Ethical Challenges and Compromise in Martial Arts

Ethical Challenges and Compromise in Martial Arts

The normalized commercialization of martial arts (Budo) may oblige an ambitious instructor to navigate ethical challenges and the dynamics of compromise. This applies particularly...
Death March

Armando Angeles

Maestro Armando Angeles was born on the island of Cebu in the Philippines in 1922, there he was raised and taught the art of...
Gregory Bledsoe

Gregory Bledsoe: Taekwon-Do

Master Gregory Bledsoe was introduced to the martial arts as a young boy when his neighbor taught him basic karate techniques. His career as...
Allie Alberigo: Ninjutsu

Allie Alberigo: Ninjutsu

Allie Alberigo is a father, a vegan, an author, and a martial artist with 50 years of experience. He has taught and trained all...
Controlled Human Aggression For The Martial Artist

Controlled Human Aggression For The Martial Artist Part 1

I have titled this article controlled human aggression because I wish to emphasize that word control. Anthropologists tell us that mankind began its history as...
Role Model

Role Model In The Martial Arts

Pro basketball legend Charles Barkley once famously said he was "not a role model." Fact is, anyone in the public eye is a role...

Bradley Lord: Hapkido

Senior Master Instructor Bradley Lord began his martial arts training in 1986. He is currently a 7th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido, a 3rd...

Linda Pugliese

Linda Pugliese was born on June, 27th 1962 in Newark Ohio.She began training in karate in 1976 in George Annarino's Ko-Sutemi Karate Dojo under...
Michael M. Ferreira

Grandmaster Michael M. Ferreira

GM Mike Ferreira was an enthusiastic lover of the martial arts who relished traveling travel to attend and teach seminars and workshops.
Crazy Monkey Defense

Beyond Self-Defense: Improving Life and Well-Being

A portion of your current and prospective student base would like to improve life or their sense of well-being. They are open to advice...

Jerry Smith: Shorin-Ju Kenpo

Jerry Smith is a former professional full-contact fighting coach, as well as co-founder of the Black Karate Federation (BKF) and founder of The Five-Level...
Jae-Sik Yang: Taekgyeon

Jae-Sik Yang: Taekgyeon

Master Jae-Sik Yang, also known as Jason, began training in Taekgyeon (T.G) in March of 1995 and he has trained continuously since then. He...
Martial Arts Frauds Exposed

Martial Arts Frauds Exposed

Martial arts are probably the worlds most unregulated industry allowing opportunists a crawlspace from which they can establish themselves in the industry.
Athlon Rum

Athlon Rub – Thai Oil Review

8th degree Black Belt Danny Dring Reviews Athlon Rub Highly accomplished martial artist Danny Dring talks about Athlon Rub giving first hand feedback from this...
Kali Konversation

Kali Konversation with Living Legend Malia Dacascos Bernal

Living Legend Malia Dacascos Bernal discusses how she got into the martial arts and much more on Kali Konversation with Rick and Nain.

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...