Season 1

episodes

1. 1. Muay Thai: Ultimate Striking 2007-07-20 60 min Muay Thai-or Thai Boxing-was born on the battlefields of the 15th century, during the legendary clashes between Thai (or Siamese) armies and their bitter rivals, the Burmese. Trained in the weapons-ba...
2. 2. Eskrima Stickfighting 2007-07-27 60 min Eskrima (or Escrima), a fighting style indigenous to the Philippines, is believed to have evolved from Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian martial arts forms brought to the islands by South China Sea tr...
3. 3. Karate 2007-08-03 60 min Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to Okinawa, Japan, the home of one of the most famous and deadly martial arts, Karate. Their journey takes them to a 600 year-old castle where they spend time...
4. 4. Savate Streetfighting 2007-08-10 60 min Jason and Bill travel to France to learn the ancient art of Savate, the official hand-to-hand combat technique of the French police. After exploring a castle from the 14th century, and causing an upro...
5. 5. Judo: Samurai Legacy 2007-08-17 60 min Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff again travel to Japan to learn and fight in the modern Japanese combat sport.
6. 6. Pankration: The Original Martial Art 2007-08-24 60 min Jason and Bill journey to Athens, Greece to study what might be the world's first ever true martial art. This martial art was made famous by the Spartans and was first formed nearly 4000 years ago. It...
7. 7. Krav Maga of the Israeli Commandos 2007-08-31 60 min Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to Israel to study one of the deadliest and most effective Martial Arts in the world, Krav Maga. Krav Maga was designed in the 1940s by Imi Lichtenfeld specif...
8. 8. Marine Corps Martial Arts 2007-09-21 60 min Hosts Bill Duff and Jason Chambers travel to Quantico, Virginia to get a painful lesson in the martial art that has helped create the Marines' widely feared reputation, the Marine Corps Martial Arts P...
9. 9. MMA: America's Extreme Fighting 2007-09-28 60 min 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 sometim...
10. 10. Kung Fu 2007-10-19 60 min Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to China, home to one of the oldest and most famous martial arts of all; Kung Fu. From Beijing to the Great Wall, our hosts will travel this vast country lea...
11. 11. Sambo: Russia's Extreme Fighting 2007-11-09 60 min 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. Created at the instigation of Vladimir Lenin during the Bol...
12. 12. Cambodian Bloodsport 2007-11-16 60 min 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...
13. 13. Silat: Martial Art of Malaysia 2007-11-23 60 min Few martial arts match the exoticism of their country like Silat. Beautiful, yet deadly, Silat was born in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Practiced in secrecy for centuries, and with its strong ties t...
14. 14. Ninjutsu 2007-12-14 60 min 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. From the electric streets of To...
15. 15. Taekwondo 2007-12-27 60 min 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. Our hosts travel to ancient fortresses, br...