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Antony Cummins

Antony Cummins Ninjutsu

Antony Cummins Ninjutsu Historian Antony Cummins MA was born in Lancashire, England. He attended Victoria University in Manchester, England, where he received a degree in...
Crystal Ahmed Passed Away

Crystal Ahmed Passed Away

 Crystal Ahmed December 23, 1978 - June 22, 2009 Crystal Ahmed passed away on Monday, June 22, 2009. Master Crystal Ahmed, studied Tae kwon Do at the...
Guy Power Iaido

Guy Power Iaido

Guy Power Sensei is a direct disciple of Nakamura Taizaburo Sensei. Nakamura Sensei, Hanshi/tenth dan Toyama Ryu iaido, was the founder of Nakamura Ryu...

Athlon Rub: A Scientifically New Approach on an Ancient Tradition

Athlon Rub is a scientifically new approach on an ancient tradition. Based on the famed Thai oil that kickboxers around the world use to...
Parker Shelton

Martial Arts Champion, Teacher Parker Shelton Dies

Longtime Fort Wayne martial arts competitor and instructor Parker Shelton died Friday morning at age 72. He had been battling lung cancer for several...
Message in a Bottle - Mike Murray

Message In A Bottle – Mike Murray

During a Legends and Legacies Interview, Mike Murray gives us his Message in a Bottle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM3UgrVEavY
John Machado

John Machado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

John Machado is one of five brothers of world-renowned Machado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial art family. Born in Rio De Janeiro. Brazil; John Machado began his jiu-jitsu...
James Patrick Lacy

James Patrick Lacy Mew Hing’s 18 Daoist Palms

"My name is Michael Lacy, I'm James Lacy's eldest son. Last Saturday, a friend of fathers with the San Diego County sheriff's department came...
Lilly Urquidez Rodriguez and Blinky Rodriguez Interview

Lilly Urquidez and Blinky Rodriguez Champions In And Out Of The Ring

In the early 70’s the Urquidez family ruled the ring as the entire clan won fight-after-fight, championship after championship and title after title. They...
Tino Tuiolosega

Tino Tuiolosega Founder of Limalama

Tu'umamao Tino Tuiolosega, Grandmaster and Founder of Limalama Arts of Self Defense was born in American Samoa on July 2, 1931 to, Tu'umamao Tuiolosega,...

Thomas “Lapuppet” Carroll

Thomas "Lapuppet" Carroll was a pioneering African-American martial artist and a member of both the USA Karate Hall of Fame and the Black Belt...

Butch Togisala: Shorin Ryu

Sensei Lelagi Togisala known as Butch Togisala is a world renown martial artist. His martial arts career began in 1979 when he was eight...

Respects to Florendo Visitacion or Professor Vee of Vee-Arnis-Jitsu

Professor Florendo Visitacion, or, as he is commonly called, Professor Vee, was born in Ilocos Norte, Philippines in 1910. He began early, informal training...

Bob Orlando Chinese Kuntao

A resident of Denver, Colorado, and a computer professional for nearly 4 decades, Bob Orlando was introduced to the martial arts while on active...
Otto Johnson

Otto Johnson Wado-Ryu Karate-Do

Hanshi Otto Johnson was born on May 2, 1959. He began his study of Wado-Ryu Karate-Do over 30 years ago under the tutelage of...
Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor

Born and raised in the Kansas City area, Stephen Taylor grew up playing baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, and tennis. But after years of...