Randall Ephraim

Sensei Randall Ephraim Thwarts Kidnapper Saving Kidnap Victim

Sensei Randall Ephraim is a Yon-dan. He has been teaching in Charlotte North Carolina since 2007 when he arrived in the queens city. In...
Kanryo Higaonna

Kanryo Higaonna – Naha-te

Kanryo Higaonna was born on March 10, 1853 in the district of Nishimura in the city of Naha, Okinawa. Son of Kanryo and Makomado....
John Graden

What Does Practicing Religiously Mean

If someone says, "they are practicing religiously," what does that mean to you? Does it mean they never miss a martial arts workout? Or,...
Steve Sarkissian and Vince Palumbo

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...
Walt Lysak Jr

Walt Lysak Jr.

Shihan Walt Lysak Jr. comes from three generations of reality martial artists. Walt's grandfather was a high level military officer who studied several martial arts...
Allen Abad Kajukenbo

Allen Abad Kajukenbo

Your life is the true testament to your skill as a martial artist, not your rank of your trophies. ~ Grandmaster Allen Abad Grandmaster Allen...
Karyn Turner

Karyn Turner

Karyn Turner was born in 1946 in Lyons, Kansas. She was named as the “most outstanding woman in the history of martial arts” by...
Ronnie Colwell

Ronnie Colwell Karate-do and Ju Jutsu

The Warrior Today has been a long, sad, difficult but inevitable day. At just before 9pm on Friday evening (January 27, 2015), my dad, mentor,...
Scott Sonnon

Why Scott Sonnon Got Started in the Martial Arts

Doctors claimed my joint pain related to osteochondrosis, which basically means as I grew my connective tissue didn’t adhere to my growth plates like...
Toshiro Nagato

Toshiro Nagato: The Gentle Giant

"He is like the shadow of Soke Hatsumi and many see him as the one who will eventually take the helm of Bujinkan" The...

Yigal Arbiv of Netanya

If there’s anyplace in the Middle East that resembles America’s 19th century Wild West, it has to be Netanya, Israel. This notorious city north...
Julio Anta

Julio Anta Hung Gar Kung Fu

Julio Anta is the owner of Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense in Miami, Florida. He is a Hung Gar Kung Fu Master, a certified...
Bill McGrath

Bill McGrath: Pekiti-Tirsia

Tuhon Bill McGrath began his training in the Pekiti-Tirsia system under Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje in 1975 at the age of 14; and...
Inside Martial Arts: Frank Dux The Secret Man

Inside Martial Arts: Frank Dux – The Secret Man

Below is a biography of information that Frank Dux has given to numerous magazines for publication, including USAdojo.com. We discovered that people often trusted...
Ehsan Montaseri

Ehsan Montaseri: KOMAK

Ehsan Montaseri is the founder of the KOMAK self defense system. Ehsan was born in Iran in 1984. In 1988, his family fled to Germany....
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...