It’s unusual for us to post our second obituary here in the short time we’ve started this blog, but life is about remembering those who made a difference. On 5 July 2009, Philip Jones passed away at the age of 65 from a heart attack. Who exactly was Mr Jones? He was a friend, anRead more

TMVC’s 75 minute documentary LOST IMAGES featuring the Ivan Polunin archive received praise from Singaporeans after its Premiere on Okto on Aug 10 2009. Mr. Errol Goodenough wrote: “On Monday night, TV channel Okto telecast a remarkable MDA-sponsored documentary, ‘Lost Images’. Every Singaporean ought to view the production which is splendid. However I know thatRead more

When we filmed Go Warrior in 2003, we were fortunate to meet the most passionate writers in the martial arts: Kid Peligro. Kid wrote this amazing book The Gracie Way, which I highly recommend for anyone interested in one of the most amazing stories of how one Brazilian family made Jiu-jitsu the cornerstone of today’sRead more

Helio Gracie – the man who helped make Brazilian Jiu-jitsu the foundation of today’s mixed martial arts passed away on Thursday, January 29 2009. We filmed Helio in his ranch in Itaipava, Rio de Janiero in 2003 for our landmark martial arts series Go Warrior. While there, we captured Helio sparring in action with sonRead more

CHEF FOR HIRE airs on Mediacorp 5 Weds at 9 pm from 21 Jan 2009.   Featuring Ryan Hong, it has the honour of being the first primetime cooking show on Channel 5 in years.   The channel has run successful food series including our Table for 3; Food Chain and Slurp! but this is a bona-fideRead more