The World Martial Arts Video

Russia gets ready to host the Kudo world championship, showcasing a diverse combat sport that’s rapidly growing in popularity. The Kudo world championship is about to get underway in Moscow. Kudo is one of the world’s youngest martial arts, combining various ancient fighting techniques, and is the fastest growing combat sport in Russia. Sergey Arzhakov, five-time world Kudo champion, speaking Russian:  “People may get a little confused, thinking Kudo is just a combination of different techniques – saying it’s boxing plus wrestling plus something else – it’s not. Kudo is much more complicated. It fine-tunes various styles – both wrestling and stand-up fighting – for use within the framework of Karate, to design a specific martial art, a very efficient and universal one.” Takashi Azuma, full contact world Karate champion, Kudo originator, speaking Japanese:  “Actually, Kudo is just what fights looked like in ancient times. This is how fighting history began…with all ...

Mixed Martial Arts fighters from 11 countries spar it out in the ring in Moscow, including Russian Musa MusA-laev against seven-time jiu-jitsu champion Kornel Zapadka. Musa Musalaev, Russian MMA fighter (speaking Russian): “When my trainer asked, ‘why are you not taking a towel?’ I replied, ‘I can't fight two rounds with this guy. He's a really serious opponent. I'll have to break something or I won't get anything out of the fight!’” Yana Kunitskaya, Russian MMA boxer (speaking Russian): “I actually prefer fewer women in the sport. I prefer it to be just me among all these men.” Story Russian Mixed Martial Arts fighter Musa MusA-laev took on seven-time jiu-jitsu champion Kornel Zapadka in Moscow on Saturday night. Musalaev's entry into the ring was as baffling as it was astounding, with girls dressed in traditional Tatarstan gowns flanking him from left and right, as the bemused Zapadka looked on. Indeed, the almost over the top presentation was in line wi...

American movie star and martial artist Steven Seagal gives an open lesson at a sambo school in Moscow. Hollywood actor, martial artist (speaking English): I was invited by the president and I was lucky enough to attend one of the fights here with him. We are in discussions about Sambo-70 and mixed martial arts and my involvement with training some of the guys. My father is pure Russian, my grandmother and grandfather are from Vladivostok, Saint-Petersburg, and Siberia and places like that. [Q]: Do you speak the language? [A]: A little bit. [Q]: Could you impress us with some Russian please. [A]: Privet, Zdrastvuyte(hello) (speaking Russian) 03:38 - 04:15 Story American film star and aikido master Steven Seagal gave an open lesson at Moscow’s Sambo-70 martial arts school on Wednesday. The school is known for training several martial arts champions. The 60-year-old actor arrived in Moscow from Sochi, where he attended the first Russian Mixed Martial Arts championships along with ...

Russian fighter Aleksandr Emelianenko defeats Latvian kickboxer Konstantin Glukhov in main fight of the M-1 mixed martial arts challenge in Moscow.  Aleksandr Emelianenko, MMA fighter (speaking Russian): “I liked the fact he showed so much heart and courage. At every opportunity he was looking for a big punch and missed. It always takes a lot of energy from you. So I got him exhausted to-to-toe, and what is important, I showed him, I was even better at striking then took him to the ground which was also tough for him. I was often on the edge in this fight. You saw all those hefty punches swinging over my head, didn't you? I even got the sniffles, you see? It feels like I'm going to start coughing tomorrow. Having Fedor in my corner is great. It helps a lot in all respects. Do you want to know why I was so much better than Konstantin tonight? That's because there were two of us fighting against him. My elder brother was with me.” Fedor Emelyanenko, MMA legend (speaki...