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Martial arts students pass the test

1:00 AM | LOCAL Australian Hap Ki Do Association students have excelled at black belt gradings in Byron Bay and Sydney during the past two months.

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Big year ahead for Mudgee Martial Arts

1:00 AM | With mixed martial arts, Muay Thai and kickboxing becoming increasingly popular thanks to the worldwide phenomenon Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), Mudgee Martial Arts decided to strike.

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Training and focus opens door to fight cage

07 Feb 12 | MACQUARIE Fields mixed martial arts competitor Luke Standing lived up to his name to remain the last man standing in his first two professional fights and soon hopes to make it three in a row. Comp

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Vanguard Open Day

26 Jan 12 | VANGUARD Fitness Studio will hold an Open Day tomorrow in Bowral from 10am-4pm. Highlander Alex Barrios is the brains behind the organisation and has recently moved the studio from Mit

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Festival shows martial law

23 Jan 12 | Wellington in March will blossom with a number of sports and cultural events planned.

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Black belts make grade for Subak Martial Arts

21 Jan 12 | SUBAK Martial Arts has conducted a successful grading week when beginners and coloured belts demonstrated their skills in tests conducted by head of school Kim Macrae - a 5th Dan Black Belt - and instructor Anthony O’Leary. |

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Cage fighter to break out with UFC deal

19 Jan 12 | MIXED martial arts fighter Bernardo ‘‘Trekko’’ Magalhaes has secured a multi-fight deal with the sport’s biggest company — the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). |

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Alex's fighting career path is set in concrete

11 Jan 12 | Thirty seconds is all it took for Alex Volkanovski to know he made the right decision to switch from rugby league to cage fighting. That's how long the Shell Cove-based concreter needed to have his |

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Michelle hones her skills

21 Dec 11 | ON Saturday December 10, Michelle Brain was honoured to be presented with her official black belt in Griffith by Hanshi John Taylor, 9th Dan and Australian Kyokushin Karate Association (AKKA) president.

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Silver lining for Mudgee fighters

19 Dec 11 | Mother and daughter Julie-Anne and Becky Maher represented Mudgee Martial Arts at the recent National All Styles championships on the Gold Coast, with Becky coming home with a silver medal and trophy for finishing third in points sparring.

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Karate moves into professional era

11 Dec 11 | TWO words sum up what Kyokushin Karate wants from its fighters in 2012 - passion and commitment. That was the simple yet powerful message delivered to 40 of the best martial artists in the country, as the Australian Kyokushin Karate Development Squad set up camp in Griffith over the weekend.

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