Instructor's Center

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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, aka "Minotauro" was born on June 2, 1976 in Vitória da Conquista, Brazil. He is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known...
Kiun Li from Gansu-e province of China

Kiun Li Kola-do

Kiun Li was born on April 23, 1931 in the Gansu-e province of China a few miles outside of the town of Wuwie. The...
Taiji Fans

Sandra Balint: Thirteen Years of Tai Chi Study

In 1989 at the age of 44 I had abdominal surgery that left my lower back muscles weak, or should I say weaker. My...
Judo Belts

What Is Judo Rank in the Martial Arts?

Kano no doubt realized, when he popularized the kyu-dan rank system, that it is perfectly natural for humans to seek reward for their exertions....

Emin Boztepe Not A Sportsman

Emin Boztepe has been studying martial arts since 1976. During that time this Turkish born practitioner earned ranks in Taekwondo, Shotokan karate, Muay Thai, Turkish freestyle...
Sensei Tom Silluzio

Tom Silluzio AKT Combatives

Martial artist Gaetano Tom Silluzio, 56, of Olean, NY passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, February 22, 2016, after a lengthy and...

Athlon Rub Thai Oil

Athlon Rub was created from time-tested formulas elite martial artists have been using for generations. We use only naturally derived ingredients including 100% natural...
Donald Miskel

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...
Dojo Medicine

Dojo Medicine

Dan Harden's Dojo Medicine: Management of Dojo Injuries As martial arts instructors we will all face the occasional student training injury and we should be...

Mark Dacascos: Actor, Musician and Action Star

Mark Dacascos is an actor, musician, action star, gymnast, and world renowned champion martial artist who has taken on challenges all of his life....
Bow Before Sparring

The Traditionism of Budo: Character in the Martial Arts

The Traditionism of Budo - Have we lost it to contemporary fast-food values? Not long after retiring from the Air Force I was helping officiate at a...
Patrick Vuong

Patrick Vuong Fluid Fighting Systems

Patrick Vuong is an author and versatile performer. With two Black Belts in kung fu and kenpo karate and 20 years of martial arts...
Ninja: The Invisible Assassin

Andrew Adams

Andrew Adams taught English, journalism, and drama at Sullins College in Virginia and was subsequently a staff member at the Japan Times. He was also a contributor to Black Belt magazine....
Masters

No Martial Arts Masters Here, Just Ordinary Men

A Buddhist friend showed me a video featuring some Tibetan yogis. These were people whom she greatly admired (some were her teachers). She saw...
Clark Tang Wing Chun Kung Fu

Clark Tang: Wing Chun Kung Fu

Sifu Clark Tang is a certified Wing Chun Kung Fu instructor by IP MAN’s lineage under Sifu GM Wong Long Ching and Sifu GM...

Paul Eng Kung Fu

Born in Hong Kong in 1941, Paul Eng began studying Kungfu at age 6 and has been teaching it since 1960. He has studied...