Jerry Fisher and His P.U.M.A. System
Grand Master and System founder, Jerry Fisher, studied American boxing for eleven years, competing in over 100 matches. In the middle 1950's he began...
Meet Rika Usami
https://youtu.be/Zf9G4Xhgm8g
Rika Usami was born in Japan and she is known worldwide for her excellent kata. During the 2012 World Karate Championship in Paris she...
Tung-Sheng Chang Chinese Wrestling
Tung-sheng Chang was born in 1908, the lunar year of the monkey, in the Hopei province of China. His martial arts training began when...
Anthony Magallanes Jr.
Anthony Magallanes Jr. was born on July 24, 1995 in Fremont, California, which is the same city he resides today. Anthony is a 3rd...
Deanna Bivins Champion Weapons, Kata and Sparring
It is easy to see now, what Lou Casamasa saw then, in a young Deanna Bivins when he and his son Chris, handpicked her...
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...
Toney Raven Has Passed Away
Hanshi Tony Raven was in the martial arts for more than 63 years. He ranked as a
10th degree: Kaiden Hanshi Judan Daito-Ryu Aiki-Ju-Jutsu
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Karl William Marx Sr Passed Away
Karl William Marx Sr, 76, of Santa Maria, California, passed away to his Lord and Savior, February 13, 2013.
Soké Marx was recognized as an...
Ronald Shively Chinese Martial Art
Ronald J. Shively is a veteran martial artist with 35+ years experience in the Internal and External Chinese, Filipino, and Okinawan Martial Arts, in...
Duane Ethington
Duane Ethington is a 9th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 9th in Iss-Hogai, American Jujitsu. He is a member of...
Nangtum Parinya: Lady Boy Muay Thai Champion of Thailand
Spectators Flock to Stadiums to Watch This Female Muay Thai Fighter, Nangtum Parinya, Who Once Was A Man.
Among the many superstars in the sport...
Odette Russell
Odette Russell is a Grand Master (8th Degree Black Belt) under the SWAM Martial Arts Academy. She is a native New Yorker and is...
Mike Lee Kanarek: F.I.G.H.T.
"Real Experience, Real Credentials"
Mike Lee Kanarek was born Lee Van Hong during the Vietnam War to an American father and a Vietnamese mother. Because...
Steve Cooper: American Kenpo Karate
Steve Cooper has run the Long Beach Internationals for many years, owns SMA Events and has contributed much to sports martial arts.
He began his...
Professor Jigoro Kano
JUDO & EDUCATION
Over a century ago, Japanese jujutsu men from various ryu or schools, often competed against one another and sometimes fought boxers and...
Chuck Platten and Chu Ki Do Kwan
Chuck Platten was placed under the tutorage of Grand Master Tsurouka, the father of Canadian Karate, at the tender age of five years old,...
