Instructor's Center

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Frank Borelli and Borelli Consulting

Frank Borelli

Frank Borelli began his law enforcement career as a Military Police Officer in the United States Army. At the age of four he had...
Arjarn Sammai Mashamana

A Visit With the Late Arjan Sumai

A visit with the late Arjan Sumai, the last Grandmaster of Krabi Krabong (1914-1998). By Terry Tippie ~ I was very sorry to hear of...
Paulo Tocha and Jean-Claude Van Damme

Paulo Tocha Muaythai

Paulo Tocha was born in Africa. He is of Portuguese and Italian descent and he grew up in Mozambique and Johannesburg, South Africa ....

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...
Pete Rabino

Pete Rabino Shuri-Ryu Karate

Karatedo is the way of life since Pete Rabino set foot on The Way at the age of 13 in Phoenix, Arizona. Though the...

Larry Hartsell: Judo, Kenpo and Jeet Kune Do

Larry Hartsell came into Bruce Lee's school as a man with a Black Belt in Judo and over 10 years of experience in grappling...

Joo Kim

Joo Kim grew up in a rural setting near Wonju City Korea. He began practicing a variety of martial arts at an early age. Finally...
Rank in the Martial Arts

How The Masters Obtained Their Ranks

Throughout the course of our karatedo training, we take for granted the grading system that awards our belt ranking and titles. Sometimes this system...

Aikidoka Derek Eastman Interview

I have known Sensei Derek Eastman for some 12 years and during those years I have heard so many stories about both Sensei Eastman and...
H. E. Davey

H. E. Davey Japanese Cultural Arts

H. E. Davey Sensei's involvement in Japanese cultural arts started during his childhood. He began studying the martial art of aiki-jujutsu at the age...
Apolo Ladra Kali

Apolo Ladra

Born in Batangas, Philippines, Apolo Ladra is a Master or Tuhon of Pekiti Tirsia Kali, the indigenous art of the Philippines. He came to...
Jimmy Mickens

Jimmie Mickens

Jimmie Mickens began training in the martial arts with his mentor, Grandmaster S. R. Moreland in 1968. He has earned Black Belts in TaeKwonDo,...

Amanda Nunes

Amanda Nunes was born on May 30, 1988. She is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist competeing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She...
John Chatwood

John Chatwood Jujitsu

Professor John Chatwood 8th Dan Shinto Yoshin Ryu Jujitsu, started his martial arts career after graduating from Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He was twenty-three...

John Duncan: Integrated Combatives

Dr. John Duncan is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine. John has been...

Roland Dantes Interview Part 2

KSW. Just to get a better understanding of your foundation, let’s touch briefly on your physical education training and how that led to you...