http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog Welcome to the World Of Swords the CF Swords - Sword Blog where we will not only showcase some of the current best selling hottest collectibles and Swords For Sale but will feature a wealth of related articles and up to date news in the World of Swords! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:59:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/cris-cyborg-makes-short-work-of-gina-carano-in-strikeforce-headliner/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/cris-cyborg-makes-short-work-of-gina-carano-in-strikeforce-headliner/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:36:25 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/cris-cyborg-makes-short-work-of-gina-carano-in-strikeforce-headliner/ Gina Carano put womens MMA on the map, but Cris Cyborg Santos may have become the sports first dominant female champion by virtue of her overwhelming TKO victory in the main event of Saturdays STRIKEFORCE event. Cyborg simply was too physically strong and her punches too powerful for Carano, who fought valiantly before succumbing to a barrage of ground and pound punches at the end of the first round.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/cris-cyborg-makes-short-work-of-gina-carano-in-strikeforce-headliner/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/brian-bowles-shocks-miguel-angel-torres-at-wec-42/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/brian-bowles-shocks-miguel-angel-torres-at-wec-42/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:33:58 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/brian-bowles-shocks-miguel-angel-torres-at-wec-42/ Brian Bowles used a counter right hook late in the first round to defeat Miguel Angel Torres by TKO and win the WEC Bantamweight title in the main event of WEC 42. Though Bowles entered as a highly respected, undefeated challenger his stoppage victory over Torres"a fighter who ranked high atop most pound for pound best lists"has to be considered one of the major MMA upsets of the year.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/brian-bowles-shocks-miguel-angel-torres-at-wec-42/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/there-are-two-kinds-of-punches/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/there-are-two-kinds-of-punches/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:53:34 +0000 Al Case http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/there-are-two-kinds-of-punches/ When learning the martial arts, especially if you want to be effective, you need to learn the differences, the gains and limitations, of the two kinds of punches. Knowing these punches will dictate and proscribe your combat strategy. Knowing these punches will effect your training and enlighten you as to the True Martial Arts.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/there-are-two-kinds-of-punches/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/history-of-the-ufc/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/history-of-the-ufc/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:27:23 +0000 Darren Bradley http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/history-of-the-ufc/ The Ultimate Fighting Championship has introduced a form of fighting which it classed as no-holds-barred. In the beginning the Ultimate Fighting Championships had very few rules. There were no weight classes and no time limits or rounds. The only rules were that fighters could not eye gouge, bite, or fish hook, and fights could only end with a referees stoppage, knock out, or submission, which could be done verbally, or by a tap out, where the fighter must tap the mat, or his opponent three times with his hand or foot to signal that he submits.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/history-of-the-ufc/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/lesnar-becomes-ufc-champion-with-win-over-mir/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/lesnar-becomes-ufc-champion-with-win-over-mir/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:56:32 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/lesnar-becomes-ufc-champion-with-win-over-mir/ On a historic night for the sport of mixed martial arts, Brock Lesnar avenged his early loss to Frank Mir with a TKO victory and in the process unified the promotions heavyweight championship at UFC 100. Mir/Lesnar was the main event of a stacked card and the culmination of a frenzied week of activity in Las Vegas.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/lesnar-becomes-ufc-champion-with-win-over-mir/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/anderson-silva-dominant-in-ufc-101-victory/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/anderson-silva-dominant-in-ufc-101-victory/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:39:21 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/anderson-silva-dominant-in-ufc-101-victory/ UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva had lost a lot of his luster coming into Saturday nights UFC 101 matchup with former light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin. He was undefeated in his previous nine UFC contests, but his last three victories had been far from impressive. In his most recent bout, hed pouted and showboated his way to a unanimous decision victory by default against a thoroughly overwhelmed Thales Leites. On that night in Montreal hed heard an abundance of boos from the fans who at one point started a GSP chant in reference to his most frequent challenger for pound for pound MMA supremacy. Even Dana White criticized his effort and finally conceded that St. Pierre might, indeed, be the best all around fighter in the game.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/anderson-silva-dominant-in-ufc-101-victory/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/tito-ortiz-has-returned-to-the-ufc/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/tito-ortiz-has-returned-to-the-ufc/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:53:09 +0000 Darren Bradley http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/tito-ortiz-has-returned-to-the-ufc/ UFC president Dana White announced a deal Friday to bring back Tito Ortiz, the massively popular mixed martial artist who angrily left the UFC last year in a public dispute over issues of respect and money. The former light heavyweight champion has recovered from major back surgery and plans to fight late this year or on the UFCs Jan. 2, 2010, card in Las Vegas.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/tito-ortiz-has-returned-to-the-ufc/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/making-the-four-decisions-of-a-fight/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/making-the-four-decisions-of-a-fight/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:46:48 +0000 Al Case http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/making-the-four-decisions-of-a-fight/ To win a fight it is necessary to make the decision to win the fight. Without that decision, simply, you aren't going to win. Thus, you have to practice making the decision, and backing it up with a plan so that the decision becomes reality.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/making-the-four-decisions-of-a-fight/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/your-first-lessons-in-the-martial-arts/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/your-first-lessons-in-the-martial-arts/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:09:41 +0000 Al Case http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/your-first-lessons-in-the-martial-arts/ First, you can't simply know about the True Martial Art, you have to experience them to really know them. To know about is like wondering and fantasizing, to know is to actually do. It is the difference between talking about the word 'wet' and actually jumping in the ocean.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/your-first-lessons-in-the-martial-arts/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/how-to-have-perfect-form/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/how-to-have-perfect-form/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:56:50 +0000 Al Case http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/how-to-have-perfect-form/ It was Gichin Funakoshi who said: the way, straight and true, who will pass it on? Actually, The Way is now easily mastered, and it is easily passed on. The key to this statement lies in good, old, hard core physics.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/how-to-have-perfect-form/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/fedor-emelianenko-signs-with-strikeforce/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/fedor-emelianenko-signs-with-strikeforce/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:25:48 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/fedor-emelianenko-signs-with-strikeforce/ The worlds best heavyweight mixed martial artist has a new American promotional home. Following Afflictions announcement that they were ending MMA promotional activities, Fedor Emelianenko negotiated with several groups"including the UFC"before signing a multifight deal to compete for the Strikeforce promotion. Terms of the arrangement were not made public, but the promotion indicated that Fedor would make his Strikeforce debut this October.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/fedor-emelianenko-signs-with-strikeforce/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/tito-ortiz-returns-to-the-ufc/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/tito-ortiz-returns-to-the-ufc/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:14:39 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/tito-ortiz-returns-to-the-ufc/ In the 'real world' time heals all wounds. In the fight game, money has the same curative effect. This was vividly illustrated with the recent announcement that Tito Ortiz has patched things up with Dana White and will return to the UFC. Tito left the promotion over a year ago after a highly publicized split with the UFC president. He never found a new promotional home that would give him the money and the high profile status that he craved.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/tito-ortiz-returns-to-the-ufc/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/ufc-veteran-kimo-leopoldo-alive-despite-media-reports-of-death/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/ufc-veteran-kimo-leopoldo-alive-despite-media-reports-of-death/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:47:19 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/ufc-veteran-kimo-leopoldo-alive-despite-media-reports-of-death/ Former UFC fighter Kimo Leopoldo is alive and well after numerous mainstream media reports of his death. The New York Daily News was first to report the story that Kimo had died of a heart attack, and it quickly spread to other media outlets. MMA insiders were immediately skeptical, as there were few details or any independent confirmation.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/ufc-veteran-kimo-leopoldo-alive-despite-media-reports-of-death/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/brock-lesnar-wins-ufc-heavyweight-title/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/brock-lesnar-wins-ufc-heavyweight-title/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:44:36 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/brock-lesnar-wins-ufc-heavyweight-title/ On a historic night for the sport of mixed martial arts, Brock Lesnar avenged his early loss to Frank Mir with a TKO victory and in the process unified the promotions heavyweight championship at UFC 100. Mir/Lesnar was the main event of a stacked card and the culmination of a frenzied week of activity in Las Vegas.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/brock-lesnar-wins-ufc-heavyweight-title/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/5-fighters-to-beat-brock-lesnar/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/5-fighters-to-beat-brock-lesnar/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:57:48 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/5-fighters-to-beat-brock-lesnar/ Brock Lesnar is now the biggest PPV attraction in mixed martial arts, and has brought a large following of new fans who have the mistaken impression that he's 'unbeatable'. Before his past two fights many were questioning whether his credentials justified giving him a shot at the title, with some even unfairly comparing him to EliteXC YouTube sideshow attraction Kimbo Slice. In the aftermath of Lesnars UFC 100 victory the new question surrounding the former WWE champion has become who can beat this guy? Lesnar definitely is a freaky physical specimen combining size and strength with speed and agility. Hes also progressing by leaps and bounds as a fighter with every bout. Still, hes got a big deficit in experience to make up on the job as UFC heavyweight champion.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/5-fighters-to-beat-brock-lesnar/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/the-historical-roots-of-mma-muhammad-ali-vs-antonio-inoki/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/the-historical-roots-of-mma-muhammad-ali-vs-antonio-inoki/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:01:24 +0000 Ross Everett http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/the-historical-roots-of-mma-muhammad-ali-vs-antonio-inoki/ While mixed martial arts fighting has only recently become popular in the United States, contests between fighters of different martial arts disciplines have taken place in Japan for many years. They weren't called "mixed martial arts" until recently, but they were definitely an embryonic form of the now booming sport. Many of the most famous events of this type took place in Japan during the 1970's involving pro wrestling legend Antonio Inoki.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/the-historical-roots-of-mma-muhammad-ali-vs-antonio-inoki/feed/ 0 http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/the-need-for-greater-regulatory-oversight-of-japanese-mixed-martial-arts/ http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/the-need-for-greater-regulatory-oversight-of-japanese-mixed-martial-arts/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:14:44 +0000 David Glisan http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/the-need-for-greater-regulatory-oversight-of-japanese-mixed-martial-arts/ Ian Murphy was most definitely in too deep and the fact he was allowed to fight at DREAM.2 in April 2009 against Ronaldo Jacare underscores the profound lack of regulation and oversight of Japanese mixed martial arts. There really is no regulatory oversight of the sport or the actions of individual promoters. The fight culture rooted in sumo and continued in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts is extremely backwards. Fight promoters first, second and third priorities are making money. With the exception of the top stars, fighters are largely viewed as interchangeable and expendable. Mandatory drug testing is completely nonexistent and theres little elective testing by the individual promotions. Even the simplest steps to protect the fighters well being are unenforced or non-existent.]]> http://www.cfswords.com/sword-blog/the-need-for-greater-regulatory-oversight-of-japanese-mixed-martial-arts/feed/ 0