Reno Morales Passed Away

Grand Master Reno Morales The Patriarch By Dr. Michael Willet Many men have claimed to be great martial artists and many men have claimed to be teaching killer...
Antonio Ilustrisimo

Antonio Ilustrisimo Kali Ilustrisimo

Antonio Ilustrisimo known as Tatang was born in Bagong, Bantayan, Cebu in 1904 and died in 1997. He was the Grand Master of Kali Ilustrisimo, a...
Joe Hyams

Joe Hyams Passed Away

Joe Hyams June 6, 1923 - November 8, 2008 Joe Hyams passed away of coronary artery disease in at a Denver hospital on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at the age of...
Marino Tiwanak

Marino Tiwanak

Marino Tiwanak began his Kenpo training under Adriano Emperado in 1947. Tiwanak had been an amateur boxer for 3 years, from 1945-1948. He held...
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Ted Lai Lai Chung Ch’uan Fa

The late Master Ted Lai was the founder of the Chinese Physical Culture Association of Fullerton, a not-for-profit martial arts organization based in Southern...
Jae-Chul Shin Tang Soo Do

Jae-Chul Shin Tang Soo Do

Grandmaster Jae-Chul Shin is the founder of the World Tang Soo Do Association and is one of the leading figures of martial arts in...
Koichi Tohei

Koichi Tohei: Aikido

Koichi Tohei was born on January 20, 1920 in Shitaya ward, presently Taitō, in Tokyo. He was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of...

Roland Dantes Interview Part 1

KSW. Roland, how long have you been involved in Arnis and what inspired you? R.D. Well, the living legend here with us, Remy Presas, was...

Karl Geis – Judo, Aikido and Jodo

Karl Geis was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on October 1, 1933. He was a 10th Dan Professor of Aikido, a 10th Dan Professor of...
Sensei Tom Silluzio

Tom Silluzio AKT Combatives

Martial artist Gaetano Tom Silluzio, 56, of Olean, NY passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, February 22, 2016, after a lengthy and...

Masutatsu Oyama Kyokushinkai

Masutatsu Oyama was born in Ryong-Ri Yong-chi-Myo'n Chul Na Do Korea in 1923, and completed middle school in Seoul. In 1938, when he was...
Willie Boynton

Willie Boynton Passed Away

Willie Boynton May 1, 1962 - January 19, 2006 Martial Artist Willie Boynton, of Asbury Park, NJ passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at his home....
Imi Okazaki Mullins

Imi Okazaki-Mullins Passed Away

She was proud and direct, she was always straightforward and truthful, and set the bar high for the rest of us. We can feel...

Master Charles Gaylord Fight Quest

. . . guys like Great Grandmaster Charles Gaylord, brought mixed martial arts from Hawaii — where the art form was created — to...
Otto Johnson

Otto Johnson Passed Away

Shihan Otto Johnson May 2, 1959 - November 2, 2004 Shihan Otto Johnson's life was tragically taken in a hit and run accident  in San Bernardino,...
Julian Goc-ong

Julian Goc-ong Eskrima

Julian Goc-ong lived in Balamban West of Cebu Province. A World War II veteran, he inherited his brand of Eskrima called Abanico de Vertical...