Fight Science - Season 1

Fight Science - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes8
DatesJan 27, 2008 - Oct 18, 2010

Episodes

Mixed Martial Arts
Season 1Episode 160 min

Mixed Martial Arts

Analyze the unique fighting styles of legendary UFC champions like Randy Couture, Bas Rutten, Tito Ortiz and Dean Lister. Compare their strengths, advantages and limitations.
Jan 27, 2008
Special Ops
Season 1Episode 260 min

Special Ops

Special operations are elite military units trained for unconventional warfare. Now these warrior athletes are put to the test by science and cutting-edge technologies to exhibit their maximum capabilities under the most adverse circumstances.
Jan 27, 2008
Fighting Back
Season 1Episode 360 min

Fighting Back

Masters of self-defense cut loose on cutting-edge technology to answer the question: If caught in a fight for your life, what would you do?
Jun 9, 2008
Fight Like an Animal
Season 1Episode 460 min

Fight Like an Animal

For centuries, martial artists have been inspired by the animal kingdom. But can a human strike as fast as a snake, be as nimble as a monkey or as powerful as a tiger? The Fight Science team tests whether kung fu experts stack up against their animal counterparts.
Feb 7, 2010
Stealth Fighters
Season 1Episode 560 min

Stealth Fighters

The Fight Science team explores the deadly art of stealth fighters, from hidden defenses to infiltration and escape skills - and discovers some results that defy science. Experts in Brazilian capoeira, karate, tae kwon do, and muay Thai kickboxing execute hair-trigger techniques that push the limits of human ability. A martial artist demonstrates evasive maneuvers and a Shaolin warrior breaks a steal-tipped spear aimed at his throat, allegedly by manipulating the body's powerful energy.
Feb 11, 2010
Human Weapons
Season 1Episode 660 min

Human Weapons

What techniques can the average person use to survive a life-or-death confrontation? To examine methods of turning victims into victors, a team of self-defense experts employ a variety of advanced biomechanical sensors, high-speed photography and 3D animation in the custom-designed lab. You'll see how experts predict an attack before it happens, and how they prevail in a fight even when they are outmatched applying force to vulnerable points on an assailant's body.
Feb 18, 2010
Super Cops
Season 1Episode 760 min

Super Cops

They keep our streets safe using high-tech equipment, knowledge of human behavior and nerves of steel. But a cops number one challenge is surviving - and not killing anyone in the process. In a life-or-death situation, can technology determine who fails and who lives to fight another day? SWAT put police techniques and equipment through the ultimate stress test.
Feb 25, 2010
Ultimate Soldiers
Season 1Episode 860 min

Ultimate Soldiers

Special operations forces are an elite breed of soldiers with the ultimate military training, superior physicality and extraordinary mental ability, especially under stress. The Fight Science team of scientists push these legendary fighters past their breaking point. A sniper is challenged to shoot between heartbeats while enduring temperature extremes inside a glass box. An Air Force pilot and an Army Ranger are spun in a gyroscope to test their ability to fight spatial disorientation.
Oct 18, 2010

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