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The Greatest Martial Arts Story Ever Told

The Greatest Martial Arts Story Ever Told

Jim Wagner's book is a trilogy with 1,582 exciting pages, in three books. Book One Jim Wagner was the target of schoolyard bullies, but that all...
Krabi Krabong Martial Arts

Krabi-Krabong

Krabi-Krabong is the art of sword and staff fighting in Thailand. This weapons system is hundreds of years old. Its weapons are made of...
Rank in the Martial Arts

There is Meaning to Rank in the Martial Arts

I don't understand why someone would fake their history and rank in the martial arts, it is their lineage, the lessons received and learned....
Spiritual Kung Fu

Spiritual Kung Fu

Ephesians 6:10-18 is key in practicing our Spiritual Kung Fu . . . Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the...
John Donohue's Sensei

Sensei: A Connor Burke Martial Arts Thriller

In John Donohue's novel, Sensei: A Connor Burke Martial Arts Thriller, we find that in every case, the modus operandi is the same, and...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Appreciating Our Children

When my son, Alex, was little, I came home from work in a big hurry because I wanted to go for a run before...
Mark Colangelo

Go Jiu Bujitsu the Civilized Mixed Martial Art

Let’s get real! While many love to watch and admire the techniques used in the Ultimate Fighting Championships and other no-holds-barred cage matches, only...
Donald Miskel

Renshi, Shihan, Hanshi (Oh My)

There are teachers, sensei and masters out there in every shape size and variety. They teach some of anything and everything an aspiring martial...
Jujutsu

Jujutsu: The Art of Yielding and Pliability

Traditional Jujutsu is considered a Japanese cultural art (as are kado, or flower arrangement; chado, or tea ceremony; and shodo, calligraphy). Traditional Jujutsu systems all have documented...

The Olivet Eagles Middle School Football Players Execute Life Changing Play

As part of their continuing series "Living Lessons," Steve Hartman meets the Olivet Eagles, a middle school football team who took a fledgling player...
Greed and Fear: The Galanis Crime Family

Greed and Fear: The Galanis Crime Family

A life long martial artist, Derek Meyer Galanis, has told his story in a book called Greed and Fear: The Galanis Crime Family. The triumph...
Xingyiquan

Xingyiquan

In order to survive in what is oftentimes a violent and cruel world, animals must very quickly develop the ability to protect themselves from...
Keith Yates

Keith Yates: Tae Kwon Do

Keith Yates started his martial arts training in 1965 and became one of the youngest black belts in the country when he earned his...

Shorin-Ryu Karate

Matsumura Sokon traveled to China where he studied the martial art known as Shaolin Kenpo. It is not certain when Matsumura went to China, or...
Fighters Magazine

Fighters Magazine

Fighters Magazine was the UK's number one for Full Contact Martial Arts magazine. Fighters Magazine is no longer being published.
Putting the Pieces Together

Putting the Pieces Together (Volume 1)

Quotes are like pieces of experiences, the quotes summarize in a line or two a lesson learned for life. The hope is always to...