When 11-year-old Ethan Fineshriber won at the American Taekwondo Association World Expo recently it caused a flood of newspieces.
This, because Fineshriber is autistic.
Sarah’s none too keen on the “inspiration porn” tone of these stories and she explained why in a post for Fightland.
To read it click here.
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Walnut cracking
Mujtaba Hassan Mughal can smash 92 walnuts in one minute using nunchucks.
Michael Gonzalez broke 43 concrete blocks in one minute front flipping and using his head to break them.
These are just two of the most outlandish martial arts world records Sarah compiled for a list in Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read the full list click here.
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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.
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Keanu Reaves
While Sarah was mostly on the music film beat at the Toronto International Film Festival this year she did get to make one interesting diversion — covering Keanu Reaves’ martial arts film Man of Tai Chi for the folks at Fightland.
Keanu wanted to make a classic fight film with this one, with all the tropes and traditions of past martial arts movies.
The jury’s still out on whether he did this brilliantly or stupidly, but you can read the review by clicking here.
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