Mike Pick – American Kenpo
In 1957 a small, hungry boy, Mike Pick, stumbled up to Ed Parker's old Kenpo Karate Studio doorsteps on Walnut Street in Pasadena, California....
Willie Lim From Tae Kwon Do to Combat Tai Chi and Tuite
Why would a Taekwondo 7th Dan give up a successful chain of dojos and health clubs in New Zealand, and move to the U.S.A....
Devorah Yoshiko Dometrich Chito-ryu
Devorah Yoshiko Dometrich began her study of Chito-ryu karatedo at the age of 14 under the instruction of her adopted father Kyoshi William J....
David German TAI Karate
David German celebrated his fiftieth year in the Martial Arts at age sixty-three and was recognized as a Judan, tenth degree, by over 20...
Scott Sonnon Sambo
Scott Sonnon is one of the world’s best known and most successful coaches in the mixed martial arts discipline of Russian Sambo. After living...
Sackson Janjira
Sackson Janjira Pound For Pound Best in the World
Born in Thailand, Sackson Janjira began training in the art of Muay Thai at the age...
Paulie Zink Yin Yoga – Monkey Kung Fu
Paulie Zink began studying yoga and martial arts as a teenager. While he was in college he met a Kung-fu master from Hong Kong...
Steve Fisher Shorin-ryu Karate
Born on February 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, Steve Fisher spent much of his childhood attempting to conquer the trumpet, guitar, and drums,...
Brendan Lai: Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung-Fu
Grandmaster Brendan Lai was born in Hong Kong in 1942. He became a devoted disciple of the the famous Seven Star Praying Mantis Grandmaster,...
Jason Lau
Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioner Jason Lau is the Grandmaster of the Jiu Wan branch of Wing Chun. He studied Wing Chun under Jiu...
Vic Martinov Tang Soo Do
Victor Martinov
July 29, 1936-June 2, 2015
22-year Santa Ynez Valley resident Vic Martinov passed from this life to the next on June 2, 2015 after...
Jaime Basquez Kajukenbo
Grandmaster Jaime Basquez was born on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii. He later moved to the island of Oahu where he attended grade school...
A Tribute To Matsutaro Otani Sensei
Privilege and Honor
It has been my privilege and honor to have known Mr. Matsutaro Otani for the past thirty years. What can I say about...
John Wallace and The Gentle Way
Any boy who grew up relatively small in 1950's and 1960's America, in the time of John Wayne and Roy Rogers, of Rocky Marciano...
Bill Morrison
Bill Morrison began studying karate in July 1972 at the age of 17 after he'd got beaten up in his front yard by someone...
Susan Brender’s Foray Into Ninjutsu
By Susan Brender ~ This is a personal account of how Susan Brender, completely inexperienced in the martial arts, undertakes the challenge of learning the...
