Telescopic Baton on TV: Lucy Liu in Elementary S02E01

I'm starting another project. Making animated GIF's of the Telescopic Baton in TV and Movies, much like one of my other projects, namely, making animated GIF's of the Balisong in Movies and TV. Leading off this series is Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in the CBS TV series, Elementary. Elementary is an updated telling of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, bringing him into modern times and setting him in New York City. Partnered with a female Dr....

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Some of Fedor's fights (9 Full fights)

“Years ago we hardly had anything to eat. Now I earn more money and I see every opponent as a man that tries to put me back to that poorer period. That man has to be eliminated.”  ~Fedor Emelianenko Saturday, 9/28/13, was Fedor's 37th birthday which I posted about here: Happy 37th Birthday Fedor!   Today, in celebration, here are 9 of his fights in full. Enjoy! Fedor vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira I (Mar 16, 2003) Fedor...

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Vunak's Top 50 Combat Secrets Ch. 32

Chapter 32 – A Successful School When we say a successful school, we must first define the criteria for success ? Some people’s definition of success is purely motivated by finances, other people’s definition of success is having a school of kick ass fighters that does well on the sport circuit. Be it jiu-jitsu, mma, boxing, kickboxing, etc… (This type of success tends to satiate one’s ego in lieu of one’s wallet). My definition of success...

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Happy 37th Birthday Fedor!

Today is Fedor Emelianenko's 37th birthday! Fedor's accolades are many including one of the greatest MMA heavyweights of all time as well as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time! Enjoy these video clips! Highlight clip Celebrities discusses Fedor Training compilation Happy 37th Birthday Fedor!! Which is your favorite Fedor fight? For more information on Fedor, please check out the following links: Official...

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Vunak's Top 50 Combat Secrets Ch. 31

Chapter 31 – The first minute of the fight part 2 Guys… this particular chapter obviously hit a cord. As we were flooded with emails and questions, which included but were not limited to several “Yeah Buts”. Please forgive the fact that I am going to be bouncing around a little bit as the impetus of part two was based on several questions, that I will try to answer. What is the best weapon to hit somebody with, should I go to the eyes or the...

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IN MEMORY OF: Mangisursuro Mike Inay (Dec 11, 1944 - Sep 27, 2000)

Source photo: http://www.martialartsresource.com 13 years ago today Mangisursuro Inay passed away. He was one of Manong Angel Cabales students as well as Manong Max Sarmiento's. I've never had the honor of training with him. One of his students, Ray Terry, used to run the Eskrima-Digest, an emailing list discussing the Filipino Martial Arts. It was a staple of the FMA scene in the 1990's into early 2000's. With the advent of WWW forums...

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UFC 44: Randy Couture X Tito Ortiz - 2nd set of GIF's

Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the historic matchup between 2 popular UFC champions. I made animated GIF's from Rounds 1-2. If you missed that entry, please check out: 10 yrs ago at UFC 44: Randy Couture X Tito Ortiz Today I have animated GIFs from Rounds 3-5 for your stroll down memory lane. Hard to believe it was 10 years ago and 121 UFC's ago! Enjoy! Round 3 - An opening flurry with a rare kick from Randy! Tito was...

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10 yrs ago at UFC 44: Randy Couture X Tito Ortiz

I made these animated GIF's for the 10th anniversary of the historic fight between Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz. By winning, Randy unified the Light Heavyweight Championship! Check out the GIF's and relive the thrilling memories of this memorable fight! Round 1 Takedown - Real-time and Slomo (throughout the fight Randy was on top with his GnP game) Round 2 - after this takedown, it was all Randy on top GnP   2...

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Lameco Eskrima - Enganyo (Entries)

In Lameco Eskrima the advanced methods are taught through Enganyo or entries: The centerline in any martial art needs to be defended with any blade work  Line of engagement is very important. On all of these the blade never retracts. Think of your blade it like a jet plane, it never stops it just drops or goes up in or out to the target Enganyo #1 Mataas sa Baba Go high-go low: Enganyo #2 Mababa sa itaas Low to high Enganyo...

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Happy 56th Birthday PG Edgar Sulite!

Today would've been PG Edgar Sulite's 56th birthday. Although he left us too early, he will always be remembered! Check out the Filipino Martial Arts magazine, FMA Informative for 2 PG Sulite/Lameco related issues: FMA Informative - Special Issue - Lameco All-Stars FMA Informative Issue #68 Happy 56th Birthday PG Sulite! For further info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Sulite http://www.lamecoeskrima.com/ In case you missed...

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Vunak's Top 50 Combat Secrets Ch. 30

Chapter 30 – The First Minute of the Fight Encounters can be broken down several different ways. In this case we are going to be emphasizing how a fight actually starts and what to do in the very first minute. In order to facilitate this we are going to divide a street fight into two areas. One is a mugging type energy, in this sort of fight you go from 0-100 in a nano-second. In this sort of fight one is walking down the street...

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Vunak's Top 50 Combat Secrets Ch. 29

Chapter 29 : The Great Eight When people ask me over the years why Dan Inosanto’s students move differently from other Jeet Kune Do factions ? The empirical answer is they are better athletes. Long answer, gets into why… In martial arts as with any other sport there are specific techniques of the game that enable us to differentiate between football, basketball, mma, stick fighting etc… When these techniques are given to a cross section...

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REVIEW: Greg Jahiel - "When Buddhists Attack" by Jeffrey K. Mann

Photo Credit:  Tuttle Publishing I recently finished "When Buddhists Attack: The Curious Relationship Between Zen and the Martial Arts" by Jeffrey K. Mann, and highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring the relationship between Zen and the martial arts (in particular Zen and the Samurai). There are many things I liked about the book, but foremost among them are the facts that the author is an academic, whose field is religious...

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REVIEW: Belisarius - "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler

Perhaps ironically, one of the books that I have most enjoyed recently is simply called "How To Read A Book" by a man named Mortimer Adler. Perhaps this book is a useful one to consider, too. As it can be a hard book to find (it was written during the '40s or '50s), I'll try to give the Cliff Notes version: Adler gives several levels for reading a book: Pre-Reading: a fast review to decide if a book deserves more careful reading. Read...

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Bruce Lee - The Art of Learning

Source pic:  Biography.com Today's entry will conclude my short series on The Art of Learning. It's Bruce Lee's "The Three Stages of Cultivation." "The Three Stages of Cultivation — The first is the primitive stage. It is a stage of original ignorance in which a person knows nothing about the art of combat. In a fight, he simply blocks and strikes instinctively without a concern for what is right and wrong. Of course, he may not be so-called...

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James DeMile - Three Stages of Learning Technique

Photo Credit:  James DeMile Bruce lee was a conceptual martial artist and believed in accelerated learning. THREE STAGES OF LEARNING TECHNIQUE In order to be a conceptual martial artist where you have the ability to understand the proper way to do technique and break it down to know how to train, you have the learning how to learn concept. Learning how to learn concept means when you are presented a technique, you break it down...

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James DeMile - Bruce Lee’s Five Stages for Accelerated Learning

Photo credit:  James DeMile Bruce Lee’s Five Stages for Accelerated Learning One – Bruce Lee had an extraordinary ability to simplify the complicated. He felt much time was wasted in training techniques that could be learned a in a much shorter period . He determined that if you separated, speed, power and technique as individual arts you could learn one and then add it to the other. Brilliant. By developing speed as a natural...

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BOXING: Some more Ken Norton Sr fights

Photo credit:  Boxrec.com In Ken Norton's passing, I'm posting some of his memorable fights. Ken Norton vs George Foreman March 26, 1974 Ken Norton vs Larry Holmes June 9, 1978 Ken Norton vs Earnie Shavers March 23, 1979 Hope you enjoy this look back on some of Ken Norton's memorable fights. RIP Champ...

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