''Kill Arman'' is a reality/documentary TV series about martial arts, created by

Tuukka Tiensuu Tuukka Tiensuu is a Finnish television director, writer and producer. He is best known for the internationally successful Finnish TV-series ''The Dudesons'', '' Kill Arman'','' The Dudesons in America'' and '' Beyond Human Boundaries''. Early ...

and

Arman Alizad Arman Alizad (born 12 January 1971) is an Iranian- Finnish master tailor, fashion columnist and TV personality. He is best known for the martial arts series '' Kill Arman'', which has aired in over 100 countries around the world. Alizad has also ...

, and hosted by Alizad. The series was first broadcast in Finland in 2009. Currently, two seasons have been filmed and the series is airing in over 100 countries worldwide.

Synopsis

is a master tailor, a fashion reporter and a party-animal, who has not done any sports in over 20 years. But in ''Kill Arman'' he has to travel to exotic locations around the world, train a different martial art in every episode, and finally fight a master of that martial art. The physical and mental challenges make Alizad question his own belief systems, and he finds whole new sides to himself.

Cast and characters

Along with the host, Arman Alizad, the episodes have many famous martial arts masters mentoring Alizad. These masters include for example

Leung Ting Leung Ting ( zh, c=梁挺; born 28 February 1947) is a Hong Kong martial artist, publisher, choreographer, screenwriter, director, and former actor. He is also the founder of International WingTsun Association. He was a student of Leung Sheung ...

, Leo Gaje,

Martin Kampmann Martin Kampmann (born April 17, 1982) is a retired Danish professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Cage Warriors World Middleweight Champion. Background Originally from Aarhus, Denmark ...

Ray Sefo Ray Sefo (born 15 February 1971) is a New Zealand fight promoter and retired kickboxer, boxer, and mixed martial artist. He was the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Runner-up, is a six-time Muay Thai World Champion, and was an eight time K-1 World G ...

and

Amin Asikainen Amin Asikainen (born 21 January 1976) is a Finnish former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011, and in 2016. He held the European and European Union middleweight titles between 2006 and 2007, and the Finnish middleweight title in 20 ...

Production

''Kill Arman'' is a co-production between Rabbit Films, Armanin Maailma and Jim. The series was created by Arman Alizad and

. Tiensuu is also the director of the series.

Awards and nominations

In 2010, ''Kill Arman'' was nominated for the Best Finnish TV show of the year in Venla-gaala.

Distribution

''Kill Arman'' is distributed in Finland by Jim. Internationally it is distributed by DRG. It airs in several dozen TV networks around the world, including the

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

References

External links

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Kill Arman on the Finnish distributor's site
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Kill Arman on BBC.
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Kill Arman as one of the nonimees for the best Finnish TV-show award in 2010.
{{Authority control 2009 Finnish television series debuts 2010 Finnish television series endings Finnish English-language television shows Finnish reality television series Jim (TV channel) original programming Martial arts television series