Richard Bustillo Student of Bruce Lee
Richard Bustillo was internationally recognized as an expert in the martial arts. With over 45 years of experience, Bustillo possessed a wealth of knowledge...
Fu Sheng Yuan Yang Style Taijiquan
Grandmaster Fu Sheng Yuan was born in 1931. He is the son of Fu Zhong Wen and Zou Kuei Cheng, who was the great grand...
Margitte Hilbig First Canadian Black Belt
Margitte Hilbig was a martial arts master based in Edmonton, Canada. In 1964, she became the first woman in Canada to earn the rank...
Joseph Man Wing Chun Kung Fu
Joseph Man was born on the April 2, 1953. He spent his early years in his ancestral home, a village called San-tin in the...
Jin Cai Cheng: Chen-Style Tai Chi
Before his death on November 6, 2016, Grandmaster Jin Cai Cheng held the following distinguished titles; President of The US Chen-Style Tai Chi Federation,...
Bob Orlando Chinese Kuntao
A resident of Denver, Colorado, and a computer professional for nearly 4 decades, Bob Orlando was introduced to the martial arts while on active...
Bob Chaney Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai
Tae Kwon Do Rank and Background
Bob Chaney trained in the Martial Arts for over 43 years. He was promoted, with Chuck Norris and Bob...
Clarence Tai Lee
Grandmaster Clarence Tai Lee is a Twentieth Century Legend in the Martial Arts. He had his first boxing lesson around 1940 at the age...
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...
Steve Fisher Shorin-ryu Karate
Born on February 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, Steve Fisher spent much of his childhood attempting to conquer the trumpet, guitar, and drums,...
Lucky Luciano Kajukenpo
Senior Grandmaster Lucky Luciano was born in the state of Hawaii. He started his career in the martial arts at the age of 4...
James Toney of the Blood and Guts Era of Karate
Martial artist James Toney began a lifetime of involvement in the martial arts in 1964 when he signed up for Tae Kwon Do classes...
Sonny Kim Shotokan Karate
Sensei Sonny Kim was Rokudan, 6th Degree Black Belt. He began his Shotokan Karate training in 1977. Sensei Kim was a dedicated instructor at his...
Vic Martinov Tang Soo Do
Victor Martinov
July 29, 1936-June 2, 2015
22-year Santa Ynez Valley resident Vic Martinov passed from this life to the next on June 2, 2015 after...
Bill Ziegler Martial Arts Animal Rights Alliance
PitBill Ziegler
September 22, 1974 – March 26, 2015
With broken hearts we sadly inform friends and followers of PitBill Ziegler, Pit Crew Rescue and...
Ronnie Colwell Karate-do and Ju Jutsu
The Warrior
Today has been a long, sad, difficult but inevitable day. At just before 9pm on Friday evening (January 27, 2015), my dad, mentor,...
