To all Kombat community members and site visitors: we’ve moved the blog! In order to streamline things and give you guys the best online Kombat Arts experience possible, you can now find us attached to the main site at:
From here on out that’s the only blog we’ll be using, so please remember to update your bookmarks. We’re still in the process of updating the site, so thanks for your patience regarding any glitches.
See you there!
A heartfelt message from Kru Joey:
On Saturday evening, myself and a few of the senior students, athletes and instructors received the terrible news that Kearn Nedd was fatally shot. We still don’t have all of the details about the situation and frankly we do not wish to speculate or initiate any rumors, as this is a sensitive topic for a lot of people, and we should all remain respectful of Kearn’s family and closest friends.
It was both fun and quite interesting training Kearn at the Kombat Arts. His antics will be remembered by all his trainers, fellow athletes and members. His loss will be felt by the martial arts community, and more significantly by the community. It is disheartening to hear that his life is cut short by circumstances beyond any of our control.
Just under two weeks left until UFC 129 in Toronto. Here’s your link dump for the week ending Sun. April 17, 2011.
Thanks to Kombat’s Twitterstream for swapping resources. Follow us @KombatArts!
The Kombat Classic 2011 BJJ tournament will be held in Brampton at Turner Fenton Secondary School, on May 28 weekend.
For information on registration, cost, divisions, deadlines and more, visit the Kombat Classic 2011 event page and stay tuned for any updates.
Congrats to Daniel Sanchez on his win in Changmai, Thailand. You can see in the video Kru Eddie and Joel Hollands in his corner. Not much to say, besides watch the video…
Certificates for the latest Muay Thai tests are available at the front desk. Congrats everyone!
Thanks to Daniel Benoit for these photos from Kru Mehdi Pouroskoui’s visit a couple of weeks ago. It’s always an honour to have Kru Mehdi over at Kombat Arts.
There was some exciting action at last night’s Strikeforce, as well as some interesting cross-promotional moments with the UFC (Dana and Lorenzo were in the crowd, and Gilbert Melendez wasted no time calling for a title unification bout). Here are the main card results:
Shinya Aoki def. Lyle Beerbohm via submission (neck crank), round one
Gegard Mousasi draws Keith Jardine (majority draw), point deducted off Mousasi in first round for illegal upkick
Gilbert Melendez def. Tatsuya Kawajiri via TKO (elbows), round one, retains Strikeforce lightweight championship
Nick Diaz def. Paul Daley via TKO (punches), round one, retains Strikeforce welterweight championship
It’s finally time – Guro Dan Inosanto will be at Kombat Arts tomorrow and Sunday for a two-day seminar! Please remember that all weekend classes except for Konditioning on Saturday are cancelled as a result.
Although the seminar starts promptly at 9:30 a.m. please show up at least half an hour early to fill out forms and do a proper warm up. As a reminder, no video or audio recording will be allowed. Kali sticks, training blades and other equipment will be available for sale.
For this last Countdown installment, I thought it would be fun to take a look at Guro Dan’s appearances in popular culture. Guro Dan never dove into Hollywood with the same earnest as his friend Bruce Lee had, which makes it even more of a pleasant surprise whenever he does pop up on screen or in a film’s credits. Here’s the best of Guro Dan at the movies.
(**Warning: Some of these clips are rated R for language and violence)
