Martial Arts

In the Lee of Valentine’s Day

XLV Flopped at Cowboys Stadium, But How 'Bout UFC?

​Back in November in Cowboys Stadium, I went to the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito boxing match. In 2009 I went to UFC 103 at American Airlines Center. My judge's scorecard: UFC > Boxing. By embarrassing submission. Got to debating the other day what event -- other than Super B ... More >>

Justin Bieber To Debut New Music Video During Game Three of the World Series

If your mixed-up tween has a sudden interest in baseball, don't get your hopes up. More than likely, they haven't decided to jump on the Texas Rangers bandwagon like the rest of us. Rather, they, like the rest of the free world under the age of 15, are probably more excited about Justin Bieber, who ... More >>

You Don't Know Jack?

If your mixed-up tween has a sudden interest in baseball, don't get your hopes up. More than likely, they haven't decided to jump on the Texas Rangers bandwagon like the rest of us. Rather, they, like the rest of the free world under the age of 15, are probably more excited about Justin Bieber, who ... More >>

Fight For It

If your mixed-up tween has a sudden interest in baseball, don't get your hopes up. More than likely, they haven't decided to jump on the Texas Rangers bandwagon like the rest of us. Rather, they, like the rest of the free world under the age of 15, are probably more excited about Justin Bieber, who ... More >>

Skins vs. Skins

If your mixed-up tween has a sudden interest in baseball, don't get your hopes up. More than likely, they haven't decided to jump on the Texas Rangers bandwagon like the rest of us. Rather, they, like the rest of the free world under the age of 15, are probably more excited about Justin Bieber, who ... More >>

Karate Kid Remake Is Too Cynical To Catch A Fly With Chopsticks

If your mixed-up tween has a sudden interest in baseball, don't get your hopes up. More than likely, they haven't decided to jump on the Texas Rangers bandwagon like the rest of us. Rather, they, like the rest of the free world under the age of 15, are probably more excited about Justin Bieber, who ... More >>

MMA - But Not UFC - Comes Back to Metroplex

​No way it will be bigger than last summer when UFC took over American Airlines Center, but Mixed Martial Arts - in the form of Bellator - invades the metroplex again tonight. The BFC XIX will hold seven fights at the Nokia Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie, headlined by lightweight champ Joe ... More >>

The Problem With... Ke$ha's "Tik Tok"

Welcome to the first in a blog post series called "The Problem With..." where we'll immerse ourselves in pop music, tackle a noteworthy piece of the racket, and tell you why it sucks. So. Ke$ha's kind of a catchy musician. And she wants me to tag along to some party? Looking back, I should have see ... More >>

Ultimate Fighting Championship shows Dallas why boxing suddenly feels more like the ballet

Welcome to the first in a blog post series called "The Problem With..." where we'll immerse ourselves in pop music, tackle a noteworthy piece of the racket, and tell you why it sucks. So. Ke$ha's kind of a catchy musician. And she wants me to tag along to some party? Looking back, I should have see ... More >>

Boxing's Worst Nightmare Comes to Dallas

​Okay, I'm sucked in. Not to the point of eating Creatine cupcakes, stocking my closet with Affliction T-shirts and putting Newy Scruggs in an arm bar, but I'm intrigued enough by the sport of Mixed Martial Arts that I'm journeying to American Airlines Center Saturday night for UFC 103. ... More >>

Round 2

​Okay, I'm sucked in. Not to the point of eating Creatine cupcakes, stocking my closet with Affliction T-shirts and putting Newy Scruggs in an arm bar, but I'm intrigued enough by the sport of Mixed Martial Arts that I'm journeying to American Airlines Center Saturday night for UFC 103. ... More >>

Better Bang For Your Buck: Boxing or UFC?

Kid isn't old enough to drink. But he's old enough to turn pro.Went out to east Dallas last week to spend some quality time with the only Olympic boxer in the history of Dallas, Luis Yanez. The kid is immensely cocky, tiny - would you believe 5-foot-4 and around 118 pounds? - and has the ... More >>

Sweet Ass-Kicking

See the martial artistry of Chocolate

Cuban Will Have to Wait For This Hot Man-on-Man Action

See the martial artistry of Chocolate

Review: The Foot Fist Way

Tae kwon do comedy The Foot Fist Way stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride

David Mamet and His Hero Fight the Power, and Succumb to It, in Redbelt

Tae kwon do comedy The Foot Fist Way stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride

Mark Cuban Gets Involved In Some Ultimate Fighting, Legally Speaking

Tae kwon do comedy The Foot Fist Way stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride

Amateur Fight Night Has Promoter Sparring With Texas

The state and promoter Ben Jackson are battling over what constitutes combat

Ready to Rumble

Dallas entrepreneur pushes his own brand of ultimate fighting

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Dallas entrepreneur pushes his own brand of ultimate fighting

Hiiiii-Ya!

Dallas entrepreneur pushes his own brand of ultimate fighting

Gary Cogill Will Put You To Sleep, Apparently

Dallas entrepreneur pushes his own brand of ultimate fighting

Virtually Perfect

Virtua Fighter 5 delivers . . . exactly what you'd expect.

A True Horror Classic

Virtua Fighter 5 delivers . . . exactly what you'd expect.

Feckless

Jet Li goes out with a whimper, not a bang

Chuck's Children

Norris KICKSTARTs our hearts

That Kid Keeps Going and Going and Going...

Norris KICKSTARTs our hearts

Trespassers

Norris KICKSTARTs our hearts

Chow Time

Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle breaks all the rules

Lion Around

Celebrate the Year of the Rooster with Team White Leopard

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Celebrate the Year of the Rooster with Team White Leopard

Crouching Forward, Hidden Goalie

Stephen Chow's kung fu/soccer spoof is fun, sort of

Kung Fu'd

Or, what does Miramax have against Asian films?

Red River

Orange you glad this is Texas?

Karate; Black Dice; k.

October 31; November 1; November 4

Circus of the Spars

The Shaolin Warriors kick some Zen for TITAS

Geoff Farina

Reverse Eclipse Southern

A Real Bangfest

Pounded by state regulators and rabbit-punched by promoters, the gladiators at Fighter's House struggle for legitimacy

Emotion in Motion

With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee reinvents the martial arts movie for the art-house crowd

Drunken Re-Master

By any other name, soundtrack, or edit, The Legend of Drunken Master is still an action classic

Jet set

Here's one Hong Kong hero who's ready to conquer

Sweep the Leg Johnny

Here's one Hong Kong hero who's ready to conquer

Night & Day

December 31, 1998 - January 6, 1999

Blood sucker

This vampire killer, despite its pedigree, never comes to life

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Just don't bite

In the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the biggest rule is survival of the fiercest

Rushes

In the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the biggest rule is survival of the fiercest

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Rushes

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX