Gabi Shai System ( OKM International Federation )

Gabi Shai Krav-Maga

Gabriel Schain, known as Gabi Shai, is a retired officer of the Israeli Security Agency (SHABAK), B.Ed in Physical Education by the Academic College...
George Harris

10 Questions with George Harris

We all have our heroes in judo, men we hold in awe. George Harris is one of my heroes. Mr. George Harris was on the...

Sam Combes Yoshinkan Aikido

In his teenage years in Hawaii, Sam Combes studied Karate under Hirokaza Kanazawa. Upon entering the Honolulu Police Department in 1963, he shifted the...
Linda Davis-Kyle

Linda Davis-Kyle

Linda Davis-Kyle, an internationally published health and fitness and general interest writer who has earned a Master’s degree in English and a Black Belt...
Simon Keegan

Simon Keegan

Simon Keegan is one of the country’s most qualified Karate instructors. His grades were awarded by Japanese and international governing bodies, he has trained...
Vincente Carin

The Life Exploits of Vincente Carin

Vicente Carin was born in Dalaguete, which is in Cebu, and its approximately 40 miles away from Cebu City. At the time of his birth...
Willy Cahill and Joe Souza

Joe Souza Kensujitsu

Professor Joe Souza has over 50 years of experience in the martial arts. He began his martial arts studies in 1957 under the late Prof. John...
Guy Power Iaido

Guy Power Iaido

Guy Power Sensei is a direct disciple of Nakamura Taizaburo Sensei. Nakamura Sensei, Hanshi/tenth dan Toyama Ryu iaido, was the founder of Nakamura Ryu...

Johnny Gyro

Johnny Gyro started his first Martial Arts class at the age of 8. He is an 8th Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do,...

Marcus Bossett

Marcus Bossett is a 5th Degree Black Belt and holds the Renshi Instructor's title with the International Shorin Ryu Karate Kobudo Association. He is...

Benny Urquidez Inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame 2019

Martial artists Benny Urquidez was inducted into the the International Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2019 during the Arnold Sports Festival on Saturday,...

Keith Hirabayashi

Keith Hirabayashi was born in Seattle, Washington on September 17, 1959. He grew up in the Seattle area and attended the University of Washington....
Chuck Coker

Chuck Coker

At the age of 19 (1968), Chuck Coker walked into his first DoJang, knees wobbly, not knowing what to expect. During the next half...
Devorah Yoshiko Dometrich

Devorah Yoshiko Dometrich Chito-ryu

Devorah Yoshiko Dometrich began her study of Chito-ryu karatedo at the age of 14 under the instruction of her adopted father Kyoshi William J....

Yigal Arbiv of Netanya

If there’s anyplace in the Middle East that resembles America’s 19th century Wild West, it has to be Netanya, Israel. This notorious city north...
Michael Sullenger

Mike Sullenger American Karate System

Mike  Sullenger is a native Hoosier, having been born in Indianapolis and raised in Vincennes, Indiana. Mike Sullenger is Chief Instructor of the American Karate System, a...