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Mixed martial arts in a Fight for a Future

A mixed martial arts fundraiser punches, kicks and wrestles to raise money for sick boy.

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Graham Martin

Graham Martin on how the shift from powerful doctor to helpless patient changed his thinking on medical care.

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Internal energy meets external force in kung fu master

Master of qigong and kung fu demonstrates his skills

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Meet a mixed martial artist

Cage fighting sounds simple, but to do it well you need to train your brain too.

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Practical self defence for women

Tips and tricks for keeping yourself safe.

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Cage fighting laws

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Teaching kids to stand up to bullies

Children are often told to stand up to bullies, but sometimes that can be easier said than done.

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Come dance with Hobart's Capoeira Angola group

Music, dance moves and learning how to kick the legs out from under your opponent; some of what you can learn with Capoeira Angola here in Hobart.

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How to throw like a ninja

Sensei Duncan Stewart spent ten years studying in Japan so he can teach you how to fight like a ninja.

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Vision-impaired woman reaps rewards of well-timed self-defence course

Jen Nickols didn't think she'd need to use it but, out of coincidence, her self-defence lessons started at the right time.

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Hobart woman celebrates the benefits of aikido, 50 years after taking up the...

A 69-year-old Hobart woman gets her kicks flipping young men upside down using her skills in aikido, a mixed martial art that developed from jiu jitsu.

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Soa 'The Hulk' Palelei fights his way to a better life

Soa is an Australian champion of mixed martial arts who built a tough exterior to survive a brutal upbringing.

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Karate calling: What does it take to become a martial arts master?

Tasmanian bricklayer Noel Peters has devoted his life to Goju-ryu karate and he's passing on the secrets of the martial art which has been centuries in the making.

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Hobart's leading hand is keeping 14th and 16th century sword fighting alive...

Find out the origin of the word swashbuckler and how Romeo and Juliet's plot is actually all about swords. Sorta.

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Ninjas still exist, and they're training in the heart of Hobart's CBD

Duncan Stewart has been studying the ancient marital art of ninjutsu for 30 years, now the dojo is training people as young as six.

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Kirrilee ditched her corporate job in Sydney to run cage fights

Bored with the nine-to-five grind, Kirrilee Dean made the decision to return to her home state and establish the Tasmanian Fighting Championship.

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