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"Survivor" castoff Jace Flores fulfills dream to become an actor Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 11:58PMInamin ni Jace Flores na bago pa man siya sumali sa GMA-7 reality show na Survivor Philippines ay gusto na niya talagang maging artista.
SPORTS IN BRIEF 11/11 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 4:11AMHCM City dominated the National Martial Arts - Vovinam Championship with 13 gold, two silver and eight bronze medal wins. The Army team came in second and Can Tho ranked third.
National Focus Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 3:43AMA football tournament for Vietnamese veterans will be held in Hai Phong from November 21-26, the Viet Nam Football Federation has announced. Players over 40 years old are expected to participate in the tournament. They will likely come from Ha Noi, Hai Phong, HCM City and the Army teams.
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Exclusive: Jean-Claude Van Damme on JCVD ! Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 11:39AMJean-Claude Van Damme was one of the iconic action stars of the late-eighties, early nineties. In early entries like Bloodsport and Kickboxer he showed off his skills in full-contact karate, becoming the heir apparent to Bruce Lee in terms of style and charisma. Later films such as Universal Soldier and Timecop continued to utilize his martial arts skills but attempted to fit him into a more ...
Workout of the week: Basic Muy Thai kickboxing Monday, November 3, 2008 @ 7:44PMInstructor: Six different instructors alternate teaching this class. All instructors are certified to teach Muy Thai. The instructors have varying backgrounds; some have been doing martial arts all their lives, while others were students or fitness enthusiasts.
After 31 years, teaching martial arts still hobby for Tarpein Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 1:24AMDo something you love, and you never will work a day in your life. Nick Tarpein does what he loves. And at 55, he’s been doing it a long time. Tarpein began martial arts training in 1972 at the age of 19. After six months, he began fighting. Five years later, he opened his own gym.
WWE SmackDown Results - October 24, 2008 Saturday, October 25, 2008 @ 3:08AM-Jim Ross welcomes us to Laredo and hypes the Undertaker/Triple H main event. -”King of Kings” music hits and Triple walks out to the ring half dressed for his match. Triple H asks if anybody in the crowd is as sick of Vickie Guerrero as he is.
Thaksin Shinawatra Thursday, October 23, 2008 @ 2:56AM Ousted from office and exiled from his country, former Thai Prime Minister has now been convicted of corruption
Getting in shape at Thai kickboxing camp, training five hours a day Friday, October 17, 2008 @ 10:14AMEliza Bates does a training session at a Thai boxing camp outside of Bangkok. She took the 10-day course, which includes boarding at the camp, as a way of getting fit. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Sakchai Lal...
Getting in shape at Thai kickboxing camp, training five hours a day Friday, October 17, 2008 @ 8:38AMBANGPLEE, Thailand - As my 30th birthday approached, my fear of becoming a middle-aged woman plagued with mystery ailments, huffing and puffing up flights of stairs, finally started to outweigh my exercise phobia.
Getting in shape at Thai kick-boxing camp Monday, October 13, 2008 @ 6:11PMAs my 30th birthday approached, my fear of becoming a middle-aged woman plagued with mystery ailments, huffing and puffing up flights of stairs, finally started ...
Get in shape at a Thai kickboxing camp Monday, October 13, 2008 @ 4:08PMMuay Thai is performed with boxing gloves in Western-style boxing rings, but uses knees, elbows and legs, in addition to fists, as weapons.
Getting in shape at Thai kickboxing camp Monday, October 13, 2008 @ 1:44PM As my 30th birthday approached, my fear of becoming a middle-aged woman plagued with mystery ailments, huffing and puffing up flights of stairs, finally started to outweigh my exercise phobia.
Ekachai Uekrongtham Saturday, October 11, 2008 @ 7:08AMBeautiful Boxer is a compassionate biopic of a kickboxer who longs to be a woman. Thai born director Ekachai Uekrongtham tells the unusual story of real life champion kickboxer Nong Toom, who caused a sensation throughout Thailand by annihilating gender codes like never before.
Getting his kicks Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 6:51AMEspecially when compared with an average 14-year-old, Minooka Community High School freshman Mike Reid gives the impression that he has ice water running through his veins.
download TANUSHREE DUTTA wallpapers Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 4:50AMThree years and nine films later, Tanushree Dutta has moved on. She no longer worries about the kind of perception audience have about her and the variety of roles they want her to be seen in.
The Bruce Lee legend Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 6:48PM His body, glistening with sweat, is compact and ripples with muscles. The fighter is impervious to the pain of the slashes that have been made across his midriff. Glaring from beneath fierce thickeyebrows at the unfortunate enemy who has foolishly crossed him, he tenses his fists before striking out at his opponent. Scores of villains are no match for his kung fu powers. Bruce Lee always ...
San Diego Asian Film Festival is worth of the drive Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 7:03PMNinth annual movie event expands to include screenings in Riverside.
Where is the Chinese tourism industry heading in 2009? Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 1:39AMWithout argument, 2008 had been the year China featured most prominently in the media all over the world. Much of this was not complimentary it has to be said, as the year started with riots in Tibet and a largely embarrassing global torch relay.
Where is the Chinese tourism industry heading in 2009? Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 3:38AMWithout argument, 2008 had been the year China featured most prominently in the media all over the world. Much of this was not complimentary it has to be said, as the year started with riots in Tibet and a largely embarrassing global torch relay.
Isle of Wight: Tributes to Harry Christopher Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 2:52AMBy Richard Wright - Friday, October 3, 2008 A MEMORIAL service is being planned for 29-year-old adventurer Harry Christopher, who was gunned down in Argentina.
Kumiai-Ryu members training in Thailand Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 6:20PMFour Members of the Parkes branch of Kumiai-Ryu Martial Arts System (KRMAS) will join 17 other Kumiai-Ryu members from across Australia for a 12 day Training Tour in Muay Thai or Thai Kickboxing as it is known here.
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 9:44PMWant to earn more and go home early? After spending an hour chatting with Jason de Luca, you’ll be on your way to achieving that goal. As managing director of Smart Partners KK, de Luca leads a team that offers sales training, consulting, business strategy and financial planning advice.
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 9:44PMWant to earn more and go home early? After spending an hour chatting with Jason de Luca, you’ll be on your way to achieving that goal. As managing director of Smart Partners KK, de Luca leads a team that offers sales training, consulting, business strategy and financial planning advice.
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 9:44PMWant to earn more and go home early? After spending an hour chatting with Jason de Luca, you’ll be on your way to achieving that goal. As managing director of Smart Partners KK, de Luca leads a team that offers sales training, consulting, business strategy and financial planning advice.
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 9:44PMWant to earn more and go home early? After spending an hour chatting with Jason de Luca, you’ll be on your way to achieving that goal. As managing director of Smart Partners KK, de Luca leads a team that offers sales training, consulting, business strategy and financial planning advice.
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 9:44PMWant to earn more and go home early? After spending an hour chatting with Jason de Luca, you’ll be on your way to achieving that goal. As managing director of Smart Partners KK, de Luca leads a team that offers sales training, consulting, business strategy and financial planning advice.
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 9:44PMWant to earn more and go home early? After spending an hour chatting with Jason de Luca, you’ll be on your way to achieving that goal. As managing director of Smart Partners KK, de Luca leads a team that offers sales training, consulting, business strategy and financial planning advice.
JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 9:44PMWant to earn more and go home early? After spending an hour chatting with Jason de Luca, you’ll be on your way to achieving that goal. As managing director of Smart Partners KK, de Luca leads a team that offers sales training, consulting, business strategy and financial planning advice.
Getting his kicks Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 12:53AMEspecially when compared with an average 14-year-old, Minooka Community High School freshman Mike Reid gives the impression that he has ice water running through his veins.
Perfect World Enters into New Licensing Agreement with EYA Interactive Friday, September 26, 2008 @ 6:00AM Perfect World Co., Ltd. , a leading online game developer and operator in China, today announces that it entered into a new licensing agreement with EYA Interactive Co. Ltd. , on September 18, 2008, to license "Legend of Martial Arts" in Korea.
MOVIES Friday, September 26, 2008 @ 4:29AMBack in Las Vegas following its CineVegas showcase in June, this quirky black comedy (based on a novel by "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk) focuses on a sex-addicted con artist (Sam Rockwell) who finances the care of his deranged mother (Anjelica Huston) by pretending to choke to death -- and playing on the sympathies of his rescuers.
Now Playing Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 12:31PM"Bangkok Dangerous"
0925 Movies Now Playing Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 5:57AMOPENING THIS WEEK
MediaCorp Raintree Pictures’ co—production "Painted Skin" goes to the Oscars Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 4:49AMSINGAPORE: MediaCorp Raintree Pictures’ co—production with Hong Kong and China, Painted Skin has been selected as Hong Kong’s entry to the Oscars under the foreign—language category.
Martial artists use fists, knees, shins and elbows in fight for a cure Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 5:03AMKanata’s Andrew Walters goes on the attack against Nepean’s Will Barclay during a training session. The Muay Thai fighters will use their fists, knees, shins and elbows as weapons in support of cancer research on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park at 6 p.m.
Jet Li comes to the rescue Sunday, September 21, 2008 @ 7:39PMCHINESE megastar Jet Li (pic) once told former US state secretary Henry Kissinger that “he preferred (to help) his billion Chinese compatriots rather than shield (just) one man”.
City hosting tae kwon do tourney Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 10:16PMMore than a thousand martial artists will flock to Terre Haute for today’s American Tae Kwon Do tournament, and a lucky bunch will carry with them experiences from a Friday night at Minton’s ATA Black Belt Academy with Hollywood’s Mike Chat.Or, depending on their age, The Blue Power Ranger.
Now Playing Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 9:30AM"American Teen"
0918 Movies Now Playing Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 2:14AMOPENING THIS WEEK
Getting his kicks Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 12:37AMEspecially when compared with an average 14-year-old, Minooka Community High School freshman Mike Reid gives the impression that he has ice water running through his veins.
Nicholas Cage’s hit man should’ve targeted his barber, rather than folks in Thailand, in “Bangkok Dangerous.” Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 3:25PMAn oddly coifed Nicholas Cage loses his cool as a killer in “Bangkok Dangerous.” by Thomas Peyser Early in “Bangkok Dangerous,” a weary-sounding Nicholas Cage in narrator mode informs us that the Thai capital is “dirty and dense.”
3 Cebuana castaways in Survivor Philippines (3:49 p.m.) Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 3:44AMTHE determination, strength, and wits of three Cebuanas will be tested as they vie for the title of the first-ever Filipino Sole Survivor.
Thai wins pole dancing Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 4:39AMA THAI national danced her way to "pole position" in the recent Clorets Amateur Pole Dancing Competition grand finals at Zouk in Kuala Lumpur.
Paolo Bediones talks about the 18 castaways of "Survivor Philippines" Friday, September 12, 2008 @ 7:06AMYou can never think of anyone else who fits the hosting job of Survivor Philippines other than Paolo Bediones. The man is born to host the local version of the hit reality series Survivor , which has been franchised by close to 50 countries.
0911 Movies Now Playing Thursday, September 11, 2008 @ 2:17AMOPENING THIS WEEK
Bangkok Ludicrous: Meandering Dark Remake Swallows Itself Whole Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @ 4:27PMI left Bangkok Dangerous with several questions. First, why are remakes of Asian films in such high demand? It seems like an exercise in intentionally wasting time and money. Beyond that, why do Asian filmmakers like Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) and now The Pang Brothers remake their own movies? Americanization saps the mystique and charisma out of the originals. We didn’t see John Woo come over ...
The Art of Rock n Roll training with Muay Thai Tuesday, September 9, 2008 @ 10:32AM“Muay thai is referred to as ‘the art of eight limbs’ because it uses the hands, shins, elbows, and knees as weapons in a fight,” explains Raysaldo Biagtan, master instructor of the art.
Lili prances to pole position Tuesday, September 9, 2008 @ 4:47AMKUALA LUMPUR: A Thai national danced her way to "pole position" in the recent Clorets Amateur Pole Dancing Competition grand finals at Zouk.