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Martial Arts

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Young Champions to Celebrate New Building in Scottsdale and Company's Recovery From 2009 Arson Fire That Killed Employee

    ​Young Champions, a Valley-based youth organization that teaches kids karate, cheerleading, and other activites, wants you to know it's back in action following a horrific 2009 arson fire. Tomorrow, (March 31), the company will host a grand-opening celebration for its new Scottsdale office at 1645 ... More >>

  • Music

    March 29, 2012

    Radio Brazil Band @ Padre's Modern Mexican Cuisine

    ​Young Champions, a Valley-based youth organization that teaches kids karate, cheerleading, and other activites, wants you to know it's back in action following a horrific 2009 arson fire. Tomorrow, (March 31), the company will host a grand-opening celebration for its new Scottsdale office at 1645 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Brazilian Wax

    ​Young Champions, a Valley-based youth organization that teaches kids karate, cheerleading, and other activites, wants you to know it's back in action following a horrific 2009 arson fire. Tomorrow, (March 31), the company will host a grand-opening celebration for its new Scottsdale office at 1645 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Four-Hundred-Pound Arizona Blob Becomes Heaviest Man to Complete Marathon

    CrusephotoKelly Gneiting​Most people who weigh 400-plus pounds can barely make their way from the couch to the refridgerator. Not Arizona-based sumo wrestler Kelly Gneiting, 40, who became the Guinness-certified "heaviest man to complete a marathon" over the weekend when he finished the LA Maratho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2010

    New Year’s Eve Carnaval Celebration @ W Scottsdale

    CrusephotoKelly Gneiting​Most people who weigh 400-plus pounds can barely make their way from the couch to the refridgerator. Not Arizona-based sumo wrestler Kelly Gneiting, 40, who became the Guinness-certified "heaviest man to complete a marathon" over the weekend when he finished the LA Maratho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Yo Gabba Gabba VS. Daft Punk - Party In My Tummy (Kendo Says Oh Yeah Edit)

    ​Song: Yo Gabba Gabba VS. Daft Punk - Party In My Tummy (Kendo Says Oh Yeah Edit)Context: I'm trying to understand the widespread appeal of Yo Gabba Gabba before this weekend's big show.... so far, no luck. Yo Gabba Gabba VS. Daft Punk - Party In My Tummy (Kendo Says Oh Yeah Edit) by Kendotr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2010

    Kimchi-Kimchi-Coo

    Get your international cuisine-loving booty down here

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    Independence Day

    Yet another Brazilian celebration comes to the Valley

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Argument Over UFC Fight Leads to Gilbert Shooting

    Kemonte Tremayne Wesson​There's an argument to be made that violence on TV leads to violence in the real world. A Glendale man may have contributed to this argument.Police say 32-year-old Kemonte Tremayne Wesson was arrested early Sunday morning for shooting a 37-year-old man with whom he ha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Foreign Affair

    An enchanted evening with Chinese arts

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010

    Beauty and the East

    Asian festival explores exotic grub and culture

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    Take Your Kick

    Watch people beat each other up in Chandler

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2010

    Tiger Balm

    Warm up to a new year at Chinese Week Fest

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Payson Man Schedules First Sanctioned Mixed Martial Arts Fight; Oh, Did We Mention He Only Has One Leg?

    Carrie Betzold Matt Betzold​ For 99.9 percent of the population, getting in the ring with some of the toughest fighters in the world is nothing short of a death wish, and most of us have all of our appendages.For 25-year-old Matt Betzold, it's a dream come true.When Betzold was six years ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Arty Girl: NU Tonight at the Heard Museum

    By craftychica on flickr.Isn't she gorgeous?​I was considering a blog about the Lowrider show at Phoenix Art Museum tomorrow but the fine folks over in Night & Day already got their paws on it. Nicely done, guys.Lucky for us, there's plenty of good stuff going on around town. Like the Heard Mu ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 6, 2009

    Mango Salsa Pants

    By craftychica on flickr.Isn't she gorgeous?​I was considering a blog about the Lowrider show at Phoenix Art Museum tomorrow but the fine folks over in Night & Day already got their paws on it. Nicely done, guys.Lucky for us, there's plenty of good stuff going on around town. Like the Heard Mu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    Phoenix Chinese Week: Culture and Cuisine Festival

    By craftychica on flickr.Isn't she gorgeous?​I was considering a blog about the Lowrider show at Phoenix Art Museum tomorrow but the fine folks over in Night & Day already got their paws on it. Nicely done, guys.Lucky for us, there's plenty of good stuff going on around town. Like the Heard Mu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 29, 2009

    Err Martial

    The Muscles from Brussels returns with sad-faced new flick

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Rage in the Cage: JoJo Thompson vs. Eric Prindle

    When I was little, my dad would take my brother and I to see amateur boxing matches. I would spend pretty much the entirety of the bouts watching through my fingers, praying that the boxers didn't kill each other. While I still blame having to sit through those matches for my overall wussiness today ... More >>

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 25, 2008

    The Hyperactive Human Spider

    When I was little, my dad would take my brother and I to see amateur boxing matches. I would spend pretty much the entirety of the bouts watching through my fingers, praying that the boxers didn't kill each other. While I still blame having to sit through those matches for my overall wussiness today ... More >>

  • Film

    June 12, 2008

    Tae Kwon Do comedy Foot Fist Way stars cringe-tastic Danny McBride

    When I was little, my dad would take my brother and I to see amateur boxing matches. I would spend pretty much the entirety of the bouts watching through my fingers, praying that the boxers didn't kill each other. While I still blame having to sit through those matches for my overall wussiness today ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 27, 2007

    Kung Fooey

    Cult flick is artistically challenged

  • Calendar

    October 18, 2007

    Original Zen

    Cult flick is artistically challenged

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Multitask Force

    Meet the Energizer Bunny of lit

  • Home Entertainment

    March 1, 2007

    Virtually Perfect

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

  • Calendar

    January 18, 2007
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    March 31, 2005

    Tune In Tokyo

    Wa-cha! to Ra on Tuesdays

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    SMoCA'm If You Got 'Em

    Jett goes bisexual finally, and Kreme's poppin' collars at SMoCA Nights' Epic extravaganza.

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 30, 2004

    BEST WAY TO CHASE THE BREAK-DANCING SCENE

    Furious Stylez Crew or Footklan

  • Music

    September 2, 2004

    Tsunami Bomb, and Audio Karate

    Sample the subgenres of punk

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2004

    Photo Finish

    Picture this at Paper Heart

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2004

    Evil Twins

    Minnesota's boys of summer pay BOB a visit

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2004

    No Holds Barred

    Rage in the Cage takes fighting to the extreme

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2004

    Eco Trip

    SolFest proves it is easy being green

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2004

    Boogie Night

    Dancers get dirty at Alwun House

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2004

    Sake to Me

    Phoenix gets a taste of Japan

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2004

    Turf War

    Fiesta Bowl touches down in Tempe

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2003

    World Beat

    Capoeira is alive and kicking

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2003

    Train Station

    Impact Zone shows wrestlers the ropes

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-day Picks

    Impact Zone shows wrestlers the ropes

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Impact Zone shows wrestlers the ropes

  • Music

    January 2, 2003

    GZA

    Legend of the Liquid Sword (MCA)

  • Film

    July 5, 2001

    Kicked Butt

    Inept editing, gaping plot holes, unintentional absurdity: What more does a movie need?

  • Film

    January 11, 2001

    Ang Has Sprung

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

  • Calendar

    February 18, 1999

    Let's Twist Again

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

  • Music

    November 5, 1998

    Pretty in Pink

    The (Young) Pioneers bring leftist imagery to an indie world gone apolitical

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Flashes

    The (Young) Pioneers bring leftist imagery to an indie world gone apolitical

  • Music

    January 8, 1998

    Beat Surrender

    The Zen life and sad death of local drummer Jon Norwood

  • News

    November 24, 1994

    A MOJOR LEAGUE VETERAN

    The Zen life and sad death of local drummer Jon Norwood

  • News

    June 15, 1994

    THE SHANE OF IT ALL

    SHANE STANT WHACKED NANCY KERRIGAN'S LEG. HERE'S WHY HE THINKS HE'S A VICTIM

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