Benjamin Hazard
A native of South Lancaster; Massachusetts, Benjamin Hazard was educated largely in Los Angeles area schools in the 1930's where his interest in Japanese...
Johnny Gyro
Johnny Gyro started his first Martial Arts class at the age of 8. He is an 8th Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do,...
Larry Ritchie Tae Kwon Do
Mr. Larry Ritchie has been the chief instructor of American Black Belt Academy since he began the school in 1985.
"Larry Ritchie began training in...
Jennifer Branch
Master Jennifer Branch recently earned her 7th Degree Black Belt, or 7th Dan, in Taekwondo. The United States Taekwondo Grandmaster Society awarded her 6th...
Victor Moore 4 Time World Champion
Victor Moore began his physical fitness and martial art training at the tender age of 7 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He started his physical training...
Lawrence Loebe
Lawrence Loebe known as Bear has a passion for martial arts that began when he was 5-years old after watching the Ninja Turtle movie...
Mitchell Bobrow
Mitchell Bobrow is a 7th degree Black Belt Master in the Korean art of Tang Soo Do and a 2nd degree Black Belt in...
Juan Galvan
Master Juan Galvan began training in boxing at the age of seven with his father, a boxer in the Army. He started Judo at...
Adrian Galvan
Sensei Adrian Galvan is a 4th Degree Black Belt and head instructor at Master Galvan's Karate Academy. Adrian is the current USKA Kumite Champion,...
Tino Tuiolosega Passed Away
Tino Tuiolosega passed away on March 22, 2011. Services were held on Friday, April 1, 2011, in Santa Cruz, California , for Tu'umamao "Tino" Tuiolosega,...
Frank Dux Warrior Magazine
Hanshi, Frank Dux, raised a bar that others still try to reach. His teachings transcends martial arts, they are more about how to live...
Tom Lewis
Tom Lewis was born on May 2, 1939 in Salisbuty, Maryland. He is currently a rancher in Wyoming.
Tom Lewis has been in the martial...
Sonie Lasker
Sonie began her martial arts training while living in Tel Aviv, Israel. When she moved back to the states, she met Kyoshi Donna Judge,...
Richard W. Jenkins
Grandmaster Richard W. Jenkins was born in 1942. He began his training in Shotokan Karate while in the U.S. Navy and earned his Black...
George Minshew – American Tae Kwon Do
Martial artist George Minshew is a Grand Master in American Tae Kwon Do. He began studying martial arts in 1963 and has been in...
Charles Bonet The Latin Panther
Hanshi Charles Bonet is a 6th dan in Grand Master Eizo Shimabukuro's Shorin-ryu system; he also holds an 8th dan in Master Frank Ruizes...
