Tae Yun Kim TaeKwonDo
Born on the Lunar New Year, February 2, 1946, at 1:00am, Tae Yun Kim began her life in this world, not with the usual...
Rudy Timmerman: Kong Shin Bup
In 1950, at age ten, Rudy Timmerman began training in the arts of Jiu Jitsu and Catch as Catch Can in Holland, where he...
Marilyn Fierro Hanshi of Many Talents
Hanshi Marilyn Fierro is a 9th Dan under both Hanshi Nick Adler and Grandmaster Uezu in Okinawa. She has trained with Hanshi Adler, (10th Dan under...
Jonathan Kruger’s Training Judo And Jujitsu In Osaka, Japan
I would like to share some of my early experiences of training judo and jujitsu in Osaka Japan. When I left for Japan in...
Rico Guy: Go Kempo-Jitsu
Rico Guy (Corinthians Asheman Guy) was born in 1943. Both his Father and his Grandfather were Jewish rabbis. At the age of 11, Rico...
Hung Kyun Grandmaster Lam Cho Has Passed Away at 103
Grandmaster Kam Wai Ho passing is another sad loss to the Hung Ga Kyun Mou Lam world. His legacy will live on through Mark Ho Sifu and his students in Malaysia.
Jose Fraguas
Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, Jose Fraguas began his martial arts studies with judo, in grade school, at age 9. From there he...
Casey McPartland: Gaylord Method Kajukenbo
Senior Grandmaster Casey McPartland is martial artist with 40 plus years of training and teaching students martial arts from three basic directions:
The Art and...
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...
Tetsuhiro Hokama Goju-Ryu Karate
Tetsuhiro Hokama is 10th Dan Hanshi, President of the Okinawa Goju-Ryu Kenshi-Kai Karate-do, Kobudo Association and founder of the first Karate museum in the...
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...
H. G. Robby Robinson Judo
Professor H. G. Robby Robinson, Director of Development United States Armed Forces-Southeast Asia for the USJA, Life Member (# 27) in the Armed Forces...
Vincent Anthony Aiki Bujutsu – Tode Ryu
Vincent Anthony has been training for over 4 decades and is the President of the Combative Association of Martial Arts and Head of the Aiki...
A Setting Sun: Writing an Obituary for Grandmaster Sun Jianyun
Grandmaster Sun Jianyun was the third obituary for a personal grandmaster that I've had to print in my short watch here at Kung Fu magazine.
Willie Lim From Tae Kwon Do to Combat Tai Chi and Tuite
Why would a Taekwondo 7th Dan give up a successful chain of dojos and health clubs in New Zealand, and move to the U.S.A....
Thomas Gordon: Taekwon-Do
Thomas Gordon is school owner and Chief instructor at Gordon Martial Arts. He is also the host of the international Korean Martial Art Festival...
