Fight Science

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Fight Science
GenreSports, History, Fighting
Narrated byRobert Leigh
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish

Fight Science is a television program shown on the National Geographic Channel in which scientists and martial arts masters work together to analyze the world's fighting techniques, to compare the disciplines and to find out which one has the strongest hits, kicks and deadliest weapons. The show also tries to prove through science if certain legends in fighting are possible, such as whether a one-punch knockout is possible or if ninja are as nimble and deadly as stories tell. There is also a feature on human strength, where in it a man hits his head on bricks in order to shatter them. The show had several spin-offs including Sport Science . [1]

Contents

The narrator is Robert Leigh. [2]

It featured fighters including Melchor Menor, Tito Ortiz, Bas Rutten, [3] Randy Couture, Alex Huynh, Amir Perets, Mindy Kelly, [4] Bren Foster, Amir Solsky, Glen Levy and Dan Inosanto. [2]

Legend tests

Weapon tests

All weapons were rated on range, control and impact.

Episode list

Several follow-up episodes were released which focus on more specific fighting techniques and associated myths.

  1. "Pilot" (April 30, 2007)
  2. "Mixed Martial Arts" (January 27, 2008)
  3. "Special Ops" (January 27, 2008)
  4. "Fighting Back" (June 9, 2008)
  5. "Ultimate Soldiers" (February 1, 2010)
  6. "Fight Like an Animal" (February 4, 2010)
  7. "Stealth Fighters" (February 11, 2010)
  8. "Human Weapons" (February 18, 2010)
  9. "Super Cops" (February 25, 2010)

See also

References

  1. Stanley, Andrea (July 16, 2013), How She Does It: Cynthia Bir, Biomedical Engineer, workingmother.com, retrieved September 26, 2013
  2. 1 2 Dr. Craig Reid. "Martial Arts vs. Crash Test Dummies: National Geographic's FIGHT SCIENCE". Kung Fu Magazine . Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
  3. "BAS RUTTEN ON 'FIGHT SCIENCE', KIMBO & IFL". MMA Weekly. January 26, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
  4. "Fight Science | Profile: Amir Perets | National Geographic Channel." National Geographic Channel - Animals, Science, Exploration Television Shows. Web. 11 Aug. 2010. < "Amir Pertes profile". Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.>.
  5. Viano, DC.; Lau, IV. (1988). "A viscous tolerance criterion for soft tissue injury assessment". J Biomech. 21 (5): 387–99. doi:10.1016/0021-9290(88)90145-5. PMID   3417691.