Andy Rodda
Kyoshi Andy Rodda began training in DoShinKan Karate in 1978 in Yakima, Washington under the direction of Shihan Morris Mack. He came to Pendleton, Oregon...
Toshitsugu Takamatsu Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu
Toshitsugu Takamatsu was born on March 10, 1887 in Akashi town, Hyogo province, by the name of Hisatsugu Takamatsu. Later he changed his name...
Mark Van Schuyver Martial Artists and Author
Mark Van Schuyver, Ph.D.is the author of dozens of martial art articles. His work has been published in many national magazines including Black Belt, Inside...
Tetsuzan Kuroda
Martial artist Tetsuzan Kuroda was born in Japan in 1950 and was trained in numerous martial arts inherited through his family line. He is...
Jonathan Kruger’s Training Judo And Jujitsu In Osaka, Japan
I would like to share some of my early experiences of training judo and jujitsu in Osaka Japan. When I left for Japan in...
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...
Peyton Quinn RMCAT
Peyton Quinn began his training in formal martial arts systems in 1964, eventually achieving rank in karate, judo and aikido. While he continues to...
Brandon Jones Circular Strength Trainer
CST Head Coach Brandon Jones began his martial arts studies at the tender age of eight. He spent an itinerant youth searching from art...
Iain Abernethy Kata King
Iain Abernethy has been involved in the martial arts since childhood. He began his training in karate under Doug James 7th Dan; who was...
Tiffany Richards
Tiffany Richards has been training martial arts since 1998. She began her study under Dennis Laycock at American Karate Studios in Kenpo, Shotokan and...
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...
Jack Hogan
Jack Hogan, born William “Jack” Jackson Hogan Jr., was born in Holyoke, MA on October 11, 1949. Jack founded Hogan Karate International.
As a martial...
Role Model In The Martial Arts
Pro basketball legend Charles Barkley once famously said he was "not a role model." Fact is, anyone in the public eye is a role...
Vince Palumbo
Master Vince Palumbo commenced training in 1974 as a junior boxing and gymnastics student at the Semaphore Youth Club in Adelaide, and after winning...
Steve Sarkissian
With the exception of training in Karate for one year at the age of nine, Steve Sarkissian began his training in Martial Arts after...
Jaime Basquez Kajukenbo
Grandmaster Jaime Basquez was born on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii. He later moved to the island of Oahu where he attended grade school...
