Our legs are enormously strong, they are longer than our arms and we use them from the moment we learn how to walk. Kicking however is not easy and there...

There is a hidden element to percussion weapons’ training that only becomes apparent the moment you start using them to train. What powers them is the human body. This means...

The way an edged weapon works is always determined by function and form. In function you look at the primary use of the weapon: Is it meant to thrust first...

The hand is probably the most versatile part of our body. Tool and weapon in equal parts it is no surprise to discover that it has actually evolved, over thousands...

Darebee was the first fitness resource to seriously incorporate combat moves from the worlds of martial arts and boxing in its workouts. To us it made total sense. Members of...

Anyone who’s watched a martial arts film can’t help but get excited the moment the spinning kicks start flying. They are cinematically spectacular, improbably athletic and viscerally exciting. They seem...

Of all the things you could try learning at home, on your own, martial arts is seemingly the least suitable. The mystique of ‘secret knowledge’ handed down from master to...

Snack on fruit and vegetables instead of chips and chocolate bars.  Try to eat meals that are at least half vegetables. Vegetables can be eaten in pretty much unlimited amounts...

Since June 1905, when Ernest Starling, a professor of physiology at University College London, UK, first used the word 'hormone' in one of four Croonian Lectures we’ve come to better...

Pre and post workout nutrition is simple: one is fuel and the other one is repair. You eat before your workout to have the extra energy to push yourself during...