Sunday, October 19, 2025

Bob Ozman: My First Karate Instructor

I am particularly proud to contribute this column, which focuses on Bob Ozman my first karate instructor. I began lessons with Bob Ozman as...

Humiliation: It Does the Fighter Good

Humiliation is good for you - martial artist or not - even if it stings the ego a little if it gives you the...

Ibrahim Janjua: The Making of a Champion

Ibrahim Janjua (Ibby) is a 6 year old from Greater Manchester, England in the UK and he has been kickboxing for almost 2 years....

Power vs. Technique

The Motobu Fist: Lost Fist Tools Of Okinawan Karate

There is an unfamiliar side to traditional martial training similar to encountering a foreign language that runs through authentic karate-do practice. The Okinawans labeled...

The Right Response to a Ground Attack

Imagine that an unarmed person has mounted you, he is sitting on your stomach as you lay flat on your back, and he is...
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How to Help Prevent Child Abduction and Molestation

Having to discuss child abduction and molestation with a child can be difficult and uncomfortable, but warning your children about these dangers is important...

J. Pat Burleson: American Karate System

Pat Burleson founder of the American Karate system, is a 10th degree Black Belt, and won the first US National Championship in Washington D.C. in 1964.

Kosaku Matsumora: Okinawan Karate Master

Kosaku Matsumora was an Okinawan karate master born in 1829 in the Ryukyu Kingdom. He is said to have studied Tomari-te under Karyu Uku and Ki Teruya and Tode under Seisho Arakaki. He also studied Jigen-ryu.

Troy Dorsey: Karate Kickboxing and Boxing

Troy Dorsey was born and raised in Mansfield, Texas. In 1973, at the age of ten, Troy began karate and in 1979 received his...

Rene Latosa Produces Well Rounded Escrima Instructors

Rene Latosa has been studying and teaching the Filipino martial arts for over 29 years. He began his training at the Stockton Escrima Academy...

Bill Ryusaki: Hawaiian Kenpo Karate

Bill Ryusaki was the founder of Hawaiian Kenpo Karate. During his years as a martial arts instructor Master Ryusaki has trained some of the...

Geert Lemmens: Kadgamala Karate

Geert Lemmens is the founder of Kadgamala Karate. He is a journalist, former TV commentator (Eurosport), lecturer in martial arts education (MAIA Elite) and...
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The normalized commercialization of martial arts (Budo) may oblige an ambitious instructor to navigate ethical challenges and the dynamics of compromise. This applies particularly...
Why It’s Better To Ride The Horse In The Direction It’s Going Over the past few months I've been writing about the meteoric rise of...
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