Name: Power & Martial Arts Season 1
Genre: Reality, Sport
Released: 2019

S01 Episode 1

52 Blocks - Tear Coleman

Tear is from New York City and is a 52 hand blocks master, a defensive fighting style developed by African Americans in prisons; instead of striking, you just defend yourself and block your opponent.

11 mins · Mon, 17 Jun 2019

S01 Episode 2

Glima - Bjørn Braathen

An in-depth look at Bjørn Braathen, a champion of Glima wrestling, the renowned martial art of the Norwegian Viking.

11 mins · Mon, 17 Jun 2019

S01 Episode 3

Shaolin Kung Fu - Kirby Koo

Kirby Koo is a Shaolin Kung Fu martial artist and yoga teacher who lives in New York City and trains with Shi Yan Ming, a 34th-generation Shaolin warrior monk.

10 mins · Mon, 24 Jun 2019

S01 Episode 4

Kapap - Amit Himelstein

IKF head instructor Amit Himelstein teaches Kapap, which is a close-quarter battle system of defensive tactics, hand-to-hand combat and self-defence; Himelstein is the embodiment of Krav Maga, and his motto is respect everyone but fear no one.

10 mins · Mon, 24 Jun 2019

S01 Episode 5

Kickboxing - Denise Kielholtz

Denise Kielholtz is a six-time world champion kickboxer; her goal is to become the world's first female MMA world champion, and she will do anything to achieve this.

11 mins · Mon, 1 Jul 2019

S01 Episode 6

Lethwei - Dave LeDuc

Profiling Dave Leduc, the undefeated world champion in Lethwei, the most brutal sport in the world; it is fought without gloves, with elbows, headbutts and take downs.

10 mins · Mon, 1 Jul 2019

S01 Episode 7

Boxing - Ruqsana Begum

Ruqsana Begum is a Muay Tai world champion who wants to become the next world champion in boxing; she wants to inspire Muslim women and make a difference.

11 mins · Mon, 8 Jul 2019

S01 Episode 8

MMA - Nick Hein

Nick Hein is a professional Mixed Martial Artist from Cologne and signed with the UFC; his ultimate goal is to become an MMA world champion.

11 mins · Mon, 8 Jul 2019

S01 Episode 9

Extreme Martial Arts - Shaina West

Shaina West taught herself martial arts by watching Youtube recovering from a motorcycle accident; the videos she posted went viral and 'The Samurider' was born.

23 mins · Mon, 20 Jan 2020

S01 Episode 10

Karate - James Pankiewicz

Profiling Englishman and karateka James Pankiewicz, who came to Okinawa, the birthplace of Karate, for his wife and to open a Dojo and the immensely popular Dojo Bar.

10 mins · Mon, 27 Jan 2020

S01 Episode 11

Bokator - Tharot Sam

Featuring 26-year-old Tharoth Sam, the first female fighter in Cambodian Bokator; she is also an MMA fighter and became a movie star starring in the big screen blockbuster, Jailbreak.

10 mins · Mon, 27 Jan 2020

S01 Episode 12

Yabusame - Michael No

Australian Michael No, who lives and works in Japan, trains at a 900-year-old Yabusame school and performs traditional horseback archery during a Shinto ritual.

10 mins · Mon, 3 Feb 2020

S01 Episode 13

MMA Ballet - George Birkadze

George Birkadze from Tblisi, Georgia, practices and teaches mixed martial arts, but is also a world-famous ballet dancer, instructor, and choreographer in based in Boston, Massachusetts.

10 mins · Mon, 3 Feb 2020

S01 Episode 14

Krabi Krabong - Kru Oh

Pimmchana is the daughter of Kru Oh, a master in the Thai Martial Art Krabi Krabong, that uses swords and sticks; she is training to become the best of the next generation.

11 mins · Mon, 10 Feb 2020

S01 Episode 15

Okichitaw - Meegwun Fairbrother

Canadian actor Meegwun Fairbrother overcame his substance abuse through Okichitaw, a native American martial art using the gunstock war club and the tomahawk.

11 mins · Mon, 10 Feb 2020

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