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September 16, 2011
Boys excelling in martial arts

The Young Champions Boys Club, a youth arm of Bahamas Faith Ministries, is a school and community based organization designed to equip, train and motivate young men to become productive citizens of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

The club, in conjunction with the Five Star School of Karate under the leadership of Sensei Winston Penn, recently returned from the Four Seasons Martial Arts Tour, in ...

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January 24, 2011
Mixed martial arts: Yves improves record in submission victory

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE Bahamas' biggest name in mixed martial arts showed his versatility in another victory this weekend, forcing a submission for the 40th win of his career.

Yves Edwards improved to an impressive 40-16-1 record in his veteran career when he forced a submission against Cody McKenzie in the second round of their bout at the Fight For T...

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December 10, 2010
Bahamas Hosts International Martial Arts Championship this Weekend

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- International Chinese Martial Arts Championship
President Master Nick Scrima (second left) shakes hands with Minister of
Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Charles Maynard, during a courtesy
call, on December 10, 2010.  The Bahamas is the venue for the 2nd
International Chinese Martial Arts Championships (ICMAC) from December
10-12, 2010, at the Atlantis Resort on ...

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October 18, 2010
(VIDEO) Diplight Media presents the first Bahamian martial arts film, Knockin Duh Conch Style

Nassau,
Bahamas - Diplight Media presents the soon to be released first Bahamian martial arts film
to come out of The Bahamas.  It was written, shot, and directed/edited
by Devron Pinder, and  was produced by Janson E. Saunders.   The film
features students of The Bai Sung Institute and displays the Four Winds
of Kung Fu Style, the only fully authentic and internationally ...

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News Article
August 09, 2010
Bahamian karate team attends The Caribbean Martial Arts Hall of Fame

AS teams arrived from around the world, Trinidad was preparing for the largest martial arts event the country has ever seen with the hosting of The Caribbean Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
This three-day event also played host to the Purple Dragon open karate championship, and seminars by invited grandmasters.
Professor Don Jacobs promoter of the CMAHF and also founder of the Purple Dragon system, and...

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August 04, 2010
MARTIAL ARTISTS AWARDED DESPITE SETBACK

By SPORTS WRITER

For the Guardian

Due to unfortunate circumstances, a team of martial artists from The Bahamas recently missed about 90 percent of their events at the Purple Dragon Open Karate Championship in Trinidad & Tobago, but they were still recognized as a part of the Caribbean Martial Arts Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which took place that same weekend.

"It left us without the oppor...

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News Article
June 16, 2010
Bahamians kick butt in Florida martial arts

ORLANDO - To say that Bahamian athletes are branching out and winning medals internationally in an increasing number of sporting disciplines, would truly be an understatement.

Just recently, a team of 15 Bahamian fighters, youngsters and adults, returned from the 12th Annual Orlando International Chinese Martial Arts Circuit (ICMAC) Championships. Almost all of the Bahamian martial artists won ...

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April 24, 2024
Pintard to PM, 'Stop flip-flopping on marital rape'

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Opposition Free National Movement Leader Michael Pintard slammed Prime Minister Philip Davis for his comments which suggested that divorce is a solution for marital rape, Pintard contends that the response does not address the issue the specific social ill. Davis suggested on Monday that criminalizing marital rape was not "contained" in his [...]

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April 12, 2024
PM Davis says "rape is rape"

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — In response to comments made by Director of Bahamas Crisis Center Sandra Dean-Patterson in a local daily regarding government pace on criminalizing marital rape, Prime Minister Davis said "rape is rape." Davis asserted that he does not like when people assign different categories to rape, as it is the same heinous act [...]

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October 05, 2023
Grace Community Church responds to UB on Pride Week

Dear Editor, We were deeply saddened and disappointed by the statements offered by the Office of University Relations concerning the Bahamas Christian Council's appeal "to cancel the hosting of this event by this special interest group and return the university back to the basic tenets of standard education and the decency of higher learning". The university's ...
The post Grace Community Church r...

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