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Russ Coelho

Russ Coelho Kodenkan Ju Jitsu

Russ Coelho was born and raised on Oahu in Rural Koolaupoko. His father was Operations Superintendent of Koolau Boys Home Juvenile Delinquent facility and Russ...
Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva was born on April 14, 1975. Known as "The Spider", Anderson is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and since 2006 he has...
Joe Lewis Fighting Systems

Joe Lewis Funeral Information

JOE LEWIS FUNERAL INFORMATION September 7  - September 9, 2012 Introduction The Joe Lewis Fighting Systems has recently received many great responses from people and appreciate all the...

Jason Lambert American Mixed Martial Artist

Jason Lambert, nicknamed "The Punisher", was born on September 23, 1977. He is an American mixed martial artist who has competed as a Heavyweight,...
Kenshiro Abbe Sensei throwing Sensei Bill Woods

William Woods Passed Away

With the sad passing of William Woods Sensei 8th Dan Judo, on the 31st March 2006. British Martial Arts has lost one of its...
Steven Dowd

Steven Dowd

Punong Guro at Tagapagmana Steven Dowd began his training in Arnis Balite (Aguillon Arnis) in 1974. On January 8, 1991, after the passing of Pundador...
Stephen Oliver's Martial Arts Wealth Mastery

Martial Arts Tournaments and Other Diversions From a Business Perspective

If competing in martial arts tournaments on the open circuit or coaching two or three key students to championship level really turns you on...
James Ibrao

James Ibrao Tells His Story

Kenpo Karate Grand Master, James Ibrao, tells his own story about his involvement in the creation and the development of Ed Parker Sr's Kenpo Karate. I...
Professor Tony Janovich

Tony Janovich Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Professor Tony Janovich began his Jujitsu study under Prof. Sig Kufferath at the age of 12. Before that, at the age of 5, he...

Bob Gomez: Kajukenbo

Bob Gomez was born in Taiwan in 1963. He and his family relocated to the United States at the age of two. Bob's dad...
Dave Kovar

Running A Martial Arts School

Over the past few years I have the privilege of meeting and working with literally hundreds of school owners throughout the U.S., Canada, Spain,...
Byron Mantack

Accountability in the Martial Arts

I submitted this article because there has been a disturbance in the force and I feel this is being caused by a lack of...
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...
Jack Wheat

Jack Wheat Jujitsu

John Robert Wheat was born in Seattle, Washington on February 23, 1919 and went by the nickname Jack Wheat. Professor Jack Wheat trained and instructed at...
Christine Baeza

Women in the Martial Arts

No matter what belt women have around their waist, or what title they hold, they will always be women. This is a powerful statement that might...
Marta Azzam

Marta Azzam Martial Arts, Music and Fitness

Sensei Marta Azzam was born in Czechoslovakia. She earned a bachelor degree in the science of nursing and masters in the art of ballet and...