My Friendship With Mas Oyama
Mr. Mas Oyama amazed me with his feats of physical power, control, and speed, superhuman strength. This type of superhuman strength was not entirely...
Athlon Rub Thai Oil
Athlon Rub was created from time-tested formulas elite martial artists have been using for generations. We use only naturally derived ingredients including 100% natural...
Finding the Right Martial Arts Student
The first article we wrote for Budo magazine was about finding the right teacher and tracking the “WAY”. As described in that article, training...
Douglas Grose Passed Away
Douglas Grose passed away October 19th 2006 at Rosewood Care Center in East Peoria, Illinois.
Born December 5th 1922 in Pekin, Illinois to Carl and...
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...
Brandon Sommerfeld Passed Away
Brandon Sommerfeld
April 7, 1963 - January 13, 2013
Brandon Sommerfeld passed away quietly on January 13, 2013 from cancer of the liver. He passed away...
Message in a Bottle – Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas is the director of the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame, an awards ceremony where martial arts greats such as Conan Lee...
Jena Inay Inayan System of Eskrima
Guro Jena Inay began training in Eskrima in 1979, at the age of five. She achieved the level of Katulungan Guro in the Inayan System...
Imi Okazaki-Mullins Passed Away
She was proud and direct, she was always straightforward and truthful, and set the bar high for the rest of us. We can feel...
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...
Hakudo Nakayama Iaido
Hakudo Nakayama was born on February 11, 1872 and he was also known as Nakayama Hiromichi. A Japanese martial artist, he was the founder of...
Martial Arts Journalism
Thoughts on Journalism in the Martial Arts
I consider myself a martial arts journalist and I take my job very seriously. For me, the job of...
John McCarthy Referee
Big John McCarthy was born on October 12, 1962. He is considered the pre-eminent referee throughout the world for mixed martial arts (MMA), beginning...
The History of the Belt Grading and Ranking in Martial Arts
Grading and ranking in martial arts varies from skill to skill and from style to style although for all of them it defines the...
Message In A Bottle – Emil Farkas
Emil Farkas is the owner of Beverly Hills Karate. He is a renown author, teacher, actor and a martial arts expert and historian. He...
A Visit With the Late Arjan Sumai
A visit with the late Arjan Sumai, the last Grandmaster of Krabi Krabong (1914-1998).
By Terry Tippie ~ I was very sorry to hear of...
