Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd has helped break the world record for the largest synchronised taekwondo routine to raise money for a children's charity.

THE only martial arts festival in the country gets underway today, Saturday, in three separate venues with some 250 martial arts practitioner converging in the one-day tournament.

KPMG proved it isn't a firm to be messed with when staff took to the streets of Canary Wharf to show off an array of kicks and punches.

It's a scary statistic. For 84-percent of assault victims, the attacker is a familiar face.

The long, undulating and semi-inglorious path the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix is almost over.