Peter Sugarfoot Cunningham
Peter Sugarfoot Cunningham is a legendary figure in the martial arts community. Rated by experts as one of the greatest full contact fighters of...
Steve Sexton Sin Moo Hapkido
Steve Sexton was born 1953, in California. He is a hapkido instructor, bar bouncer and author of a series video tapes on hapkido. He is...
Russ Coelho Kodenkan Ju Jitsu
Russ Coelho was born and raised on Oahu in Rural Koolaupoko. His father was Operations Superintendent of Koolau Boys Home Juvenile Delinquent facility and Russ...
Tom Patire CDT Compliance, Direction, Takedown
Tom Patire is the founder and senior instructor of the CDT (Compliance, Direction, Takedown) method of empty-handed non-deadly force. He has a diversified tactical and...
George Iversen Kajukenbo
Professor George Iversen has been a student and teacher of Kajukenbo since 1961.
He received his Black Belt from man he called "Chief", his original...
Erik Paulson Submission Wrestling
Erik Paulson was born in 1966. He is an American Mixed Martial Artist who was raised in Minnesota. He makes his home in southern...
Emil Bautista: Kajukenbo
In 1961 Emil Bautista began his journey into the Kajukenbo system by attending classes taught on Travis Air Force base by the late Aleju...
Steven Roensch Shintoyoshinkai Jiu Jitsu
Grand Master Steven Roensch was introduced to karate in 1967 by his brother, then a practitioner of Okinawan Goju-ryu. This initiated a pursuit of...
Maurice Smith: Kickboxing and MMA
Retired Kickboxer and MMA pioneer, Maurice Smith, was born on December 13, 1961. As a kickboxer, he held the WKC (World Kickboxing Council) world...
Michele Krasnoo World Kata Champion
Michele Krasnoo has trained in the martial arts for more than 30 years. She entered her first tournament at the age of ten and...
Ralph Jaschke Has Passed Away
8th degree Black Belt Ralph Jaschke began his karate training in 1967 under Sensei Tom Redmon. Ralph was awarded his Black Belt in 1970...
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...
Duke Tirschel Interview
Besides being the Official Photographer for World Black Belt he has been the photographer to martial artists in nearly every state in the union...
Jack Hearn
In 1951 Jack Hearn attended his first judo class in North Shields, England and eventually set up a judo school with his brother. Sixty...
Frank Dux Warrior Magazine
Hanshi, Frank Dux, raised a bar that others still try to reach. His teachings transcends martial arts, they are more about how to live...
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...
