Matthew Sylvester
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Valkyrie Quebec five-niner – Mayday
“Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is Valkyrie Quebec five-niner, fifth brigade, Devil’s Own. Total engine loss, we’re going down. Mayday, mayday, mayday.” lieutenant Neeson Mail desperately tried to coax the engines back to life. “Engines’re fugged to hell and back. Shrapnel’s destroyed them!” Flight-sergeant Welch, Mail’s co-pilot was just as desperately trying to keep their ship … Continue reading
How adrenalin taught me that low kicks are essential to TKD
Everyone has a certain amount of fear in their lives. Not the sort of fear that has you crying or throwing up as a result, but the kind of fear that presents itself as a spurt of adrenaline, or even the reluctance to do something because of fear of failure. When I was writing my … Continue reading
Superstars – Gordon Liu
Gordon Liu was born November 30, 1955 Guangdong Province, China and is the adopted brother of famed Shaw Brothers director and actor Lau Kar-leung. Gordon learnt the Hung Gar style of kung fu at the Liu family school. The Liu clan traces its pedigree in Hong Gar style Kung Fu all the way back to … Continue reading
Tony Blauer – It’s not who’s right, it’s who’s left
Combat magazine has a well-deserved reputation for speaking to market-leaders and finding out they have not only devised the system they teach, but also why they devised the systems. Tony Blauer is one such market-leader and is the founder of the world-famous SPEAR™ system, as well as the inventor of the High Gear™ suit. Both … Continue reading
Superstars – Yuen Biao – Acrobatic Genius!
Quite simply, Yuen Biao is a god-like genius. His fight scenes are astounding and use his considerable acrobatic skill to amaze the viewer. He was born Hsia Ling-Jun in Hong Kong, and was the fifth child of eight. He studied at the Peking Opera School alongside such other greats as Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, … Continue reading
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