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Wrap Martial Arts Injury

Dealing With Injuries

Martial arts training is largely a physical activity. In this, it can be compared to any other high-intensity sport. What that means is that...
Evan Pantazi

Evan Pantazi

The Kyusho Studies of Evan Pantazi In 1980 Evan Pantazi began his health studies with Chi Gong therapy methods and he received certification as a...

Boye Lafayette De Mente

An ex-"very low-level spook,"; journalist, editor, adventurer, lecturer, and the author of more than 60 books, Boyé Lafayette De Mente was born in southern...
Ronnie Colwell

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...

Feliciano Ferreira Kempo-Jutsu

Feliciano Ferreira, known as Kimo, founder of Kempo-Jutsu, was born on November 20, 1949 in Oakland, California. Three months after he was born, the family...

Dr. Stephen Abayomi Meeks

Warrior, scholar, healer, mentor… all of these words describe Dr. Stephen Abayomi Meeks, yet none of them come close to expressing the depth of...

Jose Luis Hinojosa: Tae Kwon Do

Tae kwon do Master Jose Luis Hinojosa otherwise known as Jay-El Hinojosa is a versatile martial artist numerous accomplishments to his credit. As a...
Azato Anko

Azato Anko: A Short Story About My Teacher Part Two

The Two-Story Shoulders of KannaPart TwoAzato's Political ForceThe Lesson in Azato VillageBy Gichen FunakoshiTranslated & Edited by Patrick & Yuriko McCarthy Editor's Note: This article...

Nori Bunasawa: Jukkendo

Master Nori Bunasawa is the founder of Bunasawa JUKKENDO, a comprehensive style of martial arts based on Kodokan Jigoro Kano's Judo self-defense and "Conde...
Robert Jones

Robert Jones Wu Shen Pai Kenpo

Sigung Robert Jones has over 36 years of martial arts experience and holds Black Belt certifications in three arts. Professor Jones began his study...

Jack Hearn

In 1951 Jack Hearn attended his first judo class in North Shields, England and eventually set up a judo school with his brother. Sixty...
Doug Dywer

Doug Dwyer

Grandmaster Doug Dwyer's involvement in the martial arts has spanned more than fifty-five years. During that time he has been privileged to train with...
Dave Adams

Dave Adams

Dave Adam's journey in martial arts began in 1960, in a small Judo school in Charlotte, North Carolina. After obtaining a black belt status,...
Benjamin Hazard

Benjamin Hazard

A native of South Lancaster; Massachusetts, Benjamin Hazard was educated largely in Los Angeles area schools in the 1930's where his interest in Japanese...
Randall Kleck

Randall Kleck

Randall Kleck had his first formal martial arts lesson in 1966. He's studied Shotokan karate, street combat, Muay Thai, wrestling, and boxing. He has...
Adam Newhouse

Adam Newhouse

For 40 years, at Shotokan Karate dojos in the United States and Japan, Adam Newhouse has learned from the best. But the more he...