2007

S1.E1 ∙ Muay Thai

Thu, Jul 19, 2007

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to Bangkok, Thailand, home to one of the world's most distinctive and devastating martial arts, Muay Thai. After witnessing beatdowns and knockouts at legendary Lumpinee Stadium, they'll travel across the country.

8.3 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Karate

Thu, Aug 02, 2007

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to the island of Okinawa, Japan, the birthplace of one of the most deadly hand-to-hand combat arts in the world, Karate.

8.4 /10

S1.E3 ∙ Eskrima

Thu, Jul 26, 2007

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to the island nation of the Philippines, where the indigenous fighting style, Eskrima, was formed. From ancient forts in Cebu City to a modern military base in Manila, our hosts will learn the stick and knife technique.

8.7 /10

S1.E4 ∙ Savate

Thu, Aug 09, 2007

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff are in France, to study the combat art of Savate. Literally translated to mean "old boot," Savate developed through necessity.

8.2 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Judo

Thu, Aug 16, 2007

Our hosts, Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, are in Japan to explore the techniques and history of Japan's national art of hand-to-hand combat: Judo--the science of the Samurai, derived from the bloody battlefields of feudal Japan and jujutsu fighting styles.

8.7 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Pankration

Thu, Aug 23, 2007

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff plunge into the cradle of civilization, Athens, Greece, to explore what some thing is the world's original mixed martial art. Literally translated as "all powers," Pankration is the ancient Greek art of hand-to-hand combat.

7.4 /10

S1.E7 ∙ Krav Maga

Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to Israel to study one of the deadliest and most effective hand-to-hand combat systems in the world. Specifically designed for the Israeli Defense Forces in the 1940s, Krav Maga is dirty, anything-goes fighting style.

8.7 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Marine Martial Arts

Thu, Sep 20, 2007

Hosts Bill Duff and Jason Chambers travel to Quantico, Virginia to get a painful lesson in the combat style that has helped spawn the Marines' widely feared reputation.

8.6 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Mixed Martial Arts

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the fastest growing sport in the United States. Though many think of it as a recent phenomenon, the moves used by today's great MMA fighters date back hundreds, and sometimes thousands of years, and come from every corner of the globe.

7.7 /10

S1.E10 ∙ Kung Fu

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to China, home to one of the oldest and most famous martial arts of all; Kung Fu.

8 /10

S1.E11 ∙ Sambo

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to Moscow, Russia, the origin of one of the most versatile and deadly martial arts on the planet.

8.9 /10

S1.E12 ∙ Pradal Serey

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Bred in dark jungles of Southeast Asia, Pradal Serey is a devastating striking art of bone shattering kicks and punches. This ancient fighting art of the mysterious Angkor Empire, some argue that it's the forefather of modern Muay Thai. It's little known outside Cambodia's borders. From gritty urban fighting pits to the sweltering jungles of the north, hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, journey into the heart of Pradal Serey to perfect the vicious strikes of this brutal martial art. Along the way they'll race water buffalo against natives in a 1000 year old village festival and learn the ancient killing techniques of Khmer warriors. Their journey culminates when they enter the ring to battle it out against a 4 time Pradal Serey champion.

7.3 /10

S1.E13 ∙ Silat

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Few martial arts match the exoticism of their country like Silat. Beautiful, yet deadly, Silat was born in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

8.5 /10

S1.E14 ∙ Battle Ground: Holy Ground

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

0 /10

S1.E15 ∙ Ninjutsu

Thu, Dec 13, 2007

Jason Chambers and Bill Duff venture back to the Land of the Rising Sun to study one of the most mysterious, subversive, and deadly martial arts in the world - Ninjutsu.

8.7 /10

S1.E16 ∙ Taekwondo

Wed, Dec 26, 2007

Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to South Korea, birthplace of one of the most acrobatic and physically punishing fighting styles in the world, Taekwondo.

7.4 /10