Recollections on Gene Lebell and Bong Soo Han
I began studying martial arts because I was being bullied at school; this was in 1964, long before there was a dojo on every...
Chuck Norris A Most Popular Action Star
Chuck Norris is without question one of the most popular action stars ever to fill the big screen. And, with his long running hit television...
Janet Walgren
Janet Walgren is the second oldest of ten children. She began studying cosmetology when she was sixteen years old. Still attending high school, she...
Gilbert Tenio
Grandmaster Gilbert Tenio taught Tenio Decuerdas Eskrima. The system was developed on the island of Bohol in the Phillipines. He incorporated 19 systems into...
Ted Tabura Passed Away
Shihan Ted Tabura passed away peacefully in Gardena, California, on August 12, 2013.
Born on Maui in Hawaii, he was a well known practitioner of...
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....
Caylor Adkins: Shotokan Karate
Caylor Adkins is one of Mr. Tsutomu Ohshima’s first American-trained black belts in Shotokan karate. He is a pioneer in karate and a legend...
John Fonseca: Shotokan Karate
John Fonseca has been competing in a wide range of national and international tournaments since the age of seven. In addition to his impressive...
Phillip Rhee: Teaching Harmony Through Martial Arts
Phillip Rhee was raised in San Francisco. He is a martial artist, actor, director and producer who has created, produced and starred in six...
Emilio Mel Bruno: Judo
Mel Bruno received his first degree Black Belt from Jigaro Kano in 1935. In 1954, he was recommended by Dr. Jigoro Kano, the founder...
Frank Shamrock: Mixed Martial Artist
Frank Shamrock is a Champion in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. His accolades include being the first UFC Middleweight Champion and Five-Time Undefeated...
Helio Gracie: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
At the age of 17, Helio Gracie (pronounced Eh'leeo) first stepped into the ring in Brazil to face a boxer named Antonio Portugal. Helio...
Georg Brueckner
In 1952 Georg Brueckner began practicing martial arts and he studied judo, karate and jujutsu. He opened his first karate dojo in Wilmersdorf, West-Berlin...
Jean Frenette
Jean Frenette was born in Montreal, Canada in 1961. At the age of 6, he began studying judo and continued to study until he...
Shugoro Nakazato: Shorin Ryu Karate
Shūgorō Nakazato was born in Nahn-city Okinawa on August 14, 1919. While attending normal school in Osaka Japan in 1935, he began his study of...
Hector Echavarria
As a sickly child who suffered from severe asthma, Hector Echavarria was encouraged by his parents to use martial arts to overcome his handicap....
