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In this blog, Ehtashim Karim Shaheen aka EKS, PAK MMA Secretary of North Zone and head coach at Team Fight Fortress describes his MMA journey I’ve been around the world, in the pouring rain Feeling out of place, really feeling strange My Martial Arts journey started with practicing kicks I’d watch in action movies. I looked across the country for an academy I’d call home but none of the places I visited satisfied me (I did…
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Recently PAK MMA got both national and international media coverage including The Express Tribune, Dawn, Newsweek Pakistan, The Hindu, Gulf News, The Rakyat Post, French Lobs and USA Today after an occurrence of fighting event Coretex in Lahore. PAK MMA took an interview from Zubair “Big Z Bear” Asghar – the man behind Coretex. Can you give personal background of yourself (where are you from, etc)? I was born and bred in the UK, moved to Pakistan in 2001. Finished…
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“Warrior’s patch of honour”, “Don’t mess with the guy with a Cauliflower ear”, well you guessed it right, I’m referring to the Cauliflower ear, the much glamorized piece of art. Well for starters I would like to agree to the adage. The guy with the “Cauliflower ear” isn’t to be messed with, it’s not that it grants one a special status but rather it means the guy must’ve been in the fighting industry for quite…
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A Thai Boxer Mubz Bajwa is going to attempt Guinness World Record by doing non-stop 200 rounds of full contact Thai Boxing sparring. Those 200 rounds mean non-stop sparring of 13 hours and 20 minutes in which kicks to the head and foot sweeps are allowed. This enthusiastic attempt has never been made in the history before. And what was the motivation behind this crazy attempt???????? The answer is he wanted to raise money for the sick…
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Pakistan Martial Arts Federation (PMAF) held a three day Pakistan Martial Arts Show 2014 to pay tribute to all the legends of Martial Arts in Pakistan and to let all types of Martial Arts within the Pakistan’s Martial Arts industry to showcase their products and services. This event consisted of exhibition and demonstration of various martial arts practiced in Pakistan and All Pakistan Kyokushin Karate Championship from 14 to 16 November at Shahbaz Shareef Sports…
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On December 4, 2014, Founder of PAK MMA Mr. Bashir Ahmad did Questions & Answers session with general public on his official facebook page. Here are those questions and answers. If you get fighter who is a good boxer and not a mixed martial artist, will you train him and guide him towards the steps like you did with Waqar? Yes I can. Are you obsessed about having six packs? Absolutely not. It’s a nice side…
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“It’s just a scratch” blurted out Razzak when pointed out by his coach regarding the discoloration on his thigh. Three days later Razzak was undergoing surgery for drainage of an abscess which had developed in his thigh and involved his leg as well. This is supposedly an event of neglect in a martial arts scenario. Injuries sustained during fight are taken in the “macho” image and not much attention is paid, the result…trivial injuries ending…
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For my fight against “The Lanna Warrior” at ONEFC 21 on October 17th in Kuala Lumpur, I cut the largest amount of weight I have cut in my professional career. I cut about 8-9 kg over the course of 24 hours. Now, before I continue and tell you what my techniques were, I need make this disclaimer. I AM EXPLAINING HOW I “CUT WEIGHT.” “CUTTING WEIGHT” AND “WEIGHT LOSS” ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. “CUTTING WEIGHT”…
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Here we go with the third PAKMMA bulletin! Starting with the capital – Uloomi Karim Shaheen of Team Fight Fortress returns from his 10 week trip to Thailand where he trained at the world famous “Phuket Top Team” and competed in and won all three of his Pro-Muay Thai bouts. He brings back a wealth of information and the standards for all fights and gyms rises one more notch. In Lahore, the Lahore Kickboxing Association…
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VCL has put out a real interesting breakdown of their courses. Whether your training at a facility or not – check out the information they have listed about various fighting styles, particularly their benefits for the practitioners health and weight loss.
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