The Force Behind Bakbakan – Master Rey Galang
Born in the heart of Manila's Chinatown, Master Rey Galang was exposed at an early age to the Chinese operas and legends of warriors...
Denise Ramsey Nippon Kempo Butokukan Karate
Denise Ramsey was born in Manhattan, Kansas on a date that will remain undisclosed. Before she reached the age of one year, her family...
Richard Morris Shizen-na Karate
One of the world's highest ranking martial artists, Grandmaster Richard Morris is 9th Degree Black Belt in American Karate, Tae-Kwon-Do, and is the founder...
Leeann Morris – Jiu-Jitsu
Leeann Morris has been practicing martial arts since 1993, when she began training in Tang Soo Do. She currently holds the rank of 4th...
An Interview With Bruce Lee Historian Paul Bax
Paul Bax has interacted with and interviewed many of Bruce Lee's original students and unearthed a wealth of information, personal and technical. Here he...
Rick Fowler Kenpo
Rick Fowler started martial arts at the age of 14 in a Japanese system. By the time he was 17, he began the transition...
Jerry Fisher and His P.U.M.A. System
Grand Master and System founder, Jerry Fisher, studied American boxing for eleven years, competing in over 100 matches. In the middle 1950's he began...
Young IL Kong National Champion of Korea
Tae Kwon Do Grand Master Young IL Kong began his training at the young age of 9. His first teacher was General Woo, a strict...
Mike Lee Kanarek: F.I.G.H.T.
"Real Experience, Real Credentials"
Mike Lee Kanarek was born Lee Van Hong during the Vietnam War to an American father and a Vietnamese mother. Because...
Japanese Swordsmanship: My First Memories of Kendo in Japan
At that point I look him in the eye and say...kendo.
My first memory of Japan was standing in front of the Budokan. It’s a...
Fei-hung Wong
Fei-hung Wong was born on July 9, 1847 and passed away on March 25 1924. He was a Chinese martial artist, physician, acupuncturist, and revolutionary,...
Ed Parker, Jr.
Edmund Kealoha Parker, Junior, otherwise known as Ed Parker, Jr., began his career at nineteen when a graphite sketch of his father (Ed Parker...
Jiro Otsuka Wado-Ryu Karate-Do
Jiro Otsuka was born on February 28, 1934, in Tokyo, Japan. The second son of Grand Master Hironori Otsuka I, he was born the...
Nora Daigle Kickboxer and Pro Boxer
The 5'4" junior featherweight, Nora Daigle, is a native of Cap Lumiere, New Brunswick, Canada who lives and trains in Québec City. Nora has...
George Kirby Budoshin Ju-Jitsu
Professor George Kirby, Judan is an internationally recognized martial arts instructor and author. He was born in 1944 and has been teaching Ju-Jitsu since...
Hank Hayes Edged Weapons Combatives
Hank Hayes was introduced to the Martial Arts at the young age of 10, where as a kid growing up on the streets of...
