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Michael Jai White Martial Arts

Michael Jai White is a Black Belt in seven karate styles and he has won 26 martial arts titles, including U.S. Open, the North...
Martial Arts Belts

Dan Ranking System in the Martial Arts

The Dan Ranking System in the Martial Arts: The dan ranking system is a Japanese mark of level which is used in traditional fine arts...

Tom Jones

Tom Jones is a Seven-Time Professional Thai Boxing Champion. He holds two World Titles and three U.S. Titles. He is an extreme athlete, motivational...
Richard Barathy

Richard Barathy The Man With Very Fast Hands

Richard Barathy was born in Elmont on New York's Long Island, but spent his last years in Dix Hills, New York. His international fame...

Tae Yun Kim TaeKwonDo

Born on the Lunar New Year, February 2, 1946, at 1:00am, Tae Yun Kim began her life in this world, not with the usual...

Scott Sonnon Sambo

Scott Sonnon is one of the world’s best known and most successful coaches in the mixed martial arts discipline of Russian Sambo. After living...
Miyako Fujitani

Miyako Fujitani Aikido

Miyako Fujitani, holds the rank of 7th dan. Her rank was conferred to her by the "Tokyo" Aikikai in Osaka, Japan. Miyako sensei has...
Su Kong T'ai Djin

Su Kong T’ai Djin

Great Grandmaster Su Kong was born in Fukien in 1849. He came to the world with a genetic condition hyperthrihos that covered him with...
Warriors and Fighters

Difference Between a Fighter and a Warrior

Today we face a new era in the Martial Arts with very disturbing trends in MMA circles — modern 'gladiators' calling for the taste...

Victor Moore 4 Time World Champion

Victor Moore began his physical fitness and martial art training at the tender age of 7 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He started his physical training...
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Shusko

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Shusko

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Shusko is the director of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). He is responsible for the martial arts training of...
Antonio Graceffo

Antonio Graceffo: The Brooklyn Monk

Before the September 11th terrorist attacks, Antonio Graceffo was a successful investment banker working on Wall Street. In 2001 he left behind the world...
Robert Pick

Mike Pick – American Kenpo

In 1957 a small, hungry boy, Mike Pick, stumbled up to Ed Parker's old Kenpo Karate Studio doorsteps on Walnut Street in Pasadena, California....

Taky Kimura

Japanese American martial artist, Taky Kimura, was born on March 12, 1924. He was one of Bruce Lee's top students and closest friends -...

Tu Lam

Tu Lum is an edged weapons master who has studied Filipino martial arts, military tactical weapon fighting, and designs his own blades. Tactical blades...
Paul Ingram Kali

Paul Ingram – Pekiti-Tirsia Kali

Guro Paul Ingram was introduced to FMA training at 15 through a friend's family and trained in a variety of Filipino styles. He now...