Combat sports and self-defence

Held on June 22, 1938, in Yankee Stadium, the second Louis-Schmeling fight sparked excitement around the globe.

Through popular movies starring Bruce Lee and songs like the disco hit "e;Kung Fu Fighting,"e; martial arts have found a central place in the Western cultural imagination.

Through popular movies starring Bruce Lee and songs like the disco hit "e;Kung Fu Fighting,"e; martial arts have found a central place in the Western cultural imagination.

Risk, Failure, Play illuminates the many ways in which competitive martial arts differentiate themselves from violence.

Risk, Failure, Play illuminates the many ways in which competitive martial arts differentiate themselves from violence.

Held on June 22, 1938, in Yankee Stadium, the second Louis-Schmeling fight sparked excitement around the globe.

Bernard Dunne boxed for the first time at the age of 6.

Norman Mailer's The Fight focuses on the 1974 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire.

A decade ago, the question was ';could martial arts ever be studied academically?

This book neither argues for or against the continuation of boxing, but lays out the literature and the body of scientific knowledge that are necessary to provide a meaningful background for the ensuing debate.

Roy Shaw is the ultimate hardman, he has a cult status and commands a respect that few, even in the violent world he moves in, can equal.

The result of extensive research, including an analysis of over 140 active shooter/killer incidents, Krav Maga Extreme Survival provides an apolitical view of personal safety--concentrating on practical methods to survive violent situations.

Swift, brutal and utterly final: with knockouts, there are no grey areas; a KO is a KO.

No one gave James "e;Buster"e; Douglas much of a chance when he faced "e;Iron"e; Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990, in the Tokyo Dome.

Fightclub: Exklusive Einblicke in eine geheime WeltDer Hinterhof einer Lagerhalle, aufgetürmte Autoreifen, improvisierter Boxring: Inmitten eines ausgewählten Publikums werden Kämpfer aufeinander losgelassen, die sich vermöbeln sollen, bis einer nicht mehr stehen kann.

The story of my life would be a bloody sight shorter if the man who tried to murder me outside the Broadway Theatre in Barking on a winter's evening in 1989 had succeeded.