The JW Fails & Kurt McKinney Interview Part 2 "No Retreat, No Surrender"

About this episode

JW Fails and Kurt McKinney celebrate the 40th anniversary of No Retreat, No Surrender and discuss the documentary The Untold Story of No Retreat No Surrender.

“Marchial Arts Madness” continues! JW Fails and Kurt McKinney are back to celebrate the 40th anniversary of No Retreat, No Surrender and discuss the documentary The Untold Story of No Retreat No Surrender! In 2025, JW Fails (NRNS, Lambada, The New Leave It To Beaver) & Kurt McKinney (NRNS, Sworn To Justice, The Last Kumite) came on $2 Late Fee to talk about NRNS and the subsequent documentary that was nearing production. One year later, the documentary is complete and out! JW & Kurt are back to talk about the doc, its premiere in Germany, and much more! Btw, NRNS’s Pete “Sugarfoot” Cunningham will be on $2LF in two weeks! Don’t miss it! If you want to hear and see more about the legacy of NRNS from JW & Kurt, be sure to check out previous episodes at the links below. Listen to Kurt McKinney’s interview from March of 2021 (Kurt’s first appearance on $2 Late Fee) here! Watch Kurt & JW Fails’ interview from March of 2025 (JW’s first appearance on $2 Late Fee) here! Watch JW Fail’s interview from September of 2025 here! As mentioned in the interview, the trailer for the documentary Chuck Norris vs Communism can be seen here. (I omitted the trailer from the episode because it’s in…

People in this episode

Hosts: Zak Shaffer, Dustin Rubin

Guests: JW Fails, Kurt McKinney

Topics covered

• Martial Arts
• Documentary
• No Retreat No Surrender

Keywords

• 40th anniversary
• documentary premiere
• Germany

Mentioned in this episode

Products: No Retreat No Surrender, The Untold Story of No Retreat No Surrender

Books & works: No Retreat, No Surrender, The Untold Story of No Retreat No Surrender, Sworn To Justice, The Last Kumite, Chuck Norris vs Communism, Tales From The Video Store

Places: Germany

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