George Kotaka
George Kotaka is a 4th Degree Black Belt who has been competing in karate since he was 3 years old. He has won the Men's...
Greg Williams Jun Chong Tae Kwon Do
Master Greg Williams began his journey through the martial arts at an early age through his participation in competitive sports and his fascination with...
Gary Forbach: Kajukenbo
SGM Gary Forbach started his Kajukenbo training at the age of 15, in 1966 under Great Grandmaster Aleju Reyes [RIP], in Vacaville, CA.
Leo Lacerte American Kenpo Karate
Leo Lacerte was a 6th degree black belt in Ed Parker's American Kenpo Karate system. His training began in 1965, when there were very...
Casey Marks-Nash
Casey Marks-Nash (Casey Marks) was the most dominant female competitor of the late 1990’s. Her instructor, Mike Bernardo, is one of the best Bo...
Nangtum Parinya: Lady Boy Muay Thai Champion of Thailand
Spectators Flock to Stadiums to Watch This Female Muay Thai Fighter, Nangtum Parinya, Who Once Was A Man.
Among the many superstars in the sport...
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...
Douglas Grose Shinto Yoshin Ryu Jiu-Jitsu
Grandmaster Douglas Grose began his martial arts training as a young boy growing up in Illinois. A neighbor of Chinese descent, started teaching him Chinese...
Doc-Fai Wong: Choy Li Fut
Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong was born in Wangshan village of Wushan area, Doumen district of Zhuhai City, Guangdong province on July 16, 1948 (lunar calendar...
Alex Haddox
Alex Haddox is a skilled martial artist and self-defense instructor. He has over two decades of combined traditional martial arts training in multiple styles...
John Pagdilao
Professor John Pagdilao was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He began his martial arts career in 1959 at the age of 10; he enrolled in...
Dr. Stephen Abayomi Meeks
Warrior, scholar, healer, mentor… all of these words describe Dr. Stephen Abayomi Meeks, yet none of them come close to expressing the depth of...
Off The Wall with Bob Wall
Fame can be a double-edged sword; along with the notoriety and finical rewards that accompany stardom also comes a loss of privacy. In addition,...
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...
John Orndorff: Taekwondo
John Orndorff was born in Sandusky, Ohio in 1964. He grew up in Clyde, Ohio and attended Clyde High School. During high school he...
Patrick McCarthy: Koryu Uchinadi
Hanshi, is a 5th generation student of Uchinadi with an impeccable lineage of Okinawan instructors, starting with his teacher Kinjo Hiroshi and his...
