Fight science

A new program at the National Geographic channel that gets into the science of martial arts. [via]

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This is the martial eagle, one of Africa's largest eagles* and a truly formidable predator, even occassionally killing small antelope like duiker. This adult was a fair distance away but the presence of large nests gives away the location of trees where they might be found perching.
tags: Juvenile Martial Eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus,
tags: Juvenile Martial Eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus,
Recently Orac took apart the findings of another acupuncture study.

XTreme Martial Arts was a similar show done by the Discovery Channel a few years back as part of their HD lineup. Same basic outline, demonstrating the "damage" done by fighters through science data collection, then applying that to computer models of skeletons and muscles to show what would happen if fighters hit each other at full force.

By Joe Shelby (not verified) on 17 Aug 2006 #permalink