Getting Through on Requirements: Teaching Budo Taijutsu
Only a handful of teachers in the Bujinkan are qualified to teach. In this art becoming a "teacher" is quite simple: You get a...
Doron Navon’s Godan Test: The Test of Truth
A narrow path leads from the main road to the house of Tanemura Shihan, one of the master teachers of the ancient art of...
Doron Navon – Six Years With Hatsumi Sensei
Like a true ninja, he remains a complex and intriguing enigma to most of the world, even to Doron Navon and other who know him...
Masaaki Hatsumi: Master of Masters
(I know there are many errors contained here. I have not corrected them, instead I posted the article as it was published . ....
Robert Downey Jr On Overcoming Addiction With Wing Chun
In the nineties, Robert Downey Jr. was arrested multiple times for drug and alcohol-related crimes. He was quoted as saying,
"It's like I have a...
Daniel Wang
At the age of only 9 years, Master Daniel Wang (Daniel Yu Wang) begin studying martial arts. In 1962, he joined world-famous martial arts...
Zazen Meditation Heals an Old Soldier
On a cold day, I sat in traditional Seiza doing zazen meditation to calm my body and mind, along with misogi purification, after washing my entire body. My...
Leo Lacerte American Kenpo Karate
Leo Lacerte was a 6th degree black belt in Ed Parker's American Kenpo Karate system. His training began in 1965, when there were very...
Fighting the Good Fight
Let's Make Sure We Are Fighting The Good Fight
In the end the greatest fight that you’ll fight is with yourself and for your own...
Damian Mohler Kung Fu
Damian Mohler became interested in martial arts early in his life. He thinks this was due in part to his Asian ancestry. On his way through...
Chinese Wushu Duanwei Grading System
Introduction to the Chinese Wushu Duanwei Grading System
The Chinese Wushu Duanwei System is a hierarchical system which the Chinese Wushu Association formulated to evaluate...
Glenn Hairston
Sifu Glenn Hairston began studying Martial Arts a the youn age of 4 years. He started his Tai Chi Training under the instruction of...
Thousands Mourn the Death of Sr. Grandmaster Edward B. Sell
The world of martial arts lost one of it’s own. Thousands mourn the death of Taekwondo legend, Sr. Grandmaster Edward B. Sell, resulting from...
Martial Arts Honesty and Integrity
With all of that being said I will admonish the up and coming masters and those claiming such rank to exercise honesty and integrity.
On...
Willie “The BAM” Johnson
Willie “The Bam" Johnson’s life story is so powerful that A&E created a documentary about him. The documentary shows his rebirth from bullying, poverty,...
Gholamreza Takhti
Gholamreza Takhti was born on August 27, 1930, in Tehran. He was raised in in poverty and he trained in a makeshift sports hall...