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5 Lessons We Can Learn From Mayweather-McGregor

Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor

Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor

The superfight of the supercentury — a boxing match between noted boxer Floyd Mayweather and noted martial arts and far less noted boxer, Conor McGregor — ended reasonably predictably.

(Mayweather waited around for a little while, then decided to start beating up McGregor, then won in the tenth round by TKO.)

There was tons of money made all around.

But were there any lessons learned? Sarah found five of them, which she articulated for Asian World Of Martial Arts.

Read her story by going here.

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Karate Kid Is Coming Back

Karate Kid

Karate Kid

There’s a whole new generation that’s going to learn to wax on and wax off.

That’s because a new Karate Kid reboot is coming in the form of YouTube series, Cobra Kai.

Sarah wrote about what to anticipate from the series for Asian World Of Martial Arts.

To read her post go here.

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Franz Ferdinand, Hot-Blooded Girls And Fan Fiction

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

A long time ago in a publishing galaxy far, far away, Sarah once interviewed Franz Ferdinand about “hot-blooded girls” (the band’s words) who wrote fan fiction pairing them up with Morrissey.

At the time she thought she had started something fun… and now she’s not too sure.

To read the whole story, head over to A.Side by clicking here.

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Cadence Weapon On The Polaris Podcast

Cadence Weapon at the 2006 Polaris Gala. Photo by Dustin Rabin.

Cadence Weapon at the 2006 Polaris Gala. Photo by Dustin Rabin.

Awhile back the Polaris Podcast got ace rapper and Edmonton for-lifer Cadence Weapon to reflect on his classic 2005 album Breaking Kayfabe.

To listen to the man known as Rollie Pemberton talk about this record as well as his love of Dan Bejar’s Destroyer, hit the Soundcloud player below.

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Charlize Theron’s Martial Arts In Atomic Blonde

Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde

Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde

Charlize Theron’s bad ass take in the action film Atomic Blonde was physically demanding.

According to Theron, her background in dance and her fight training were both important in pulling off the detailed fight sequences in the film.

Sarah wrote about this for Asian World Of Martial Arts.

To read about it go here.

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