Fred Absher
Fred Absher began his martial study in 1960 at the age of 16. His initial training was in Kempo Karate under Sensei Jack Gorick...
Patrice Belrhiti Wado-kai
Patrice Belrhiti (Jacques Abderrahman) was a French karate champion and one of the top competitors in Europe. In 1969 he moved to Japan to...
Jim Arvanitis Pankration
Grandmaster Pankratiast Jim Arvanitis began his martial arts training at age 8 in Athens, Greece. His studies include the Western styles of boxing, Greco-Roman...
Dan Anderson – Anderson Martial Arts Systems
Dan Anderson is the director and chief instructor of Dan Anderson Karate and has a 7th Degree Black Belt in Karate, a 6th Degree...
George Alexander
The President and Founder of the International Shorin Ryu Karate Kobudo Federation is Grandmaster George W. Alexander. He is acknowledged as the "World pioneer...
Jerry Aiello ShitoKan International
Dr. Jerry Aiello has practiced Japanese Budo (traditional martial arts) and zen philosophy since 1967. In 1974, he established ShitoKan International. In 1998, Dr....
Boye Lafayette De Mente
An ex-"very low-level spook,"; journalist, editor, adventurer, lecturer, and the author of more than 60 books, Boyé Lafayette De Mente was born in southern...
Tom Muncy Torite Jutsu
Grandmaster Tom Muncy holds a 10th Dan in Torite Jutsu, 8th Dan in Okinawan Kempo, 5th Dan in Aikibudo, and 3rd Dan in Japanese...
Rick Moneymaker Torite Jutsu
Rick Moneymaker is a pioneer researcher and instructor in the area of Traditional Chinese Medicine as applied to the martial arts with 25 years of martial...
Tetsuhiro Hokama Goju-Ryu Karate
Tetsuhiro Hokama is 10th Dan Hanshi, President of the Okinawa Goju-Ryu Kenshi-Kai Karate-do, Kobudo Association and founder of the first Karate museum in the...
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...
An Interview With Bruce Lee Historian Paul Bax
Paul Bax has interacted with and interviewed many of Bruce Lee's original students and unearthed a wealth of information, personal and technical. Here he...
Pedro Solana Villalobos
I've been studying martial arts for most of my life. When I was 6 years old, I started training in Judo, and since then...
Mark Cheng
Sifu Mark Cheng, L.Ac., Ph.D., is the Head Instructor and Chief Physician for the Chung-Hua Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Martial Arts Research....
Jae Joon Kim Moo Duk Kwan Tang Soo Do
Grandmaster Jae Joon Kim was born in Seoul, Korea in on August 15, 1929. He was the son of a full-time merchant and a...
Lilly Rodriguez – Kickboxing
"Lilly Rodriguez really changed martial arts for women, kickboxing in particular," said Michael Matsuda, founder of the Martial Arts History Museum in Santa Clarita.
"She...