Shea Gipti Shotokan Karate
Shea Gipti is the Chief Instructor of Tozai Nippon Karate Federation as well as a Los Angeles County Lake Lifeguard. He has been studying Shotokan Karate since...
Lou Ferrer, Sr.
Grand Master Lou Ferrer, Sr., is the Founder of the US Kodokan Federation and Ferrer’s Jujitsu USA which teaches Aikijitsu-te, Inabikari-Ryu Jujitsu, Judo, Karate,...
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes was born in Hillsboro, Illinois on October 13, 1973. He is an American mixed martial artist, a member of the UFC Hall...
Elena Tverdokhleb Interview
Elena Tverdokhleb was born in 1973 in Kiev, Ukraine. She is a Kickboxer, boxer, wrestler and extreme fighter and she is a world and...
Kaan Arkin Karate
Kaan Arkin is a 7th Dan Black Belt (WKF) with 40 years of study and instruction. He has long been given the honorific title...
KAPAP’s Avi Nardia
During his 24 years as a reserve officer, Avi Nardia (Major, IDF Res.) served as an official hand-to-hand instructor instructor and safety officer. He...
Wil Widmeyer: Kongshin Hapkido
KJN Wil Widmeyer was born and raised in Indiana in the United States. He began training in the martial arts when he was sixteen...
Alan Belcher The Talent
Alan Belcher was born on April 24, 1984 as John Alan Belcher in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He is a top ranked mixed martial artist who...
Samuel Kwok: Ip Man Wing Chun Kung Fu
Samuel Kwok was born in Hong Kong in April 6, 1948 He is the son of a Church Minister. He is now retired from...
Feliciano Ferreira Kempo-Jutsu
Feliciano Ferreira, known as Kimo, founder of Kempo-Jutsu, was born on November 20, 1949 in Oakland, California. Three months after he was born, the family...
Kenshiro Abbe, A Man with too Many Friends
Without a doubt, if it wasn’t for Kenshiro Abbe, the face of martial arts in the UK, today would be a completely different one, and that is no exaggeration.
Keiko Fukuda: A Lifetime of Judo
An elderly woman, Keiko Fukuda, sits in the only chair allowed on the light green carpet of padded mats in the judo club. It's just...
Daryl Johnson Sanuces Ryu Jiu-Jitsu
Daryl Johnson began his martial arts career in Brooklyn, NY, with the late Dr. Moses Powell (Sanucus Ryu Jiu-Jitsu) and Master George Cofield (Shotokan...
Al Novak: Sil Lum
Great Grandmaster Al Novak is one of the very first Americans to train in the traditional Chinese fighting arts. He began training when doors...
Sid Rayford Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu
Sid Rayford initially began his martial arts training at age 7 in the art of Shito-Ryu Karate in 1969. Under the instruction of Sensei...
Mark Van Schuyver Martial Artists and Author
Mark Van Schuyver, Ph.D.is the author of dozens of martial art articles. His work has been published in many national magazines including Black Belt, Inside...
