A Discussion With Woo-Ping Yuen at NYAFF
On July 3, 2019 Iron Monkey (1993), staring Donnie Yen, will be playing at the Walter Reade Theater at the New York Asian Film...
Charles Lee Koshoryu Kenpo Jujitsu
Professor Charles Lee was born in Hakalau, a small sugar plantation town 30 miles from Hilo, Hawaii. The Lee family moved to Honolulu when...
Dwayne Rooster Machen
Dwayne Rooster Machen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSpii8xE_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i13Lpfbz2lk
Andrej Hendryk Diamanstein Iaido
Sensei Andrej Hendryk Diamantstein Kiochi Nanadan Z.N.I.R & Kokusai Renmei *
At the age of twelve, shortly after he had begun European fencing, Andrej Hendryk...
Masutatsu Oyama Kyokushinkai
Masutatsu Oyama was born in Ryong-Ri Yong-chi-Myo'n Chul Na Do Korea in 1923, and completed middle school in Seoul. In 1938, when he was...
Richard W. Jenkins
Grandmaster Richard W. Jenkins was born in 1942. He began his training in Shotokan Karate while in the U.S. Navy and earned his Black...
Patrice Belrhiti Wado-kai
Patrice Belrhiti (Jacques Abderrahman) was a French karate champion and one of the top competitors in Europe. In 1969 he moved to Japan to...
Andrew Adams
Andrew Adams taught English, journalism, and drama at Sullins College in Virginia and was subsequently a staff member at the Japan Times. He was also a contributor to Black Belt magazine....
Mike De La Vega of Shin-Kan Okinawan Kempo
Mike De La Vega (known simply as “Sensei Mike” by his students) is the founder of Hawaii Shin-Kan Okinawan Kempo and has been teaching Okinawan...
Ron Esteller: Kajukenbo
Ron Esteller began his martial arts journey in 1967, beginning with a short stint in the Tae Kwon Do program at Chabot College, but...
Farabi Davletchin
Farabi Davletchin is the Kazakhstani Taekwondo champion and martial arts instructor. He is the martial artist that began the Bottle Cap Challenge 2019. He...
Robert Parham
Robert Parham is certified by the World Combat Academy Institute as a 10th-degree black belt in Comba-Tai, and has been involved in the martial...
Vladimir Soroka
Vladimir Soroka is a 9th degree Black Belt (Kudan) and Chief Instructor of Your Best Defense Martial Arts Center and Three Streams Aikibudo.
Biographical Information:
Started...
Duke Swain Healing and Martial Arts
Hanshi Duke Swain began his training in Isshin Ryu Karate in the early 1970’s under the direction of Grandmaster Castanza. Several years later, he...
Charles Mattera Kenpo
Professor Charles Mattera was born to Italian immigrants from Everett, Massachusetts. His journey in the martial arts began at the age of ten when...
A Visit With the Late Arjan Sumai
A visit with the late Arjan Sumai, the last Grandmaster of Krabi Krabong (1914-1998).
By Terry Tippie ~ I was very sorry to hear of...
