Vincent Anthony Aiki Bujutsu – Tode Ryu
Vincent Anthony has been training for over 4 decades and is the President of the Combative Association of Martial Arts and Head of the Aiki...
Russ Coelho Kodenkan Ju Jitsu
Russ Coelho was born and raised on Oahu in Rural Koolaupoko. His father was Operations Superintendent of Koolau Boys Home Juvenile Delinquent facility and Russ...
Charles Carter Danzan Ryu Jujitsu
Shihan Charles Carter first began practicing martial arts in Sacramento, California in 1976, studying Danzan Ryu Jujitsu.
In 1990, he moved to Carson City, Nevada, and...
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...
Benny The Jet Urquidez, A Martial Arts Icon
From the moment he laced on his boxing gloves at the age of 5 Benny Urquidez was destined to become one of the most...
Rena Kanokogi Turns Disappointment into Gold
Judoka Rena Kanokogi otherwise known as Rusty, was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 30, 1935. She grew up rough in Coney Island and...
Kevin Schaller American Kenpo
Kevin Schaller has studied the martial arts for over 30 years, principally in American Kenpo. He is honored to have studied under Rich Arioto,...
Gary Lee
Who's Who in Karate, 1982
3rd Degree Black Belt Test, 1982, Lama Nationals, Chicago IL
Creator Six Flags Amusement Park Shows, Gary Lee's Texas Karate All-Stars,...
Akira Kubo and Kyumeikan Dojo
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...
Gregory Glover: Taekwondo
Grandmaster Gregory Glover is a full time professional martial arts instructor with a strong background in Korean martial arts. He is the head coach...
I Hugged Benny Urquidez
If you have been involved in the martial arts within the last five decades you know about the living legend, Benny Urquidez, nicknamed The...
Stuart Quan Passed Away
Stuat Quan
October 17, 1962 – January 09, 2006
Stuart Quan owned a long-standing karate studio in North Fresno, teaching students of all ages. He was a national-ranked forms...
Top Karate Instructor Jimmy Mavenge Dies
Zimbabwe’s highest graded karate instructor Jimmy Mavenge Dies at 53
Mavenge, who had reached the Shihan level — Japanese term for master instructor — died on Sunday,...
John Wallace and The Gentle Way
Any boy who grew up relatively small in 1950's and 1960's America, in the time of John Wayne and Roy Rogers, of Rocky Marciano...
A Setting Sun: Writing an Obituary for Grandmaster Sun Jianyun
Grandmaster Sun Jianyun was the third obituary for a personal grandmaster that I've had to print in my short watch here at Kung Fu magazine.
Kimo Williams
Sensei Kimo Williams was born and raised in Oahu, Hawaii. He started Judo at the age of 8 at a small Japanese cultural center...