Instructor's Center

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George Alexander

George Alexander

The President and Founder of the International Shorin Ryu Karate Kobudo Federation is Grandmaster George W. Alexander. He is acknowledged as the "World pioneer...
Masanobu Shinjo and Lee Gray Shinjo

Masanobu Shinjo, Lee Gray and the Shobukan

The afternoon sun still drifted through opaque windows at the end of the gymnasium and offered a smidgen of hazy twilight to my corner...

Rick Wigginton – Defensive Tactics

Professor Rick Wigginton is one of the nation's highest ranked martial arts masters and one of the foremost weapons and defensive tactics trainers. As...
Jesse Enkamp

Jesse Enkamp KARATE by Jesse

Jesse Enkamp is “The Karate Nerd”, #1 Amazon.com best-selling author, entrepreneur, traveler, athlete, educator, carrot cake connoisseur and founder of Seishin International. Jesse Enkamp and his...
Henry Small Kendo Instructor

Standing Tall: Henry Smalls Story

Henry Smalls story is a story about a Kendo instructor in Hawaii.  Like many instructors he has honed his craft through years of study...
Mark Cheng

Mark Cheng

Sifu Mark Cheng, L.Ac., Ph.D., is the Head Instructor and Chief Physician for the Chung-Hua Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Martial Arts Research....

Donnie Williams: Black Karate Federation

Grandmaster Donnie Williams was born in 1947 in Savannah, Georgia. His early upbringing in the ghetto gave him a keen instinct for survival, which...
Bob Thurman

Bob Thurman World Middleweight Champion

Bob Thurman began boxing at the age of 16 in Kansas City, racking up a record of 86-3 in Golden Gloves competition. In 1977, Bob's...
Paul Mills

Paul Mills American Kenpo Karate

Paul Mills is the President and founder of the American Kenpo Karate International (AKKI) association and holds the rank of 10th degree black belt....
American Chúan-Fa / SubLevel Tactical Kenpo™

Ron Chapel SubLevel Tactical Kenpo™

In 1959 Ron Chapél began his study of Five Animal Gung Fu, along with Douglas Wong, under Grandmaster Ark Yuey Wong. In 1963, Ron...
Professor David James

David James: Vee-Arnis Ju-Jitsu

Professor David James was born in New York City in 1956. He became interest in martial arts as a boy and practiced informally until...
Cliff "Magic" Thomas

Cliff “Magic” Thomas

Cliff "Magic" Thomas started karate training in 1972 at the age of 14 under Robert Nava in El Paso, Texas. He earned his Black...
Nei-Chu So

Nei-Chu So

Words of Mas Oyama about Nei-Chu So from Oyama's book What is Karate?. When I was driven almost to self-ruin, Mr. Nei-Chu So, an elder of...
Lil' Dragons Curriculum

Century Lil’ Dragon Curriculum

Century’s, Lil’ Dragon curriculum program by Kimber Hill combats childhood obesity by catching kids early and teaching children from ages four to eight how to...
Steve Sexton

Steve Sexton Sin Moo Hapkido

Steve Sexton was born 1953, in California. He is a hapkido instructor, bar bouncer and author of a series video tapes on hapkido. He is...

Alvin Prouder

Alvin Prouder former welterweight World Kick Boxing Champion. Early in his life, Alvin Prouder had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the...