructional books out there on boxing. Haislet's section on Ring Generalship is pure mint! If you didn't know already, Bruce Lee's notes on boxing was taken primarily from Haislet's book. But I think you knew that already. With this pdf (which is an OCR), it will allow me to proceed with the project I had in mind some time ago, the Deconstruction...

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EZINES: Stickfighter Magazine

Check out http://www.stickfightermagazine.com. Stickfighter Magazine is back. According to the publisher, the best way to view the magazine is through the DNL option. It may make some readers hesitant, as you have to dl a DNL viewer which is a *.exe file. One worries about viruses. Also, the publisher has included the more common pdf format, however, it supposedly is not as fully featured as the DNL version.The Magazine's mission:Images borrowed...

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Back from Canada / Granny's funeral services

Back from Canada and Granny's funeral services. Landed Saturday 6AM... got home about 8AM. The usual wait time was passing through Customs and waiting for our luggage. Hard to sleep on airplane due to cramped seats... even worst was an infant crying all throughout the flight and the mother not helping any by yelling at her baby. Home Sweet Home! After getting the kids changed into their PJ's, tucked them in. I hit the sack shortly. Slept like from 8:30AM to 1PM. Wife woke me up, to go pick up some homework that our oldest would have gotten if she...

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EZINES: Martial Arts Monthly

(image borrowed from Martial Arts Monthly)This new ezine just released their first issue. Free pdf DL.Cut and pasted from their front page:WelcomeThe goal of Martial Arts Monthly is to promote the evolution of Martial Arts while preserving the traditional aspects and teachings from all styles and systems. We are currently gathering contributions for our first publication to be released in January, don't wait though, sign up now by using the "subscribe"...

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:-( With every passing second, every passing minute, ...

With every passing second, every passing minute, every passing hour, every passing day, every passing week, every passing month, every passing year, we are that much closer to Death. We all age. As I get older, my children get older. As I get older, my elders get older. The one sure constant in Life is Death.My paternal grandmother passed away this morning 1AM. She was 92. Life did not cheat her. My grandfather passed away when my father was about 10 or so. She went on to raise my father and my 3 uncles and also my 2 aunts by herself. As you can...

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UFC Fight Night 17 - Lauzon vs Stephens fight card

I’ve heard of only a few of the fighters, but don’t really know them. So no predictions from me LOLDate Time: Feb-7-2009 9:00 PM ET/PT Event Type: UFC Fight Night Location: Sun Dome, Florida Description: The Ultimate Fighting Championship® travels to Tampa for the first time for UFC® Fight Night™ at the Sun Dome on February 7th. In the main event, rising lightweight star Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon will look to propel himself into title contention when...

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EZINES: Combat

Combat magazine's ezine is like Fighters, Tae Kwon Do & Korean Martial Arts, and Traditional Karate's ezines. It digitizes some of their articles and puts it up on this site:http://www.combatmag.co.uk/It regularly has articles on JKD, FMA, Systema, etc. You need to register on the site and can dl as a free pdf. Just know that it's not the full print magazine. If you want the full magazine, buy it.Enj...

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EZINES: Traditional Karate

Traditional Karate magazine's ezine is like Fighters and Tae Kwon Do & Korean Martial Arts ezines. It's not in the strictest definition of "ezine", but it digitizes some of their articles and puts it up on this site:www.karatemag.co.ukYou need to register on the site and can dl as a free pdf. Just know that it's not the full print magazine. If you want the full magazine, buy it.Enj...

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EZINES: Tae Kwon Do and Korean Martial Arts

Like Fighters, Tae Kwon Do, is not in the strictest definition of "ezine", but the print magazine, Tae Kwon Do, digitizes some of their articles and puts it up on this site:www.taekwondomag.co.ukYou need to register on the site. You can dl as a free pdf, but again, it's not the full print magazine. If you want the full magazine, buy it.Enj...

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EZINES: Fighters

Not in the strictest definition of "ezine", but the print magazine, Fighters, digitizes some of their articles and puts it up on this site:www.fightersmag.co.ukYou need to register on the site. You can dl as a free pdf, but again, it's not the full print magazine. If you want the full magazine, buy it.Enj...

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Ground Hog saw its shadow / Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Yesterday, it was Ground Hog's Day and it saw its shadow... 6 more weeks of winter :-( As if on cue, it snowed today ...

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EZINES: World of Martial Arts (published by Oak eBooks)

Oak eBooks publishes 3 ezines, one of which is: World of Martial Arts.There are 5 issues so far, with the recent issue published this month. As with most ezines, it's a free pdf download. Mainly about the Western Martial Arts, Medieval Martial Arts and Stav.Enj...

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EZINES: Wing Chun Magazine (formerly Wing Chun Teahouse)

From the Wing Chun Magazine (formerly Wing Chun Teahouse) website:Wing Chun Magazine is dedicated to Wing Chun in all its forms, spellings, lineages, traditions, innovations and modifications. This includes Wing Tsun, WingTsun, Ving Tsun, Jeet Kune Do, JKD, Weng Chun, Yong Chun, Bruce Lee's Jun Fan Gung Fu, Hung Fa Yi, Shaolin Wing Chun, Vinh Xuan and many more. We're proud to be the publication that promotes and unites our martial arts family as...

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EZINES: Meibukan Magazine

Check out the following link for the Ezine, Meibukan Magazine:http://www.meibukanmagazine.org/Free pdf downloads...10 regular issues (last published issue was from July 2008) and 1 special issue (European Medieval and Renaissance Martial Arts) so far. The magazine is mainly to spread the knowledge and spirit of the martial arts. It also draws attention to the historical, spiritual and technical backgrounds of the martial arts. The starting point are the teachings of Okinawan karate-do, however, there are articles on systema, police, and article...

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ARTICLES: The Peek-A-Boo Tactic in Modern Martial Arts by Todd I. Stark

My thanks to RPP for the heads-up on this article! It seems to bring in all instances of Peek-A-Boo from boxing, MMA, and modern MA. Looks to be the start of a longer article. Or at least, I hope the author/blogger follows up on it.The Peek-A-Boo Tactic in Modern Martial Arts by Todd I. StarkEnj...

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