Rip Pressure-Point Expert Ed Lake Dies
The martial arts community lost one of its leading exponents of pressure-point fighting, aka kyusho-jitsu, on September 28, 2014, when Ed Lake died of...
Kurtis Goodwin
Guru Kurtis Goodwin started training in martial arts in 1976. While Christmas shopping he was the victim of a robbery at knife point. His...
Otto Johnson Passed Away
Shihan Otto Johnson
May 2, 1959 - November 2, 2004
Shihan Otto Johnson's life was tragically taken in a hit and run accident in San Bernardino,...
The Force Behind Bakbakan – Master Rey Galang
Born in the heart of Manila's Chinatown, Master Rey Galang was exposed at an early age to the Chinese operas and legends of warriors...
Chuck Liddell
Chuck Liddell was born December 17, 1969. He is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion. Liddell has...
Amir Solsky Capoeira
Amir Solsky, (Mestre Parafina) is the founder of Fundamentals of Movement and of Capoeira Los Angeles. Originally from Israel, Amir has been studying the...
Joy “Shizumi” Geary Hikari Ryuza Ryu Do Kan®
For the past several years I have been afforded the great privilege of studying under Grandmaster T. R. Crimi. All of my training in...
Jigoro Kano First Japanese Member of International Olympic Committee
Tokyo has been awarded the honor of staging the Summer Olympic Games three times. The first occasion, thanks mostly to the exertions of Jigoro...
New Millennium Ninja: An Interview with Masaaki Hatsumi Sensei
The ninja were so successful at keeping their arts, methods and activities in the background of history that they almost wiped themselves out of...
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,...
Kwong Wing Lam Has Passed Away
Sifu Kwong Wing Lam was born in Canton and began his training in Chinese martial arts at the age eight in Hong Kong. He...
David Brown: Si Feng Wu
David Brown is a veteran of the United States Air Force (7.5 years AD, Honorably Discharged) and a retired law enforcement officer with 25...
Eddie Morales: Goju Ryu Karate
Hanshi Eddie Morales was the third of four children. He lived in Williamsburg Brooklyn New York where he began his study of martial arts....
B P Chan Remembered For his Humbleness and Knowledge
Master B P Chan passed away Sunday morning at 9:35am, March 17, 2010. He taught at the William C.C. Chen School of Tai Chi...
Paul Yamaguchi
Top Row left to right: William Chow, Paul Yamaguchi, Harry Pang and Woodrow McCandleBottom Row left to right: Thomas Young, James M. Mitose and...
Ron Van Clief Chinese Goju System
Grand Master Ron Van Clief has been studying and teaching the Martial Arts for over 40 years. He is a 10th Degree Red Belt...