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From vale tudo and UFC 1 to Khabib and Alexander Volkanovski the complete story of mixed martial arts and why it represents the most tested combat system in history.

From Choi Yong-sul and Ji Han Jae to hapkido's living lineages — the history, philosophy and genuine strengths of Korea's most comprehensive self-defence art.

From Imi Lichtenfeld's streets of Bratislava to the IDF and global self-defence the true history of Krav Maga and why its realistic approach remains uniquely effective.

From Jigoro Kano's Kodokan to Teddy Riner's Olympic dominance the complete story of judo's history, principle, and the physical education it provides.

From ancient Korean subak to Olympic gold the full history of taekwondo, its prominent champions, and the physical and character strengths the art develops.

From Morihei Ueshiba's life and vision to Tohei, Shioda and the living lineages — a deep look at aikido's history and what genuine long-term practice develops.

From ancient muay boran to Samart Payakaroon and Rodtang the full story of Muay Thai's history, lineage, and why it remains one of the world's most complete striking arts.

The full story of BJJ from Mitsuyo Maeda and the Gracie family to Roger Gracie and John Danaher and why ground grappling changed martial arts forever.

If stress, mental health, and well-being were not already major health issues in the world prior to the pandemic they certainly are now. Read on to find out about martial arts mindfulness today!

To avoid becoming a couch potato, putting on unnecessary weight and becoming mentally unstable during the stay-at-home lock-downs it’s important to do some exercise. This will not only tone your muscles but has a positive effect on your mental attitude.

A Champion's Mindset I don’t really believe I could teach someone how to create a Champion’s mindset. I believe a person’s personality and character traits create the foundation of a Champion’s mindset. The basic ingredients are born to every individual, but life’s experiences, early childhood environment and influences do contribute in developing the quality of character and personality traits commonly found in athletes who express a champion’s mindset. There is an energy, a frequency of vibration, an essence of character and personality found in people, an inherent quality in the way a person thinks, acts, experiences and feels about who he is and what he does in demonstrating a champion’s mindset. Like potential, the possibilities are there for anyone to exhibit the traits of a champion. I wasn’t born with a champion’s mindset, but my early life, situations, circumstances and experiences came together at various times to create the foundation for me to gravitate toward that mindset. Mother’s death and friend’s rejection were contributing factors in creating a champion’s mindset. There were two major experiences when I was 8 years old which contributed to the formation of a champion’s mindset. The first experience was the death of my mother. My mother’s death was a very traumatic experience, but not in the usual emotions of a traumatic loss of love. Of course I was sad, but that emotion soon turned into anger. I became a loner, withdrawn, quiet, serious, angry and aggressive. Instead of developing the proverbial “chip” on my shoulders, I created full grown trees. Anger and aggression were attitude sought after in sports like boxing and football so, I gravitated to these sports early in life. I was blessed in having coaches who taught me through expressing kindness, understanding and patience. If you are blessed with great teachers and coaches early in life they can and will create a strong foundation of trust, faith and belief in your abilities, skills and talents. Continuous, consistent, conscious awareness through focused attention will create miraculous results in whatever you desire to achieve. To read this rest of this article continue in our magazine: Page 14 - A Champions Mindset with Mike Stone Subscribe for free access here: Subscribe Today!

Today’s Martial Arts Instructors, need more than a standard curriculum apprenticeship to run a school as a business. The old school ways of ‘build it and they will come,’ will only work if people know how to find it and have all the right elements to keep them there.

Every Martial Arts instructor has one thing in common: a love for the Martial Arts. The passion your students see in your instruction is possibly the greatest reason they continue to attend your classes. Time and time again, we hear about the Martial Arts school that’s losing all their students to a competitor, and the reason why?