Yukio Utada

Yukio Utada Aikido

Your efforts must focus . . . on an invisible path, which only you can see and on which you allow yourself no excuses....
Judoka receives medal she forfeited after competing as man

Rena Kanokogi Turns Disappointment into Gold

Judoka Rena Kanokogi otherwise known as Rusty, was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 30, 1935. She grew up rough in Coney Island and...
Paul Dye Kenpo

Paul Dye: American Kenpo

Mr. Paul Dye began his Kenpo career in the Fall of 1972 at the Dave Hebler's Kenpo Karate Studio in Glendora, California, which is...
Nia Nicole Abdallah

Nia Nicole Abdallah Taekwondo

Nia Nicole Abdallah is a 3rd degree Black Belt and the 2004 Olympics silver medalist in Taekwondo at the Athens, Greece Olympics. She is...
John Denora

John Denore Passed Away

It is with profound sadness that we share with you that John Denore passed away. It is a heartbreaking loss for the martial arts...
Rey Leal

Rey Leal American Kenpo

Reynaldo A. Leal known as Rey Leal is an 9th Degree Black Belt and has been studying martial arts for over 60 years.
Cambodia's Champion Fighters

Cambodia’s Champion Fighters

Eh Phou Thoung and Oed Phuo Thoung are Cambodia’s champion fighters but they live in squalor and obscurity. In the world of professional sports, politicians...
James Woodson: Kyokushin Karate

James Woodson: Kyokushin Karate

Martial artist James Woodson has trained in Kyokushin karate and he had a competitive martial arts career during the late 1980s. “I competed nationally out...

Robert Goldman

Dr. Robert Goldman Keynote Speaker and Eternal Warrior Recipient at the 2018 AMAA Who's Who Legends Event Grandmaster of Success, Dr. Robert Goldman, was the...

Jeffery Elliott Inayan Eskrima

Masirib Guro Jeffery Elliott studied several martial arts including Renbu-kai-Karate, Kenpo Karate, boxing and Inayan Eskrima. Masirib Guro Elliott studied Renbu-kai Karate at Samurai Karate...
Bridget Morrissey

Bridget Morrissey

With 27 years of experience in martial arts, Sensei Bridget Morrissey of Scranton, PA holds a fifth degree Black Belt in Goshin Jutsu Karate and...
Shifu Glenn Hairston

Glenn Hairston

Sifu Glenn Hairston began studying Martial Arts a the youn age of 4 years. He started his Tai Chi Training under the instruction of...
Avi Nardia KAPAP Combatives

KAPAP’s Avi Nardia

During his 24 years as a reserve officer, Avi Nardia (Major, IDF Res.) served as an official hand-to-hand instructor instructor and safety officer. He...
Don Tingcang

Don Tingcang Kenpo Karate

Don Tingcang was born on Dec. 25, 1949, in a small town hospital in Ewa, Hawaii. He grew up traveling with his military family...
Esau McKnight Tang Soo Do

Esau McKnight: Tang Soo Do

Esau McKnight graduated high school in 1977 and began training in Korean Tae Kwon Do and Okinawa karate under direction and leadership of Grandmaster Kim Soo.

Bram Frank: Common Sense Self Defense

Bram Frank was born in the year of the COBRA: the Water Snake, hour of the Snake, on July 19, 1953. The Snake is...