Carlos Machado Pursing Excellence
Carlos Machado was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the eldest of the five Machado Brothers, including Roger, Rigan, Jean Jacques and...
Shugoro Nakazato: Shorin Ryu Karate
Shūgorō Nakazato was born in Nahn-city Okinawa on August 14, 1919. While attending normal school in Osaka Japan in 1935, he began his study of...
Masami Tsuruoka: Chito-Ryu Karate
Masami Tsuruoka was born on January 12, 1929 in Cumberland, British Columbia, Ontario, Canada. He was a Japanese Canadian karate instructor and practitioner and...
Teruo Chinen: Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate
Sensei Teruo Chinen began his training in Goju Ryu karate in 1951 directly under the tutelage of Chojun Miyagi Sensei. In 1953, upon the...
AlGene Caraulia: Karate Institute of America
On December 22, 1940, AlGene Caraulia was born in Wahiawa, on the island of Oahu, in what was then United States territory of Hawaii.
In...
James Mitose Kenpo
James Mitose, believed in working out on the makiwara for the development of big knuckles and a hard punch or kick. The Grandmaster believed...
Dan Severn More Than The Beast
Dan Severn has captured the attention of fight and wrestling fans all over the world since his 1994 debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championships...
Don Buck: Kyokushinkai
When war broke out in 1941, Don Buck attempted to join the service, but he was too young. When he turned 16, in 1942,...
Fumio Demura America’s First Karate Performer
Fumio Demura, a master in Shito-ryu karate and kubodo, won many tournaments in his homeland of Japan, culminating in his being named All Japan Karate...
Henry Okazaki: Danzan Ryu jujitsu
Henry Okazaki, was born Seishiro Okazaki in the town of Kakeda, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on January 28, 1890. He migrated to Hawaii in 1906...
Yukio Tani: Judo
Yukio Tani was born in 1881. He is known as one of the first Judoka to compete and teach outside Japan. A pioneering Japanese...
Robert Trias: Father of American Karate
Robert Trias was born on March 18,1922. At the beginning of World War II Robert A. Trias was called upon to serve his country in...
Fumio Demura Interview
The following is the complete interview conducted by DOSHIN Martial Arts Supplies with Demura Sensei and was published in part as "DEMURA'S KARATE" in Volume 5 of...
John Worley
John Worley is the founder of National Karate Schools. He is a native of Fort Worth, Texas, and began his martial arts training in...
My Experiences And Memories With Ernest Lieb
I first met Ernie Lieb at a karate tournament in South Bend, Indiana in November of 1972. His easygoing personality and obvious love for...
Hironori Otsuka: Wado-Ryu Karate
Hironori Otsuka was a Japanese master of karate who created the Wado-ryu style of karate. He was born on June 1, 1892 in Shimodate...
