Power & Martial Arts (2019 - 2019)

Amit Himelstein is the head instructor of the IKF and the leader in Kapap. His big motto? Respect everyone but fear no-one. He’s the embodiment of krav maga.

Denise Kielholtz is 6 time world champion kickboxer. Her goal? To become the world’s first female MMA world champion and will do anything to achieve this.

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

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

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

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.

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

Tharoth Sam, 26, is 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.

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.

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, U.S.A.

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.

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