Exploring our common grappling heritage

Why no BJJ, judo, sambo, or Greco-Roman on the folk wrestling map?

When I first released the “Grappling Around the World” map that details 74 folk-wrestling styles on 6 continents, one question that kept...

In the western world, our conceptions of Vietnam are often limited to the Vietnam War - that prolonged and devastating conflict in...

The Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia, is the coldest place on Earth outside of Antarctica. A 3-million-km2 expanse of unforgiving taiga...

One of the last major landmasses to be settled by human beings, Iceland is nowadays a thriving modern nation that boasts a...

The first in a series of podcasts looking at some of the obscure folk-wrestling styles from around the world. This one explores...

On the Podcast page, you can stream every episode or download them in MP3 format and listen later. It’s also available on...