Biographies and Eulogies

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Choshin Chibana: Shorin-ryu Karate

Choshin Chibana was an Okinawan martial artist who developed Shorin-ryu karate based on what he learned from Anko Itosu. Choshin Chibana was also called...

Marcus Bossett

Marcus Bossett is a 5th Degree Black Belt and holds the Renshi Instructor's title with the International Shorin Ryu Karate Kobudo Association. He is...

Sig Kufferath Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Prof. Sig Kufferath (Siegfried (Pippet) Kufferath) was born February 16, 1911 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second youngest of 11 children born to...
Simon Keegan

Simon Keegan

Simon Keegan is one of the country’s most qualified Karate instructors. His grades were awarded by Japanese and international governing bodies, he has trained...
John Olivier

John Olivier: Shorinji Kempo

Grandmaster, 10th dan, John Olivier was born in Toulon in the Southern region France. After relocating to the United States he began his martial...
Ernesto Presas Kombatan

Ernesto Presas Kombatan

Ernesto Presas was born in the coastal village of Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, Philippines on May 20, 1945. He began his training in the Filipino...
aime Abregana Jr. & GM Figueroa HIMAS (2003)

Jaime Abregana

Not only is Jaime Abregana Jr. a martial artist, but he has been hailed as an Ambassador to many as he has touched so...
Peter Ralston

Peter Ralston Cheng Hsin

Peter Ralston was raised in Asia and began studying martial arts at the age of 9. By the age of 19 he was a...
Frank DeAngelo

Frank DeAngelo Seigido Ryu

Frank DeAngelo began training in the martial arts in 1972 and completed Calvary Chapel Bible School in 1985. He holds rank in numerous arts...

Aikido Great Kyoichi Inoue Has Passed Away

Kyoichi Inoue was born on September 10, 1935 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a 10th dan Yoshinkan aikido master holding the rank of Hanshi....
Dan McCuskey

Dan McCuskey Dillman Karate International

Master Dan McCuskey first became interested in martial arts at the age of 13 when his father (Frank McCuskey, a Navy and collegiate boxer)...

Rorion Gracie: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

The oldest son of Helio Gracie, Rorion Gracie, put on a gi before he could walk. At 2 years old, he was already doing...
Michael-Quist MAD Wing Chun

Michael Quist Wing Chun

Michael Quist received the rank of 4th Degree (black/red) sash under Sifu Alton Miller of Canton Wing Chun Kung Fu. Michael Quist has 15 years of combined...
Douglas Grose

Douglas Grose Shinto Yoshin Ryu Jiu-Jitsu

Grandmaster Douglas Grose began his martial arts training as a young boy growing up in Illinois. A neighbor of Chinese descent, started teaching him Chinese...
Robb Dragon Hogan

Robb Hogan

I fought for every big man and for anybody that wore glasses…It ain’t about the outside, it’s the inside…I hope the last thing I’m...

Grant Smith: Martial Arts, Fitness and Health

Dr. Grant Smith holds a doctorate in Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, California in 1995. He also has Fellowship and is...