Cincinnati Karate Kid Hakeem “TNT” Griggs
Karate Kid Hakeem "TNT" Griggs is representing Cincinatti, Ohio winning karate tournaments all around the nation, with a 2011 fighting record of 13 wins...
The Action Martial Arts Hall of Honors Mega Weekend 2013
The Action Martial Arts Hall of Honors Mega Weekend bills itself as “The Ultimate Destination For Martial Arts” and, once again, lived up to...
IFAA Black Dragon Fighting Society Conference 2013
This past weekend marked another milestone in the life of the IFAA Black Dragon Fighting Society. We met for our annual Black Dragon Fighting...
First Gene LeBell Grappling World Challenge
Gene LeBell’s Grappling World comes to grips with a legacy of skill and tradition that has made “Judo Gene” one of the most famous...
Insights of a Swordsman: Mark Lithgow Training
Studying the way of the sword is an undertaking that demands perfectionism of the practitioner. It is not simply that an edged weapon is unforgiving...
Elite Combat Fitness Israeli Boot Camp
A year or so ago, while surfing the internet, I found a website for Elite Combat Fitness by Commando Krav Maga and Israeli national...
Local Escrima Instructor Wade Williams Gains Hall of Fame Status
Wade Williams has a list of accomplishments in the martial arts world that keeps getting longer. The latest addition came in July, when he...
Brooklyn Monk in Asia: Fight Night Malaysia
In Kuala Lumpur, Antonio Graceffo, the Brooklyn Monk covers fight night Malaysia, two nights of professional fighting, including Muay Thai, boxing, Kyokushin, and MMA....
Sensei Keiko Fukuda
The beautiful and gracious Sensei Keiko Fukuda, at 98 years old, was finally promoted to 10th Degree Black Belt by the U.S. Judo Federation....
The Polishing Room: Intense Chanbara Training
First, a bit of background is in order. In the ‘70s and early ‘80s Goju-Shorei had what were known as bucket workouts, which occurred...
Training With Doug Dwyer
We were greeted by Grandmaster Lawrence Day. He received each of us with a warm handshake and welcomed us to the venue. We had...
Hyper Martial Arts Documentary
Hyper Training Martial Documentary follows the incredible athletes that train in the Martial Arts, compete and do tricks.
On Friday October 14th, 2011, Hyper Martial Arts launched the...
Grand Master Vincent Palumbo Conducted Workshop in Tasmania
Between Friday March 13 and Sunday March 15, 2009, Grand Master Vincent Palumbo (G.M.V.) took time out from his busy schedule at the full...
Robert Kovaleski Promoted to 8th Degree Black Belt in Seoul, Korea
From August 16 -23, 2011, Blakely resident and longtime master of the Korean traditional martial art of tang soo do moo duk kwan, Grandmaster...
JKD Summit Not A Journey, An Adventure
Stating that there is a divide within the JKD community is not new news. I have been guilty of taking sides and arguing points...
The Gathering: Celebrating 50 Years of Sport Karate
I have had the good fortune to be involved in the martial arts for fifty five years. In that time I have seen the...
