Last Man Standing Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Last Man Standing: Season 2

• Season 2 Episode 10: Outrigger Canoe Race

  The athletes compete against a tribe of sea nomads in an ocean-going race between islands off Papua New Guinea. In two days of agony, they paddle further than the Channel crossing, encounter a treacherous reef and face shark-infested waters. The toughest contestant will be crowned the winner. Last in the series

• Season 2 Episode 9: Kushti Wrestling

  The athletes travel to India to master the ancient art of kushti wrestling. They train intensively in a kushti guru's boot camp where daily 4am runs are followed not by breakfast but more strenuous training. If they prove themselves there, they will have the opportunity to challenge local professionals in front of 15,000 fight fans

• Season 2 Episode 8: Sumbawa Buffalo Racing

  On the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, the athletes take part in the traditional sport of water buffalo racing. However, to complete the waterlogged course, clear the jump and hit the target at the end, the jockeys must first bond with their animals and contend with the local shaman's magic

• Season 2 Episode 7: Sikaran Kick Fighting

  The athletic adventurers study a brutal form of kick fighting in the Philippines. Before being allowed to compete in an open tournament, they must prove themselves worthy of wearing the prized 'red pants' of a sikaranista. They must overcome bruises, blisters and broken bones to take part in this proud piece of Filipino heritage

• Season 2 Episode 6: Koriyak Endurance Race

  The athletes journey to Kamchatka, a Russian peninsula on the north-east edge of Asia, to compete with Koriyak nomads in a long-distance running race through snow and ice. To train, they work as reindeer herders, learning how to cope in the freezing conditions and trying to avoid frostbite. They also get to taste a local delicacy - raw reindeer testicles

• Season 2 Episode 5: Bhutanese Archery

  Two rival villages face one another in an archery tournament in Bhutan and the athletes find dealing with their 50-year grudge a mental as well as physical challenge. Using bamboo bows, they must fire razor-sharp arrows more than twice the Olympic distance to hit a target the size of a dinner plate. To add to the pressure, the arrows must be fired over spectators' heads

• Season 2 Episode 4: Wauja Canoe Race

  The athletes travel to Brazil where they must prepare themselves for the competition with a painful initiation ceremony. Their challenge is to race the Wauja tribe 16km along the swollen Batavi River in dug-out canoes. The sun is beating down, the boats are hard to balance and thousands of hungry piranhas wait beneath the surface of the water, but the competitors are determined to succeed

• Season 2 Episode 3: Sherpa Mountain Race

  The athletes spend one week living in the traditional Himalayan village of Pikehop, training with a mountain expert for a race against a Nepalese tribe. The Sherpas are renowned for their endurance, especially at high altitude, but the newcomers struggle with the thin mountain air. To make things worse, they must carry 25kg stone slabs carved with Buddhist mantras during the challenge

• Season 2 Episode 2: Samo Wrestling

  The athletes head for Burkina Faso, West Africa, where they plan to engage in Samo wrestling, a highly physical and energy-sapping combat sport in which one wrong move could leave them seriously injured. However, before they can begin the games, the challengers must take part in a traditional ritual - feeding live chickens to the locals' sacred crocodiles

• Season 2 Episode 1: Suri Stick-Fighting

  Adventurers from the UK and USA, including a Florida wrestler, a professional rugby player and a Devon kite surfer, try to prove themselves in a series of challenges of physical and mental endurance around the world. Their first test takes them to Ethiopia. Here, they engage in the deadly sport of Suri stick-fighing, practised by a dangerous tribe whose traditional ways have not changed for hundreds of years

Last Man Standing: Season 1

• Season 1 Episode 8: Sepik Canoe Racing

  The athletes face their final challenge in Papua New Guinea, where they live with a jungle tribe and take part in the locals' biggest canoe race of the year. However, to succeed in their task they must sleep in shelters full of snakes and learn the sport in crocodile-infested waters. Last in series

• Season 1 Episode 7: Senegalese Wrestling

  The challengers visit Senegal, where they are challenged to compete against local villagers in their national sport of wrestling. They also discover that, in addition to strength, technique and agility, they need to learn about magic to be successful in their bouts

• Season 1 Episode 6: Trobriand Cricket

  The athletes visit the Pacific Islands and play cricket as part of a native festival. However, they soon discover the locals' version of the sport - in which tactics include using intimidation, taunts and magic against opponents - is very different from the traditional game

• Season 1 Episode 5: Mongolian Wrestling

  The competitors visit north-west Mongolia, where they are challenged to come to terms with their nomadic lifestyle and prepare to wrestle at the locals' biggest sporting festival of the year, Nadaam. Brad goes into this task as the favourite after his wrestling success in Brazil, but it soon becomes clear technique is far more important than strength

• Season 1 Episode 4: Nagaland (Kick Fighting)

  The six adventurers head to a remote area of north-east India to learn a vicious martial art called Aki Kiti, in which fighters use the soles of their feet to attack opponents and defend themselves. The challengers must attempt to master the form of combat in preparation for a competition against the tribe's most skilled warriors

• Season 1 Episode 3: Tarahumara Endurance Race

  The six athletes compete against some of the world's greatest endurance runners in a high-altitude race across the mountains of Sierra Madre in West Mexico. The participants are trained by two rival teams from either end of a remote village but are stunned to discover they must wear sandals and kick a small wooden ball over a snake-infested course if they are to take part

• Season 1 Episode 2: Zulu Stick Fighting

  The adventurers head to South Africa, where they are given 10 days to learn a Zulu tribe's ancient art of stick fighting in preparation for the celebrations at a royal wedding. However, as the big day approaches, the teams begin to worry about the challenge, with one contestant even visiting a witch doctor in a bid to fight off his nerves

• Season 1 Episode 1: Kalapalo Wrestling

  Athletic adventurers from the UK and USA try to prove themselves in a series of challenges of physical and mental endurance around the world, with the aim of being crowned champion. Their journey begins with a trip to the Brazilian rainforest, where the teams attempt to learn wrestling skills from the Kalapolo tribe, before surviving a brutal initiation ceremony which includes having chilli rubbed into open wounds