Montezuma Cantu
O'Sensei Montezuma Cantu received his Judan 10th Dan from IHHF on March 1, 2000, and from Nippon Goju Kai on January 1, 2000.
The Nippon...
Jean Carrillo Muay Thai
Jean Carrillo is one of the few that people who have trained and worked with Ramon Dekker and Cor Hemmer in the late 1990's....
Jim Wagner Reality-Based
Jim Wagner’s Reality-Based Personal Protection system has created a major shift in the way people are learning self-defense world wide. Black Belt magazine labeled...
Imi Lichtenfeld Founder of Krav Maga
The founder of Krav Maga is Imrich Sde-or (Imi Lichtenfeld). Imi was born in Budapest in 1910. Imi`s father Samuel was early a circus...
Loren W. Christensen
Loren W. Christensen began training in the martial arts in 1965 and continues to this day. Over the years he has earned a total...
My Friendship With Mas Oyama
Mr. Mas Oyama amazed me with his feats of physical power, control, and speed, superhuman strength. This type of superhuman strength was not entirely...
Gary Lee
Who's Who in Karate, 1982
3rd Degree Black Belt Test, 1982, Lama Nationals, Chicago IL
Creator Six Flags Amusement Park Shows, Gary Lee's Texas Karate All-Stars,...
Papasan Canty: Kuroshi-Do
Papasan Canty began his martial arts training at the age of seven, after being introduced to legendary Professor Charles Elmore. The Professor was responsible...
Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson was born on August 24, 1970 in Downey, California and he grew up in Apple Valley, California. He is an American former...
Vic Martinov Tang Soo Do
Victor Martinov
July 29, 1936-June 2, 2015
22-year Santa Ynez Valley resident Vic Martinov passed from this life to the next on June 2, 2015 after...
Jae-Chul Shin Passes Away
Grandmaster Jae Chul Shin was one of the most recognized names in Tang Soo Do.
He was born in Korea in 1936, and began studying...
Daniel Saragosa Jujitsu
Daniel Saragosa was born in Hilo, Hawaii on June 21, 1950. His early years were spent in Kalihi and in Waianae, where he excelled...
Peter Sugarfoot Cunningham
Peter Sugarfoot Cunningham is a legendary figure in the martial arts community. Rated by experts as one of the greatest full contact fighters of...
Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist and MMA world champion. He was born on May 19, 1981 in Saint-Isidore, Quebec. He...
Alexander Archie Goju-Shorei Karate
A 10th Degree Black Belt and Grandmaster in the art of Goju-Shorei Karate, Alexander Archie has been training in the martial arts since 1949.
He...
Clarence Tai Lee
Grandmaster Clarence Tai Lee is a Twentieth Century Legend in the Martial Arts. He had his first boxing lesson around 1940 at the age...