Donnie Williams: Black Karate Federation
Grandmaster Donnie Williams was born in 1947 in Savannah, Georgia. His early upbringing in the ghetto gave him a keen instinct for survival, which...
Al Ikemoto Kodokan Judo
Sensei Al Ikemoto has been involved in martial arts for about forty years. His main art, Kodokan Judo, was taught to him by his...
Marta Azzam Martial Arts, Music and Fitness
Sensei Marta Azzam was born in Czechoslovakia. She earned a bachelor degree in the science of nursing and masters in the art of ballet and...
Ted Sotelo: Kajukenbo Fi Kuen
Ted Sotelo has extensive experience in street fighting. He grew up fighting in the streets before he began training in the martial arts and...
Thomas Georgion Kenpo Karate
Professor Thomas Georgion was raised in Southern California, and as a youth he took every advantage of the ideal weather conditions in the San...
Eddie Edmunds
At age 7 Eddie Edmunds took his first Karate class. He wanted to take Karate because he watched his best friend Roy practice Karate in...
Isaac Kaawa
Grandmaster Isaac Kaawa, known to his old friends as Ike Kaawa, was a very strong and intelligent man. Grandmaster Kaawa had trained in Okinawan...
Joseph Kutzen Jr. Kenpo, Karate and Kodenkan Jujitsu
Professor Joseph Kutzen Jr. was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He started his martial arts training in 1965 under Chief Instructor Marci Totor of CHA-3...
Jason Abregana Wrestling
Professor Jason Abregana was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He first started training in the martial arts of Kenpo Karate under Chief Instructor Edward Wallace...
Jaime Basquez Kajukenbo
Grandmaster Jaime Basquez was born on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii. He later moved to the island of Oahu where he attended grade school...
Manuel Taningco TAMA
Manuel Taningco is the founder and grandmaster at TAMA Martial Arts Center in the Dayton Metropolitan area. Grandmaster Taningco is an 8th Degree Black...
Ernie Boggs: Sport Jujitsu
Ernie Boggs, was known as Lightfoot, started his martial arts training in 1970 at a YMCA in St. Albans, West Virginia. Under the guidance...
Larry Martin Shojukempo
Sho Dai Soke Larry Martin has trained with many well known Grandmasters in his time, men like Grandmaster William R. Gregory of the Kajukenpo...
Mike Esmailzadeh Jujutsu
Mike Esmailzadeh is the head instructor of Suigetsukan. He holds the following ranks and licenses:
Hachidan in Danzan Ryu Jujutsu
Professor in Danzan Ryu...
Mikio Nishiuchi Kobudo
Saiko-Shihan Mikio Nishiuchi lived in Okinawa and learned kobudo directly from the late Hanshi Shinpo Matayoshi, Juudan, Zen Okinawa Kobudo Renmei and from Kaicho Takashi...
Vinson Holck Kodenkan Yudanshakai
Professor Vinson Holck is the president of the Kodenkan Yudanshakai. He has studied martial arts from birth, beginning under the tutelage of his father,...
