Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva, Krzysztof Soszynski and Lyoto Machida are in a new martial arts movie called Tapped Out and Sarah attended the film’s Toronto premiere.
It turns out the film was quite alright for what it was and the fight sequences were pretty smart, too.
To read her review and red carpet recap, head over to Fightland here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali
The king of rock ‘n’ roll Elvis Presley also happened to be a karate obsessive.
Lest anyone forget this fascinating footnote in music/culture history, Sarah created a beginner’s guide to Elvis’ martial arts obsession for Fightland.
To read the full article, go here.
Filed under Culture, Jock Stuff, Music, Shameless Promotion
Fallon Fox
Fallon Fox is best known as a transgender pro mma fighter, but she once tried her hand at designing a serious comic book.
Sarah spoke to Fox about it for Fightland.
To read the story, go here.
Filed under Art, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Chuck Liddell
One of the ways former UFC champ Chuck Liddell has eased himself into retirement has been by picking up acting.
Liddell, who’s often cast as some variant of hooligan, tough guy and/or hooligan tough guy variant of himself, has made so many small and big screen appearances that Sarah went through them all to find out just how they were.
To read all about Lidell’s acting appearances head over to Fightland by going here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Willie Nelson, martial artist
It’s 4/20… April 2o. Which is basically the secret code holiday for everyone who enjoys an ol’ hit from the bong.
In honour of this occasion, Sarah felt it was appropriate to share the story of Willie Nelson, the cosmic country artist and fan of the sticky icky, who also happens to be a fifth degree black belt in the martial art Gong Kwon Yu Sul.
To read the story head over to Fightland by going here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 