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Fight Quest is a television show on the Discovery Channel that had a preview episode air on December 28, 2007 and began airing weekly on January 4, 2008. The show followed Jimmy Smith and Doug Anderson as they travel around the world learning different styles of martial arts, spending five days training with notable masters of the styles they are studying, before exhibiting what they have learned in a final demonstration and/or fight. According to quotes by the hosts, the show was cancelled after the first season. At the end of February an updated DVD box set was released that included the final three episodes not in the original release. The series was canceled at the beginning of the second season and only three episodes aired, the last one ended on October 3, 2008.
Episode 13 : Hong Kong (Wing Chun)
October. 09,2008
Location: Hong Kong & Kowloon, China
Masters: Grandmaster Leung Ting, Sifu Kong Chi Keung
Features: Rapid fire punches & kicks
Wing Chun, also romanized as Ving Tsun or "Wing Tsun" is a concept-based Chinese martial art that specializes in close-range combat.
Episode 12 : Kerala (Kalaripayattu)
October. 02,2008
Location: Kerala, India
Masters: Guru Sureshan Nambiar, Guru Sunil Kumar
Features: Sword & shield, sticks, open hand, kicks
Kalarippayattu is a Dravidian martial art from Kerala, India. It is practiced in Kerala and contiguous parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as well as northeastern Sri Lanka and among the Malayalee community of Malaysia.
Episode 11 : Bangkok (Muay Thai)
September. 26,2008
Location:Bangkok & Ayutthaya, Thailand Masters:Thakoon Pongsupha, Karim "Palang" Pattana
Features:Punches, kicks, elbows, knees
Muay Thai is a hard martial art from Thailand. It is similar to other Indochinese styles of kickboxing, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and Muay Lao from Laos.
Episode 10 : USA (Kajukenbo)
February. 29,2008
Location: Bay Area, Calif.
Masters: Charles Gaylord, Greg Harper
Features: Hands, feet, throws
Kajukenbo is a street-fighting martial art comprised of the most deadly moves from karate, kung fu, and other fighting styles. In this episode, Jimmy and Doug travel to the roughest edges of the S.F. Bay area to uncover why some Americans live to fight.
Episode 9 : Israel (Krav Maga)
February. 22,2008
Location: Netanya, Israel
Masters: Ran Nakash, Avivit Oftek Cohen
Features: Everything that hurts
The Israeli military is one of the most highly trained and skilled forces in the world and their secret weapon is Krav Maga. In this episode, Jimmy and Doug train with the Israeli military and learn the secrets of this murderous fighting style.
Episode 8 : Brazil (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
February. 15,2008
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Masters: Breno Sivak, Renato Barreto
Features: Grappling
Our fighters land in Rio to experience the wildly popular world of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and train with the legendary Gracie family.
Episode 7 : Korea (Hapkido)
February. 08,2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Masters: Kim Nam Je, Bae Sung Book, Ju Soong Weo
Features: Feet, hands, throws
Hapkido is Korea's gift to the world of martial arts and in this episode Jimmy and Doug learn the ins and outs of this deadly defensive art.
Episode 6 : France (Savate)
February. 01,2008
Location: Marseille, France
Masters: Christian Robert, Frank May, Frederic Baret, Laurent Bois, Patrick Gellat
Features: Hands, feet
Jimmy and Doug are off to the hard-scrabble port of Marseilles to learn France's contribution to the world of kickboxing - Savate, an elegant but brutal fighting form with kicks so dangerous they've been outlawed.
Episode 5 : Indonesia (Pencak Silat)
January. 25,2008
Location: Bandung, Indonesia
Masters: Rita Suwanda, Dadang Gunawan
Features: Hands, feet, throws, weapons
In the remote streets of Bandung, Jimmy and Doug learn the ancient fighting art known as Pencak-Silat. While training with one of Indonesia's toughest Silat masters, Doug injures his foot and has to decide whether to fight in his final battle or not.
Episode 4 : Mexico (Boxing)
January. 18,2008
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Masters: Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain, Tiburcio Garcia
Features: Hands
Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, male or female, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds.
Episode 3 : Japan (Kyokushin Karate)
January. 11,2008
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Masters: Shihan Yuzo Goda, Shihan Isamu Fukuda
Features: Hands, feet, smashing things
Kyokushin kaikan is a style of stand-up, full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Masutatsu Oyama. Kyokushinkai is Japanese for "the society of the ultimate truth." Kyokushin is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training.
Episode 2 : Philippines (Kali)
January. 04,2008
Location: Manila, Philippines
Masters: Cristino Vasquez, Leo T. Gaje Jr.
Features: Knives, sticks
In this episode, our boys head to Manila to try their hands in the weapons-based Filipino art of Kali - one of the deadliest, most ancient fighting systems on earth.
Episode 1 : China (Wushu; Sanda)
December. 28,2007
Location: Dengfeng, China
Masters: Shi De Yang, Shi De Cheng
Features: Hands, Feet, smashing things
Our fighters head to China's legendary Songshan mountains to learn the mother of all martial arts: Kung Fu.
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