India’s Ultimate Warrior: The show every critic is raving about
Hindustan TimesIf you are in the mood for some high-octane fighting, albeit with real life characters, this is just the show for you. The latest reality series to hit the virtual screen – India’s Ultimate Warrior – takes you on a quest to find India’s best warrior, mentored by one of the world’s best martial arts champions and handpicked by none other than Dojo Master Vidyut Jammwal, practitioner of the oldest martial art in the world called kalaripayattu. Episode 3 of the special series, which premiered on March 11 and premieres on March 16 on the Discovery Channel, sees the entry of Bollywood’s martial arts victor ludorum, Akshay Kumar, who joins Jammwal on his hair-raising quest to find the number one warrior in the country. And in this quest to find India’s ultimate warrior, he is joined by four exceptional mentors – Shifu Kanishka Sharma, a master of seven martial arts forms, Shaun Kober, one of the world’s best strength and conditioning coaches, Bi ‘Killerbee’ Nguyen, a mixed martial arts champion and Mykel Hawke, a special forces combat veteran and a survival expert, each of whom will take under their wing one warrior selected for the challenge. As the series unfolds, we see the masters coaching and mentoring the warriors, not just for their skills of martial arts forms but overall mental and physical conditioning that will make them India’s ultimate warrior.