Fred Buck Kyokushin
Frederick S. Buck, is known simply as Fred Buck. His early martial arts training was varied and extensive. He worked night club security, as...
Peggy Tartaro Women & Guns Magazine
Peggy Tartaro is Executive Editor of Women & Guns magazine and Managing Editor of The Gun Mag.com. In 1979 she began working at Gun Week,...
Stanford McNeal Sr. Kifaru Jitsu
Stanford McNeal was born December 5th, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri. At the age of 12 he began studying Judo under Sensei Beech. From ages...
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...
Standing Tall: Henry Smalls Story
Henry Smalls story is a story about a Kendo instructor in Hawaii. Like many instructors he has honed his craft through years of study...
Kevin Brett Karate
Kevin Brett has thirty years of martial arts training and teaching experience. He and wife Lana Kaye Brett were two of the five co-founders...
Michael Quist Wing Chun
Michael Quist received the rank of 4th Degree (black/red) sash under Sifu Alton Miller of Canton Wing Chun Kung Fu.
Michael Quist has 15 years of combined...
Tony Janovich Danzan Ryu Jujitsu
Professor Tony Janovich began his Jujitsu study under Prof. Sig Kufferath at the age of 12. Before that, at the age of 5, he...
Dennis Brown Wushu
Washington, D.C. kung-fu pioneer Master Dennis Brown took part in a simple tea ceremony rarely held in public, where 67-year-old Grandmaster Willy Lin passed...
Emil Farkas: Double Trouble
Emil Farkas, founder of the Beverly Hills Karate Academy, reflected in a mirror at the martial arts school that he established in 1970.
Hungarian native...
Steven Dowd
Punong Guro at Tagapagmana Steven Dowd began his training in Arnis Balite (Aguillon Arnis) in 1974. On January 8, 1991, after the passing of Pundador...
Teaching Mediocre Martial Arts Students
I’m sure that anyone reading this will probably think that the title is a misprint or a misuse of the English language. No misprint...
Clarence McGee: A Man Who Made A Difference
Grand Master Clarence McGee was a student, an instructor of the martial arts, a promoter and educator, founder and owner of the Golden Dragon Martial...
Martial Arts Students Should Train for Reality
All martial arts students should train for reality. Sensei and Masters can teach some of the competitive aspects of the arts, but keep in...
Earning A Black Belt
When earning a Black Belt is the ultimate goal, training often focuses solely on learning technique which can lead to a variety of unintended...
Renzo Gracie Pro Surfer and MMA Fighter
Renzo Gracie was born on March 11, 1967. He is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) expert and a Gracie Barra Black Belt under Carlos Gracie...
