Lewis Lizotte: Isshin-Ryu Karate
Lewis Lizotte was born in Caribou, Maine on August 22, 1935. He began studying the martial art of Judo in 1947 when he was...
Walter Todd: Shudokan Karate
Walter Todd had a career in the martial arts for over 50 years, and although he generally avoided the limelight, he was featured in...
Inwan Kim: Sin Moo Hapkido
Inwan Kim was born in in 1962 in Buyeo, Choongnam providence in the Republic of Korea. In 1974 his father placed him in a...
Buck Sam Kong: Kung Fu
Buck Sam Kong was born and raised in Hong Kong. As a young boy he suffered from poor health, and would get sick often....
Sid Campbell: A True Renaissance Man
Thank you for all your kind words, thoughts and prayers with the recent passing of my very best friend for over 40 years, Grandmaster...
Al Dacascos: Wun Hop Kuen Do
Al Dacascos, one of the most noted martial artists of our era founded his unique fighting art, Wun Hop Kuen Do, a style of KAJUKENBO.
Pat Johnson Tang Soo Do
If you don't believe Pat Johnson deserves to be Black Belt magazine's 1995 Instructor of the Year, you try teaching turtles how to fight.
Among...
Ernie Reyes Sr.: Tae Kwon Do
Ernie Reyes, Sr. was born into a large Philippine family in Salinas, California in 1947. in high school Reyes, Sr. was an All Star...
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...
Hohan Soken: Matsumura Seito Shorin-ryu Karate
Okinawan martial arts master, Hohan Soken founded the Shorin-ryu Matsumura Seito Okinawa Karate Kobudo Association
Hohan Soken was born on May 25, 1889 and lived in...
Tatsuo Shimabuku: Isshin-Ryu Karate
Tatsuo Shimabuku (Shinkichi Shimabuku) was born in Chan, Okinawa on September 19, 1908 and died May 30, 1975. He began his study of karate...
Jon Bluming Interview
Jon Bluming is a leader of Europe's International Budo Kai Kan Foundation. Born in Holland 1933, he is a veteran of two tours in...
Duke Moore Judo and Jujitsu
Duke Moore was born in San Francisco on April 19, 1915 and passed away on February 25, 2003. Even as a child Duke loved...
Donn Draeger: Judo Pioneer
Donn Draeger was born on April 15, 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He lived and trained in Asia for decades and was an expert in...
Shoshin Nagamine: Matsubayashi-Ryu
Karate master Shoshin Nagamine was born on July 15, 1907 and passed away on November 2, 1997. He was born in Tomari, Naha, Okinawa and...
Eizo Shimabukuro: Shobayashi Shorin-ryu
Eizo Shimabukuro (or Shimabuku) was the younger brother of Tatsuo Shimabuku, the founder of Isshin-ryu Karate. Eizo Shimabukuro was born in the village of...