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...
Haeng-Ung Lee: Songahm Taekwondo
Haeng-Ung Lee was born in Manchuria, China on July 20, 1936, and soon after World War II, his family relocated in Korea. Beginning his martial...
Bas Rutten
Bas Rutten Honored at International Sports Hall of Fame 2018
On Saturday, March 3, 2018 Bas Rutten was honored with induction into the International Sports...
John Natividad Has Passed Away
John Natividad was a world-rated karate fighter who appeared in Top 10 polls in Black Belt and Professional Karate and in Elvis Presley's American Gladiators.
Tadashi Abe Aikido With Samurai Roots
Tadashi Abe was born in 1926 and began Aikido in 1942 under the direct supervision of O'Sensei for a period of nine years. He...
Jean-Yves Theriault
Jean-Yves Theriault is a Canadian kickboxer, trainer, and an author. He was born on January 15 of 1955 in Paquetville, New Brunswick, Canada. He...
Judo Gene Lebell Has Passed Away
It is 1953 and Gene LeBell, "The Toughest Man Alive," is in training for the 1954 AAU United States National Judo Championships, he is...
He-Young Kimm: Han Mu Do
Grandmaster He-Young Kimm is the founder of Hanmudo. He has over 45 years of studies and research in traditional and modern Korean martial arts....
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...
Herb Perez: Taekwondo
Herb Perez was born on December 6, 1969 to immigrant parents in New York City.
In 1992, Herb Perez achieved his dream. He entered the...
Sid Campbell: Martial Artist, Artist and Author
Grandmaster Sid Campbell was the founding president of the World Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do & Kobudo Association, and he was the first American to open...
Michael DePasquale Sr.: Ju-jitsu
Michael DePasquale Sr. was one of the true pioneers of martial arts in the United States. He began his study of the martial arts...
Kanken Toyama: Shudokan Karate
The late great martial arts grandmaster, Kanken Toyama, was born in Shuri, Okinawa on the 21st year of Meiji, September 24, 1888. His given...
Bill Superfoot Wallace
All anyone in the martial arts has to say is “Superfoot” and instantly the image of Bill Superfoot Wallace emerges. This martial arts champion became...
Azato Anko: A Short Story About My Teacher Part One
Azato's School Days and Martial Arts
Part One
By Gichen Funakoshi
Translated & Edited by Patrick & Yuriko McCarthy
Editor's Note: This article is the first of two...
John Graden
John Graden is an author, athlete, publisher and pioneering martial arts visionary, and is recognized as an important martial arts leader in this decade....