Lesley Jackson nailed an interview with a genuine Hollywood star last week called Rick Yune. Sure not a household name but the former model turned all action martial arts star played the diamond encrusted Villain in Die Another Day as an evil Korean! Rick is currently over in the UK to talk about his latest movie The Fifth Commandment. For the team it represents yet another sign that Martial Edges reputation as a quality online publication is growing within the world of martial arts and the wider entertainment industry.
I finally put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard with a piece entitled the Martial Artist. I am starting to put together a collection of essays so I will keep feeding stuff through so you can all actively get involved with the creative process. In the Martial Artist I briefly explore the challenges and ultimately what it means to be a martial artist and I have set it up in the forums so we can have a good debate. Come on we have to stop talking about GKR at some point you know.
Martial Arts Festival
If you have not already booked out the 4th and 5th April make sure you do. The Martial Edge Team will be having a big presence at the Martial Arts Festival in Leicester come April. It is going to be star studied event from Iain Abernethy, Chris Crudelli, Jamie Clubb and Mo Teague giving free seminars to full on martial arts shows. For more information visit the website but also watch this space as we are going to be doing some promotional interviews with the organisers to get the word on the street!
Forum rules again!
Guys and Gals the forum rules are clear cut on this site in that there is to be no profanity and no personal attacks. The peripheral of this of course is that we expect the untold laws of online communities such as spamming and trolling to be respected. We had a bizarre situation last week where the team were actually accused of censorship by a minority because we took exception to a member who thought it continually acceptable to link dump! We are going to make things clearer when we begin the development of the new site for Martial Edge so as always keep an eye on the Talk to the Team if you are experiencing any issues with the forums.
On a positive note nearly 1000 forum members
Nearly there now on the 1000 mark which is a massive achievement for not only the hard work the team put into the site but also the members who actively contribute and promote this site. Come on guys just a little more!
Pete Mills
Senior Editor/Co Founder
Martial Edge - The Worlds Largest Online Martial Arts Community
Well I am back from the alps without any major injuries so I think coming back safely can be classed as a first class effort on my part! There are a couple of threads talking about skiing and snowboarding in our martial arts forums so I highly recommend you look into this sport if you have not done so already.
Without further a do I will crack on with the updates of what has been happening at Martial Edge HQ. The team have two big announcements to make. Firstly if you want to learn more about how Martial Edge was founded and the team of people behind it then make sure you check out this months edition of Martial Arts Illustrated Magazine. You can find the magazine in all good newsagents and shops such as WH Smith and Tesco. For our international readership I recommend you check out the Martial Arts Illustrated website on how you can get hold of an international subscription.
Secondly in partnership with Martial Arts Illustrated we are launching a competition to find the 2009 Rising Stars of the UK Martial Arts Scene. More information will be given out next month but to give you a taster of things to come we are looking for the top 50 martial arts students aged between 16 and 21. It will be open to every style and organisation and the judging will be conducted bythe respective editorial teams of Martial Edge and Martial Arts Illustrated. So stay tuned for more on that one.
Latest content
Have you checked out our excusive interview with the muscles from Brussels? Thats right the man himself Jean Claude Van Damme? This week Martial Edge talk exclusively to JCVD on his new movie release JCVD and I have to say it rocks! Also this week Lesley Jackson looks at an issue that every student from the UK to the US is conscious about and this is of course money. Or the current lack of it. We have had some interesting debates in the forums recently about rip off merchant instructors and organisations so our very own Lesley Jackson has stepped up as the martial arts consumer champion to give you some much needed weaponry in combating fraudulent martial arts operations in this weeks article the great martial arts swindle. As the saying goes to be forearmed is to be forewarned and do not forget you heard it here first.
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An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online
Guys the downside to having a growing site is that this will become more common place. Please check out my thread in the talk to the team section of our martial arts forums if you need more information or if you want to report spam or troll activity in the forums.
Ok a cheesy picture is something I have to include!
Pete Mills
Senior Editor/Co Founder
Martial Edge - The Worlds Largest Online Martial Arts Community
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