Fight Quest

Fight Quest
Genre	Sports, Fighting
Starring	Doug Anderson Jimmy Smith
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel
Original release	December 28, 2007 – October 3, 2008
External links
Website

Fight Quest is a television show on the Discovery Channel that had a preview episode air on December 28, 2007 and began airing weekly on January 4, 2008. The show followed Jimmy Smith and Doug Anderson as they travel around the world learning different styles of martial arts, spending five days training with notable masters of the styles they are studying, before exhibiting what they have learned in a final demonstration and/or fight. According to quotes by the hosts,^[1] the show was mostly unscripted and a true challenge. At the end of February an updated DVD box set was released that included the final three episodes not in the original release.^[2] The series was canceled at the beginning of the second season and only three episodes aired, the last one ended on October 3, 2008.

Episodes

Season 1

Episode #	Country	City	Martial Art/Style	Masters	Original Airdate
1.1	China	Dengfeng	Kung Fu (Shaolin Kung Fu; Sanda)	Shi De Yang, Shi De Cheng	December 28, 2007
1.2	Philippines	Manila	Kali	Leo T. Gaje Jr. Cristino Vasquez	January 4, 2008
1.3	Japan	Tokyo	Kyokushin Karate	Yuzo Goda, Isamu Fukuda	January 11, 2008
1.4	Mexico	Mexico City	Boxing	Ignacio "Nacho" Beristáin Tiburcio Garcia	January 18, 2008
1.5	Indonesia	Bandung	Pencak Silat	Rita Suwanda Dadang Gunawan	January 25, 2008
1.6	France	Marseille	Savate	Christian Robert, Frank May Frederic Baret, Laurent Bois Patrick Gellat	February 1, 2008
1.7	South Korea	Seoul	Hapkido	Kim Nam Je, Bae Sung Book Ju Soong Weo	February 8, 2008
1.8	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu	Breno Sivak, Renato Barreto Royler Gracie	February 15, 2008
1.9	Israel	Netanya	Krav Maga	Ran Nakash Avivit Oftek Cohen	February 22, 2008
1.10	United States	Bay Area, California	Kajukenbo	Charles Gaylord, Greg Harper	February 29, 2008

Season 2

Episode #	Country	City	Martial Art/Style	Masters	Original Airdate
2.1	Thailand	Bangkok	Muay Thai	Thakoon Pongsupha, Karim "Palang" Pattana	September 26, 2008
2.2	India	Kozhikode	Kalarippayattu	Guru suresh nambiar, Guru Sunil Kumar	September 26, 2008
2.3	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Wing Chun	Leung Ting, Sifu Kong Chi Keung	October 3, 2008

See also

• Fight Science
• Human Weapon
• Kill Arman
• Rallarsving

References

1. "The Softer Side of Fight Quest - Eric Kuhn". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
2. "Fight Quest". Amazon.com. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

External links

• Fight Quest's page on The Discovery Channel's website.
• Fight Quest's page on IMDB.
• Jimmy Smith's MMA fight record on Sherdog.
• Fight Quest at TV.com