Boye Lafayette De Mente

An ex-"very low-level spook,"; journalist, editor, adventurer, lecturer, and the author of more than 60 books, Boyé Lafayette De Mente was born in southern...

Prah Kruh Ba: The Last Muay Thai Monk

In 2003, Antonio Graceffo went to Thailand to find a Buddhist monk, named Prah Kruh Ba, a former professional Muay Thai fighter, who lives...
Jae-Chul Shin Tang Soo Do

Jae-Chul Shin Tang Soo Do

Grandmaster Jae-Chul Shin is the founder of the World Tang Soo Do Association and is one of the leading figures of martial arts in...
Kenneth Wheeler

Kenneth Wheeler

Kenneth Wheeler was born August 23, 1965, in Fresno, California. He is better known as Flex Wheeler, is a former American IFBB professional bodybuilder. Kenneth...
Melinda Garcia

Melinda Garcia

Melinda Garcia is a writer based in Cerritos, California. First professionally published in 1989, Melinda worked as a Staff Writer and Columnist for Screamer...

Neil Adams Judoka

Neil Adams is a British judo competitor who won Olympic and World Championships medals in Judo as a representative of Great Britain. Adams was the...
Michael Sullivan

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...
Ramon Rubia

Ramon Rubia & Eva Canete-Rubia

Ramon Rubia Biography Ramon Rubia has been a student of the Martial Arts for over 25 years. He has trained and taught as an Instructor...

Jimmy Kim

Jimmy Kim is a Taekwondo practitioner who was 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist. He has 39 Years Experience in the martial arts and is a...

Reno Morales Passed Away

Grand Master Reno Morales The Patriarch By Dr. Michael Willet Many men have claimed to be great martial artists and many men have claimed to be teaching killer...
Vera Harrison

Vera Harrison Tae Kwon Do

Hanshi Vera Harrison started her martial arts career at the age of 16, over 30 some years ago. She started with Master Douglas Grose...
John Graden

Black Belt Eyes and MMA

Why It’s Better To Ride The Horse In The Direction It’s Going Over the past few months I've been writing about the meteoric rise of...

Heung Chan: Choy Li Fat

Master Heung Chan, the founder of Choy Li Fut, was born in the Kwang-Tung province of China on July 10, 1806. At the age...
Dave Bendigkeit

Dave Bendigkeit Shintaikido

Martial Arts Beginning his training in 1967, Shintaikido Kaiso Dave Bendigkeit has earned a 6th Degree Black Belt under Grand Master Bob Maschmeier, and a...
Nia Nicole Abdallah

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...
Mark Van Schuyver

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...