Tom Muncy Torite Jutsu
Grandmaster Tom Muncy holds a 10th Dan in Torite Jutsu, 8th Dan in Okinawan Kempo, 5th Dan in Aikibudo, and 3rd Dan in Japanese...
Kelly McCann
Kelly McCann, as a former US Marine officer, founded Crucible Security Specialists located in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Crucible, as a General Services Administration approved facility,...
Shea Gipti Shotokan Karate
Shea Gipti is the Chief Instructor of Tozai Nippon Karate Federation as well as a Los Angeles County Lake Lifeguard. He has been studying Shotokan Karate since...
Aikidoka Derek Eastman Interview
I have known Sensei Derek Eastman for some 12 years and during those years I have heard so many stories about both Sensei Eastman and...
Seigo Okamoto – Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai
Sensei Seigo Okamoto was the leading student of Kodo Horikawa of Kitami, Hokkaido of the Kodokai.
He was born in 1925 in Yubari City, Hokkaido,...
Mitsuyo Maeda Judo
Mitsuyo Maeda was born in Funazawa Village, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, on November 18, 1878. He attended Kenritsu Itiu high school (currently Hirokou -...
Dave Bendigkeit Shintaikido
Martial Arts
Beginning his training in 1967, Shintaikido Kaiso Dave Bendigkeit has earned a 6th Degree Black Belt under Grand Master Bob Maschmeier, and a...
Tea With Grandmasters
Two locations figure prominently in the history of American martial arts. The first is Hawaii. Hawaii has the largest population of Asian Americans of...
Interview With Ip Chee Keung Sifu
In the UK, Kung Fu as a Martial Art is in a vast minority, with approximately 5,000 schools nationwide compared with the far greater...
Bram Frank: Common Sense Self Defense
Bram Frank was born in the year of the COBRA: the Water Snake, hour of the Snake, on July 19, 1953. The Snake is...
Yukio Utada Aikido
Your efforts must focus . . . on an invisible path, which only you can see and on which you allow yourself no excuses....
Jimmie Faralli: Hapkido
Jimmie Faralli immigrated from Germany to the United States in 1971 when he was 10 years old. A few months later, in March of...
Ridgely Abele Shuri-Ryu Karate-Do
Ridgely Abele was born on August 09, 1950. He was a 9th dan in Shuri-Ryu Karate-Do and 6th dan in Shintoyoshin Jujutsu. He held the...
Steven Aldus Hsing-I Ch’uan
Chinese Training History
Steve Aldus started his martial training in 1971 while serving in the military during the Vietnam War. He spent most of his tour...
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...
Kevin Janisse: Kong Shin Bup Hap Ki Do
Grand Master Kevin Janisse has spent over 35 years in the martial arts starting with Tae Kwon Do, Kun Tao, Boxing, and Kuk Sool...
