Tom Levak
A late bloomer who never stopped blooming, Tom Levak is Oregon's legend of karate.
Levak began studying karate in 1964 at the Oregon Karate Association...
Joe Hyams Passed Away
Joe Hyams
June 6, 1923 - November 8, 2008
Joe Hyams passed away of coronary artery disease in at a Denver hospital on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at the age of...
Gary Friederich Shotokan and Judo Practitioner
Gary Friederich Passed Away
October 6, 1941 - July 11, 2008
Gary Friederich, 66 of Reno, Nevada passed away on July 11, 2008 at home surrounded by...
Spice Williams-Crosby A Woman With Drive
Spice Williams-Crosby was born on a ranch in North Hollywood, California. She rode her horse to kindergarten, grew up playing in her father’s medical...
Mike Murray Interview
Mike Murray is a well-known figure in Mixed Martial Arts. He was one of three people who were present, for instance, when King of the Cage was conceived.
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...
Tim VanDenover Shorin-Ryu
Shihan Tim VanDenover is one of the most repected martial arts teachers in the USA. With over 40 years of martial arts experience he...
Thomas Gordon: Taekwon-Do
Thomas Gordon is school owner and Chief instructor at Gordon Martial Arts. He is also the host of the international Korean Martial Art Festival...
Jeffery Elliott Inayan Eskrima
Masirib Guro Jeffery Elliott studied several martial arts including Renbu-kai-Karate, Kenpo Karate, boxing and Inayan Eskrima.
Masirib Guro Elliott studied Renbu-kai Karate at Samurai Karate...
Koichi Tohei: Aikido
Koichi Tohei was born on January 20, 1920 in Shitaya ward, presently Taitō, in Tokyo. He was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of...
James Gifford Shorin ryu
Shihan James Gifford began his martial arts training in Isshin Shorinjiryu Okinawate under Shihan Ralph Cherico and Shihan Wayne Ben-Ali in 1982. He switched...
Robert Parham
Robert Parham is certified by the World Combat Academy Institute as a 10th-degree black belt in Comba-Tai, and has been involved in the martial...
Jeff Scott: Tang Soo Do
Master Jeff Scott is a 6th degree Black Belt and a 46-year-old veteran of the martial arts, both training and teaching. His interest in...
Yukio Utada Aikido
Your efforts must focus . . . on an invisible path, which only you can see and on which you allow yourself no excuses....
A Discussion With Woo-Ping Yuen at NYAFF
On July 3, 2019 Iron Monkey (1993), staring Donnie Yen, will be playing at the Walter Reade Theater at the New York Asian Film...
Karl Geis – Judo, Aikido and Jodo
Karl Geis was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on October 1, 1933. He was a 10th Dan Professor of Aikido, a 10th Dan Professor of...