A Study Of Confidence: Public School

Cherished memories… that is how the majority of us will think of when we looked back at our years in secondary school and public education, a clear distinction though for those who grew up in New York City. Encompassed some1,600-plus schools and 1.1 million students, the New York City public education system is a maze of intertwined lives…

More than Skin Deep: Legacy of Horiyoshi III

The art of Irezumi (入墨), Japanese term for “tattooing”, also literally meaning injection of ink, can be traced back to Japan’s Jōmon period (approximately 10,000 B.C.). The craft of body branding with ink by hand had since then segued through countless social stratas and donned numerous cultural…

FIGHT! - An Interview with Caol Uno

As the evening dissipates in to a light filled day at Cologne, Germany, Caol Uno wouldn’t even notice it at all since he’s been locked away the last few days. It is an incarceration by choice, a temporary sentence of necessities as he mounts his return to the Octagon…