Adrian Galvan
Sensei Adrian Galvan is a 4th Degree Black Belt and head instructor at Master Galvan's Karate Academy. Adrian is the current USKA Kumite Champion,...
James Ibrao Tells His Story
Kenpo Karate Grand Master, James Ibrao, tells his own story about his involvement in the creation and the development of Ed Parker Sr's Kenpo Karate.
I...
James Herndon: Shito-Ryu Karate
Virginia native, James Herndon, is Hachidan 8th Dan, and a gifted Grand Master of the martial arts. He has practiced Japanese martial arts for...
Ronnie Colwell Interview
Q. Ronnie Colwell, your last public interview was way back in 1984 in Combat Magazine. Why no interviews until now?
RC. For the last 20...
Chun Sik Kim: Tang Soo Do
Master Chun Sik Kim is the President and Founder of the International Tang Soo Do Federation. He is the inspiration and leader to many...
Otto Johnson Wado-Ryu Karate-Do
Hanshi Otto Johnson was born on May 2, 1959. He began his study of Wado-Ryu Karate-Do over 30 years ago under the tutelage of...
Scott Sonnon Sambo
Scott Sonnon is one of the world’s best known and most successful coaches in the mixed martial arts discipline of Russian Sambo. After living...
Bob Dalgleis Goju-ryu Karate
Robert M. Dalgleish or Bob Dalgleis was born on November 6, 1942. He is considered to be the Father of Canadian Goju-ryu karate because...
Masayoshi Kori Hisataka
Masayoshi Kori Hisataka is the Founder of the Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karate and the Kenkokan School of Karatedo. He was born in Shuri (Naha City...
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...
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...
Why Scott Sonnon Got Started in the Martial Arts
Doctors claimed my joint pain related to osteochondrosis, which basically means as I grew my connective tissue didn’t adhere to my growth plates like...
Jigoro Kano First Japanese Member of International Olympic Committee
The first occasion of the Summer Olympics in Japan were the 1940 Olympic Games, and were due mostly to exertions of Jigoro Kano,. though they were later cancelled.
Jae-Sik Yang: Taekgyeon
Master Jae-Sik Yang, also known as Jason, began training in Taekgyeon (T.G) in March of 1995 and he has trained continuously since then. He...
Tony Massengill Ip Man Wing Chun
Tony Massengill was the Senior U.S. Representative for Grandmaster Samuel Kwok until February 2014 when he began his own organization, Efficient Warrior Wing Chun....
Andrei Arlovski and UFC
Andrei Arlovski grew up in Minsk, Belarus, and as a youngster he played soccer. In 1994, when he was 14, he began lifting weights...
