Ed Daniels: Shorin Ryu
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Ed Daniels was called the “King Kong of Karate,” by Black Belt Magazine. He stood 6’6″ and weighted 275 pounds, one of the largest...
Sam Kuoha and His Kara-Ho Kempo
The worse case scenario in a fight is to be surrounded by a handful of people whose only purpose in life at that moment...
Reynardo “Nikko” Gutierrez: Nikko Sung Jitsu Ryu
Raised in Brooklyn East New York and realizing the need to acquire fighting skills due to street challenges. Kyoshi Reynardo "Nikko" Gutierrez in admiration...
Shigeru Nakamura: Okinawa Kenpo
Nakamura Shigeru was an Okinawan Budoka who studied and taught Karate and Kobudo. He established the name "Okinawa Kenpo".
Shigeru Nakamura was born on January...
Shinken Taira: Modern Kobudo
Shinken Taira called "The Father of Modern Kobudo" was born Shinken Maezato on June 12, 1897 on the island of Kumejima (Kume Island) off...
Kathy Long: Beauty and Flash
Five time World Kickboxing Champion Kathy Long has not only risen to the top of her profession in the martial arts but in the...
Joe Emperado
Joe Emperado was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 23, 1929. At the age of 14, his older brother, Adriano Emperado, began teaching him...
General Choi Hong Hi Korean Founder of Taekwon-do
General Choi Hong Hi is the Korean founder of Taekwon-Do. As a youth he studied calligraphy and Taek Kyon (Korean art of foot fighting) under Mr....
Yutaka Yaguchi: Shotokan Karate
Yutaka Yaguchi was born on November 14, 1932 in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan to a farming family. He is the Chief Instructor and Chairman of...
Isao Obata: Shotokan Karate
Isao Obata was born in 1904 in the Tokyo area of Japan. He was Japanese pioneer master of Shotokan karate. He was a senior...
Carlos Machado One of the World’s Greatest Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Fighters
Carlos Machado has emerged as one of the world’s greatest Brazilian Jiu-jitsu fighters and instructors. His victories on the mat in Brazil were legendary, like...
Tony Annesi
Tony Annesi has studied martial arts since 1964 and has received Black Belts in judo, aiki-ju-jutsu, and karate. As early as 1977, Tony Annesi...
Share K. Lew: Tao Ahn Pai Kung Fu
A wandering monk from the Wong Lung (Yellow Dragon) monastery a Taoist temple famous for its Kung Fu and medical, healing, and herbal knowledge...
Howard Jackson the “California Flash”
Howard Jackson hails from the mean streets of Detroit Michigan. Survival was a daily affair and to do so Jackson looked to the martial arts...
Seisho Arakaki: Okinawan Martial Arts
Seisho Arakaki was born in 1840 in either Kumemura, on Okinawa Island, or on the nearby island of Sesoko. He was a prominent Okinawan martial...
Phil Torres: Okinawan Shorin Ryu Kenshinkan Karate
Phil Torres rose from Private to Colonel in the U. S. Marine Corps and retired after an illustrious career lasting more than 34 years...