The initial reaction of any one hearing that an individual does martial arts is, “Oh, Judo Karate?” as if that is the only martial art that existed ever. This little phrase has 2 main issues: Judo and Karate are treated as a single style of martial arts. All martial arts are combined in to this singular concept that excludes everything but Karate. The other phrase we hear is: “Oh like Bruce Lee and Kung Fu?”…

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…

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…

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…