Fightworld

Finally not just telling the ancient history of martial arts, but a fresh take on the people and the coltures behind the fighters

This documentary is painfully slow. And about fighters who have a terrible life. A life so extreme they have to actually use their body as a punching bag in order to make a living. Than there are the usual boring statements about the virtue of watching your IQ dripping as one takes one hit too many to the head.

Frank Grillo does a fantastic job with this series!

Frank Grillo (most notably in the Captain America series) is an actor and martial arts practitioner on a quest to explore different martial arts, visiting generally impoverished countries and finding what drives them to fight.

First of all, this is NOT a documentary series that breaks down different fighting styles extensively and there is surprisingly little fight footage considering the title "Fightworld". As Frank Grillo explained in a podcast, this is a docu-series about PEOPLE. It is about determination. Bonds that can't be broken. Tradition and faith. The reason why to fight. When not to fight. Tragedy. Grief. Protecting loved ones. And ultimately, the clarity all fighters share that people, although immensely different, are all the same. We all bleed the same. We cut the same. We can be knocked down the same. We all love the same.

The series starts off relatively calmly with boxing in Mexico City, a combat sport most people are familiar with. Throughout the series we are taken on a journey that delves deeper and deeper into unfamiliar territory and stranger traditions, with a final breathtaking episode of season 1 that will have made the long journey all absolutely worthwhile.

9/10- Frank Grillo brings us a beautifully stylized series that explores the human soul through the language of fighting.

Why do you fight?

Fightworld is a five part documentary series hosted and narrated by American actor Frank Grillo. Each episode takes the viewer into the world of a specific countries most prominent combat sport/training.

In my opinion Fightworld has the perfect host/narrator for the series as Grillo has experience in mixed martial arts and has a clear passion for the sport as well. Fightworld also provides an in depth explanation into certain styles of fighting society have not been exposed to, this can be great in educating people on fighting as well as broadening their minds on their religious views. Fightworld also provides good enough content for people who want to travel as they do film in five different countries.

Fightworld is the perfect documentary series for people who are starting to train in the sport of mixed martial arts.

A series that gives well needed respect to an astounding art form.