Human Weapon(2007)
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First Air Date: 2007-07-20
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 5
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 15
Human Weapon was a television show on The History Channel that premiered on July 20, 2007. The hosts, Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, traveled across the world studying the unique martial arts, or styles of fighting, that have origins in the region. Each episode usually consisted of a brief introduction regarding the featured martial art, including footage of established fighters sparring. The hosts would then travel to various locations, learning several strikes, blocks, or other techniques valuable to the particular art from various instructors and/or masters. Along the way, they learned about the origins and cultural history of each fighting style. To help the viewer understand the moves the hosts learn, each technique was visually broken down with a motion capture element. Creator Terry Bullman also acted as stuntman for motion capture. After practicing featured aspects of the art, the hosts typically assessed the various skills and their effectiveness. At the end of each episode, one of the hosts would fight a representative of the episode's fighting style. The show is similar to a later program called "Fight Quest". The show was cancelled in August 2008.
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Season 1
Episodes: 15E01
Muay Thai: Ultimate Striking
Air Date: 2007-07-20
Muay Thai-or Thai Boxing-was born on the battlefields of the 15th century, during the legendary clashes between Thai ...
E02
Eskrima Stickfighting
Air Date: 2007-07-27
Eskrima (or Escrima), a fighting style indigenous to the Philippines, is believed to have evolved from Chinese, Malay...
E03
Karate
Air Date: 2007-08-03
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to Okinawa, Japan, the home of one of the most famous and deadly martial ar...
E04
Savate Streetfighting
Air Date: 2007-08-10
Jason and Bill travel to France to learn the ancient art of Savate, the official hand-to-hand combat technique of the...
E05
Judo: Samurai Legacy
Air Date: 2007-08-17
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff again travel to Japan to learn and fight in the modern Japanese combat sport.
E06
Pankration: The Original Martial Art
Air Date: 2007-08-24
Jason and Bill journey to Athens, Greece to study what might be the world's first ever true martial art. This martial...
E07
Krav Maga of the Israeli Commandos
Air Date: 2007-08-31
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to Israel to study one of the deadliest and most effective Martial Arts in ...
E08
Marine Corps Martial Arts
Air Date: 2007-09-21
Hosts Bill Duff and Jason Chambers travel to Quantico, Virginia to get a painful lesson in the martial art that has h...
E09
MMA: America's Extreme Fighting
Air Date: 2007-09-28
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the fastest growing sport in the United States. Though many think of it as a recent pheno...
E10
Kung Fu
Air Date: 2007-10-19
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to China, home to one of the oldest and most famous martial arts of all; K...
E11
Sambo: Russia's Extreme Fighting
Air Date: 2007-11-09
Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to Moscow, Russia, the origin of one of the most versatile and deadly mart...
E12
Cambodian Bloodsport
Air Date: 2007-11-16
Bred in dark jungles of Southeast Asia, Pradal Serey is a devastating striking art of bone shattering kicks and punch...
E13
Silat: Martial Art of Malaysia
Air Date: 2007-11-23
Few martial arts match the exoticism of their country like Silat. Beautiful, yet deadly, Silat was born in the jungle...
E14
Ninjutsu
Air Date: 2007-12-14
Jason Chambers and Bill Duff venture back to the Land of the Rising Sun to study one of the most mysterious, subversi...
E15
Taekwondo
Air Date: 2007-12-27
Jason Chambers and Bill Duff travel to South Korea, birthplace of one of the most acrobatic and physically punishing ...
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