Human Weapon
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Watch Human Weapon Season 1
Episode 18
Exclusive Bonus Episode: Muay Thai, Eskrima, Savate, Judo, MMA and so much more
aired: Fri, Feb 25, 2011
Online only footage from Human Weapon, never seen before! The History Channel has compiled the ultimate Human Weapon package including tutorials how to execute essential moves for the following Muay Thai, Eskrima, Savate, Judo, Kung Fu, Sumbo, Bokator, Pankration, Marine Corps Martial Arts and Mixed Martial Arts.
Episode 17
Exclusive Bonus Episode: Real battle footage from Judo, Muay Thai, Karate and more
aired: Fri, Feb 25, 2011
Exclusive to the human weapon Youtube channel, we have compiled a selection of real battle footage from the following sports featured in Human Weapon series: Real battle footage from Judo, Muay Thai, Karate, Eskrima, Savate, Kung Fu, Sambo, Bokator and Mixed Martial Arts.
Episode 16
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Thirteen countries. Fourteen fights. Hundreds of body slams, groin shots, and even a few laps around a Cambodian village on the back of a Water Buffalo, join the ultimate quest to experience the greatest martial arts the world has to offer. It hasn't been easy. In fact it's been downright painful. Recount the nastiest fights, toughest fighters, weirdest encounters and wildest training from Season 1. See how hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff have earned their "Passports to Pain". In the ultimate search for a HUMAN WEAPON, mixed martial artist Jason Chambers and football pro Bill Duff put their bodies on the line as they train in the most lethal forms of combat before going toe-to-toe with masters of each fighting style.
Episode 15
Japan-Ninjutsu
aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
In the ultimate search for a HUMAN WEAPON, mixed martial artist Jason Chambers and football pro Bill Duff put their bodies on the line as they train in the most lethal forms of combat before going toe-to-toe with masters of each fighting style. In MILITARY COMBAT, Jason and Bill train in Krav Maga, the renowned Israel Defense Forces form, as well as the formidable U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). The no-holds-barred Krav Maga, developed in Israel in the 1940s, has evolved into one of the world s deadliest hand-to-hand combat styles. MCMAP, a 21st Century fusion of styles, is officially called a synergy of mental, character, and physical disciplines with application across the full spectrum of violence. After intense training, our hosts put their Krav Maga ans MCMAP skills to the test against masters of the forms. Are Chambers and Duff up to the challenge?
Episode 14
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Jason Chambers and Bill Duff venture back to the Land of the Rising Sun to study one of the most mysterious, subversive, and deadly martial arts in the world - Ninjutsu. From the electric streets of Tokyo to the misty mountains of North Japan - our hosts will wield the swords, throwing stars, and violent takedowns of the Ninja. They'll explore the secret passages of a 300-year-old Ninjutsu barracks, and hone the secret fighting tactics of Japan's immortal shadow warriors. And it's all in preparation for one ultimate challenge: a back-to-back showdown with two Ninjutsu masters.
Episode 13
Malaysia-Silat
aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Thirteen countries. Fourteen fights. Hundreds of body slams, groin shots, and even a few laps around a Cambodian village on the back of a Water Buffalo, join the ultimate quest to experience the greatest martial arts the world has to offer. It hasn't been easy. In fact it's been downright painful. Recount the nastiest fights, toughest fighters, weirdest encounters and wildest training from Season 1. See how hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff have earned their "Passports to Pain".
Episode 12
Cambodia-Predaol Serey
aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Few martial arts match the exoticism of their country like Silat. Beautiful, yet deadly, Silat was born in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Practiced in secrecy for centuries, and with its strong ties to Islam, Silat is one of the most intriguing and least understood fighting systems on the planet. Now our hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff are going to face the world of Silat--and their fears--head on. They'll train in sweltering outdoor training compounds...in the shadow of the world's tallest twin towers...and jump through rings of fire in preparation for the ultimate test--a pitched battle against six Silat masters.
Episode 11
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Bred in dark jungles of Southeast Asia, Pradal Serey is a devastating striking art of bone shattering kicks and punches. This ancient fighting art of the mysterious Angkor Empire, some argue that it's the forefather of modern Muay Thai. It's little known outside Cambodia's borders. From gritty urban fighting pits to the sweltering jungles of the north, hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, journey into the heart of Pradal Serey to perfect the vicious strikes of this brutal martial art. Along the way they'll race water buffalo against natives in a 1000 year old village festival and learn the ancient killing techniques of Khmer warriors. Their journey culminates when they enter the ring to battle it out against a 4 time Pradal Serey champion.
Episode 10
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to Moscow, Russia, the origin of one of the most versatile and deadly martial arts on the planet. Created at the instigation of Vladimir Lenin during the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918 to improve the hand-to-hand combat skills of the military and the police, the secret self-defense training eventually spread to the masses and became an official, competitive Soviet sport in 1938. In their quest to learn this complex and lethal fighting style, our hosts will learn Sambo street techniques from some of the toughest bodyguards in Moscow, travel to acclaimed dojos for instruction from world champions, journey to a secret military facility to train with Soviet Special Forces, and participate in a brutal exercise regimen in a remote, rustic camp. Their journey ends with a fight against an up-and-coming Sambo competitor at the annual European and Russian Sambo Federation Championship.
Episode 9
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to China, home to one of the oldest and most famous martial arts of all; Kung Fu. From Beijing to the Great Wall, our hosts will travel this vast country learning techniques from some of the greatest living masters. After practicing flying kicks fifteen feet in the air at a kung fu film studio and learning the brutal moves of the Chinese police, our hosts will arrive at one of the most sacred sites in all martial arts to witness the awesome feats of the Shaolin fighting monks. And finally one of the hosts will step into the ring to take on a true kung fu champion.
Episode 8
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Bill Duff and Jason Chambers travel to Quantico, Virginia to get a painful lesson in the combat style that has helped spawn the Marines' widely feared reputation. They'll shoot, clash, and kick their way through the Marine Martial Arts Program, the Corps' self-invented fighting program that borrows over 180 deadly moves from ancient martial arts around the world. Along the way, they'll learn how Marines used their hand-to-hand combat and bayonet skills to defeat four German divisions at the Battle of Belleau Wood in France during WWI; how an elite unit known as the Marine Raiders fought their way across numerous Japanese islands during WWII; and they'll hear firsthand how Marines are putting their combat skills to the test in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Episode 7
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to Israel to study one of the deadliest and most effective hand-to-hand combat systems in the world. Specifically designed for the Israeli Defense Forces in the 1940s, Krav Maga is dirty, anything-goes fighting style that is used to disarm and destroy assailants carrying multiple weapons. Our hosts journey to some of the most sacred religious locations in the world as they learn to escape deadly chokes, deflect weapons, and perfect ruthless counterattacks in their quest to become true human weapons. Never before have our hosts learned a martial art that is not only physically demanding, but also a combative necessity in this war-torn country. Their journey ends with a fight against an entire unit of elite-level Krav Maga professionals.
Episode 6
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff plunge into the cradle of civilization, Athens, Greece, to explore what some thing is the world's original mixed martial art. Literally translated as "all powers," Pankration is the ancient Greek art of hand-to-hand combat. Nearly four thousand years old and made famous by Spartans and ancient Olympians, Pankration has recently been revitalized as a modern sport. One that Jason and Bill will experience firsthand. From back alley gyms to the oldest standing fortress in all of Greece, our hosts immerse themselves in the origins of wrestling, boxing, grappling and kickboxing and come to understand why Pankration has inspired art and literature and martial arts for centuries. At the end of their journey, one of them will face the ultimate test: a legal Pankration match with a World, European, and six-time national champion Pankration fighter--a true HUMAN WEAPON.
Episode 5
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Our hosts, Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, are in Japan to explore the techniques and history of Japan's national art of hand-to-hand combat: Judo--the science of the Samurai. Derived from the bloody battlefields of feudal Japan and jujutsu fighting styles of the samurai, judo has an illustrious past of deadly skills and honor. Along their journey, our hosts travel through the towering metropolis of Tokyo and the Samurai capital of Kyoto. They'll train with an elite police force and journey to the mountaintop hideaway of legendary master, the descendent of a 400-year-old line of samurai. Under the intense training of the masters, Jason and Bill quickly discover the spectacular throws, merciless pins and strangling chokeholds that are an integral part of this powerful combat art. Jason and Bill's journey eventually leads them to Tokai University, where one of them will muster the strength and newly acquired judo skills required to take on a world-class judo champion.
Episode 4
Savate Streetfighting
aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff are in France, to study the combat art of Savate. Literally translated to mean "old boot," Savate developed through necessity. In the early 1800s, violent street gangs looking for trouble ruled the Parisian underground scene. Their prey was the aristocratic class who, to protect themselves, began taking self-defense classes. Over the years this training evolved into modern Savate - an exacting combat sport, and also the official hand-to-hand assault system of the French RAID police. On their mission to uncover Savate's distinct style, Jason and Bill navigate the dockyards of Marseille, roam the grounds of a 14th-century castle, and even breach a secret police training site to practice and perfect the painfully efficient kicks and punches that comprise this elegant yet ruthless art of combat. Finally, one of our hosts will enter the ring to take on a Savate heavyweight champion.
Episode 3
Karate
aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to the island of Okinawa, Japan, the birthplace of one of the most deadly hand-to-hand combat arts in the world, Karate. Our hosts will journey across this legendary island, learning all aspects of the martial art Okinawans created to help battle invading Samurai warriors over 400 years ago. After practicing Iron Body Training in a 600 year-old castle, mastering heart-stopping vital point strikes in an ancient temple and putting themselves through the rigorous training regiments of ancient Karate masters, one of the hosts will step onto the mat to face a black belt, and Okinawan Champion, in a true Karate battle.
Episode 2
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to the island nation of the Philippines, where the indigenous fighting style, Eskrima, was formed. From ancient forts in Cebu City to a modern military base in Manila, our hosts will learn the stick and knife techniques that were used to kill famed Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the 16th century and to destroy the terrorist organization Abu Sayef in the mid 90's. Along the way, they'll attempt to take down a 2000-pound water buffalo using techniques developed on the rice patties at the foot of the Manalanga Mountains, and perfect Eskrima stick twirling techniques on rickety bamboo rafts beneath the waterfalls in the jungles of Badian. Finally one of our hosts will enter a gritty cockfight ring for an Eskrima stick fight against a 5-time world champion.
Episode 1
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aired: Wed, Oct 8, 2008
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to Bangkok, Thailand, home to one of the world's most distinctive and devastating martial arts, Muay Thai. After witnessing beatdowns and knockouts at legendary Lumpinee Stadium, they'll travel across the country perfecting the moves of the fighting style known as The Science of Eight Limbs. From ancient killing techniques in the jungles on the border of Burma to weapons training among the ruins of a Buddhist temple, they'll master all aspects of this centuries old discipline in the hopes that one of them can survive a fight against an international Muay Thai champion.
Episodes
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Human Weapon: Marine Corps Martial Arts
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill go to Quantico, Virginia, to get a painful lesson in the combat style that helped make the Marines powerful.
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Human Weapon: Kung Fu
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill journey to China to learn about the traditions of one of the oldest and most famous martial arts of all time: kung fu.
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Human Weapon: Krav Maga of the Israeli Commandos
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill travel to Israel to study one of the deadliest and most effective hand-to-hand combat systems in the world: Krav Maga.
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Human Weapon: Cambodian Bloodsport
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Bred in the dark jungles of Southeast Asia, pradal serey is a devastatingly striking art of bone-shattering kicks and punches. Jason and Bill travel to Cambodia to experience this powerful martial art.
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Human Weapon: Taekwondo
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill travel to South Korea, the birthplace of one of the most acrobatic and physically punishing fighting styles in the world: taekwondo.
Episode
Human Weapon: Sambo: Russia's Extreme Fighting
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill journey to Moscow, the origin of one of the most versatile and deadly martial arts on the planet: Sambo.
Episode
Human Weapon: Pankration: The Original Martial Art
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill travel to Athens, Greece, to explore what some believe is the world's original martial art: pankration.
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Human Weapon: Eskrima Stickfighting
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill travel to the Philippines, where the traditional fighting style known as eskrima came into being.
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Human Weapon: Ninjitsu
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill travel back to the Land of the Rising Sun to study one of the most mysterious, subversive and deadly martial arts in the world: ninjitsu.
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Human Weapon: Silat: Martial Art of Malaysia
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Few martial arts reflect their country of origin as much as silat. Its combination of beauty and intensity was born in the jungles of Southeast Asia and practiced in secrecy for centuries. Jason and Bill travel to Malaysia to learn its traditions.
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Human Weapon: Passport to Pain
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Throughout their travels, Jason and Bill visited 13 countries, fought 14 times and took hundreds of kicks and punches. Find out how the two have earned their "passports to pain."
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Human Weapon: MMA: America's Extreme Fighting
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the fastest-growing sport in the United States. Though many think of it as a recent phenomenon, the moves used by today's great MMA fighters date back thousands of years and hail from every corner of the globe.
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Human Weapon: Judo: Samurai Legacy
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill visit Japan to learn the secrets, techniques and history of Japan's national art of hand-to-hand combat: judo, the science of the samurai.
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Human Weapon: Muay Thai: Ultimate Striking
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Jason and Bill travel to Bangkok, Thailand, home to one of the world's most distinctive and devastating martial arts in the world: Muay Thai.
