Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan began his journey through the Martial Arts in the early 1970’s. Coming from a traditional American family rich in a wrestling and...
Cynthia Prouder: Kickboxer and Boxer
Cynthia Prouder was born on June 13, 1963 in Columbus, Mississippi and came to Los Angeles, California when she was 6 years old with...
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...
Rich Franklin
Richard Franklin was born in Kentucky on October 4, 1974, but grew up in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. He attended the University of Cincinnati, earning...
Sandra Balint: Thirteen Years of Tai Chi Study
In 1989 at the age of 44 I had abdominal surgery that left my lower back muscles weak, or should I say weaker. My...
Marcelo Cavalcanti Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
Marcelo Cavalcanti is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Rigan Machado and has been training in Jiu-Jitsu for over 20 years. Marcelo devotes his...
Stephen Copping Passes Away
It is with great sadness that we are writing to inform our friends, teachers and students that a great martial artist and friend, Sensei...
How The Masters Obtained Their Ranks
Throughout the course of our karatedo training, we take for granted the grading system that awards our belt ranking and titles. Sometimes this system...
Masahilo Nakazono Aikido
Masahilo Nakazono was born in Kagoshima, Japan, to a family of many generations of practitioners of Oriental Medicine, he was the 8th generation. He...
Pablo Delgado Senshi-Do Kai
Pablo Delgado began his martial arts training in 1965 in Bronx, New York. At the age of nine he began studying Goju Ryu under...
Andre Nocquet Aikido
Andre Nocquet was born on July 30, 1914 and he passed away on March 12, 1914. Nocquet was a French aikido teacher holding the...
George Iversen Kajukenbo
Professor George Iversen has been a student and teacher of Kajukenbo since 1961.
He received his Black Belt from man he called "Chief", his original...
Frank DeAngelo Seigido Ryu
Frank DeAngelo began training in the martial arts in 1972 and completed Calvary Chapel Bible School in 1985. He holds rank in numerous arts...
Nia Nicole Abdallah Taekwondo
Nia Nicole Abdallah is a 3rd degree Black Belt and the 2004 Olympics silver medalist in Taekwondo at the Athens, Greece Olympics. She is...
The Frank Dux Story
What can we say about Frank Dux? The hilarious videos below discuss the training and background of Frank Dux including his military career, the...
Larry Ritchie Tae Kwon Do
Mr. Larry Ritchie has been the chief instructor of American Black Belt Academy since he began the school in 1985.
"Larry Ritchie began training in...
