Master B. P. Chan

B P Chan Remembered For his Humbleness and Knowledge

Master B P Chan passed away Sunday morning at 9:35am, March 17, 2010. He taught at the William C.C. Chen School of Tai Chi...
Margitte Hilbig

Margitte Hilbig First Canadian Black Belt

Margitte Hilbig was a martial arts master based in Edmonton, Canada. In 1964, she became the first woman in Canada to earn the rank...
Monua Cary

Monua Cary Sport Jujitsu

Monua Cary was the 1995 Women’s World Sport Jujitsu Champion (WCJJO) and the first American Woman to win this title. She was Head Coach for...
Dr. Lawrence Day

GM Lawrence Day Black Dragon Fighting Society

Grandmaster Lawrence Day began his Martial Arts journey with the Black Dragon Fighting Society USMA Hall of Fame member Grandmaster Lawrence Day began his Martial...
Hank Hayes No Lie Blades

Hank Hayes Edged Weapons Combatives

Hank Hayes was introduced to the Martial Arts at the young age of 10, where as a kid growing up on the streets of...
Rey Galang

The Force Behind Bakbakan – Master Rey Galang

Born in the heart of Manila's Chinatown, Master Rey Galang was exposed at an early age to the Chinese operas and legends of warriors...
Fred Absher

Fred Absher

Fred Absher began his martial study in 1960 at the age of 16. His initial training was in Kempo Karate under Sensei Jack Gorick...
Dawn Barnes

Dawn Barnes

Sensei Dawn Barnes' love of karate began in 1984 when, at the insistence of her two young sons, she enrolled the boys and herself at...

Jason Inay Inayan System of Eskrima

Suro Jason Inay started training at the age of six in 1979. He learned initially from the Guros under the founder of Inayan Eskrima,...
Carlson Gracie Passed Away

Carlson Gracie Passed Away

Carlson Gracie August 13, 1933 - February 1st, 2006 The Jiu-Jitsu community mourns. Carlson Gracie passed away on Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 in Chicago, IL A victim of...
Ron Balicki

Ron Balicki: Jeet Kune Do Concepts

Before Ron Balicki got his start in the entertainment field as a stuntman and fight and stunt coordinator, he grew up in the windy...

Ted Wong: Jeet Kun Do

Ted Wong was born on November 5, 1937 and passed away on November 24, 2010. He was a Jeet Kun Do practitioner and one...
Isa Tenchio

Isa Tenchio

Isa Tenchio was born in the little town of Paysandu, Uruguay on January 7th, 1957. Her family was raised in a modest home with...
Jim Wagner Articles

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...
Great Grandmaster Al Novak

Great American Grandmaster Al Novak

As martial artists, we are unique in that we create ourselves. Through long years of rigorous training, sacrifice, denial, pain, we forge our bodies...
Max Togisala

Max Togisala Kajukenbo

Grandmaster Max Togisala has 32 years in Kajukenbo. He is from Laie Hawaii and grew up in the Bay Area. He started his martial...