G.K. Lee: Songahm Taekwondo
G.K. Lee was born in 1957 in Daegu City, South Korea. He began training in the martial arts when he was in second grade...
Luis Morales Okinawa Goju-Ryu
Luis Morales was born on March 23, 1958. As a child he was fascinated with the martial arts, spending many hours reading the various...
Anthony Magallanes Jr.
Anthony Magallanes Jr. was born on July 24, 1995 in Fremont, California, which is the same city he resides today. Anthony is a 3rd...
Guy Mezger Combat Athlete and More
For over 25 years Guy Mezger has been involved in martial arts along with the fields of health, fitness, physical performance. He has worked...
Apolo Ladra
Born in Batangas, Philippines, Apolo Ladra is a Master or Tuhon of Pekiti Tirsia Kali, the indigenous art of the Philippines. He came to...
Robert Nadeau Aikido
Robert Nadeau, Shihan, is a key figure in the growth and development of Aikido in America. He began his martial arts training in the...
A Tribute To Matsutaro Otani Sensei
Privilege and Honor
It has been my privilege and honor to have known Mr. Matsutaro Otani for the past thirty years. What can I say about...
Isaac Kaawa
Grandmaster Isaac Kaawa, known to his old friends as Ike Kaawa, was a very strong and intelligent man. Grandmaster Kaawa had trained in Okinawan...
Akira Kubo and the Practice of Kendo to Instill Values
In 1957, my father Kahei Kubo began Kyumeikan Dojo. In the post-war years, the practice of kendo and other martial arts was forbidden, yet...
Haisan Kaleak: Kuroshi-Do
Soke Haisan Kaleak is a dedicated Marital Artist and understands the value of the quote "each one teach one." He not only understands it...
John Orndorff: Taekwondo
John Orndorff was born in Sandusky, Ohio in 1964. He grew up in Clyde, Ohio and attended Clyde High School. During high school he...
Nikolai Lee: Hapkido
Nikolai Lee was born August 12, 1989 in Gainesville, Florida. He grew up in a martial arts family surrounded by the martial arts mindset....
Steve Kincade: Teuk Gong Moo Sool
Grand Master Steve Kincade is the first American-born martial artist to earn the rank of 5th dan from the International Teuk Gong Moo Sool...
Tu Lam
Tu Lum is an edged weapons master who has studied Filipino martial arts, military tactical weapon fighting, and designs his own blades. Tactical blades...
Taika Seiyu Oyata: Ryu-te
Taika Seiyu Oyata was a renowned world-class martial arts practitioner, founder of the International RyuTe Karate Association and a martial arts teacher. He was...
Patrick McCarthy: Koryu Uchinadi
Hanshi, is a 5th generation student of Uchinadi with an impeccable lineage of Okinawan instructors, starting with his teacher Kinjo Hiroshi and his...
