Yutaka Yaguchi: Shotokan Karate
Yutaka Yaguchi was born on November 14, 1932 in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan to a farming family. He is the Chief Instructor and Chairman of...
Yoshiaki Ajari: Wado Ryu Karate
Yoshiaki Ajari was Chief Instructor of the U.S. WadoKai KarateDo Federation (USWKF).
Yoshiaki Ajari was born in 1933 in the Japanese village of Minato Mura. At...
Phillip Rhee: Teaching Harmony Through Martial Arts
Phillip Rhee was raised in San Francisco. He is a martial artist, actor, director and producer who has created, produced and starred in six...
A Tribute To Supreme Grand Master Cacoy Canete
My instructor, Cacoy Canete, is an 89 year old Supreme Grand Master of the 12th Degree Black Belt rank, he lives in the city...
Troy Dorsey: Karate Kickboxing and Boxing
Troy Dorsey was born and raised in Mansfield, Texas. In 1973, at the age of ten, Troy began karate and in 1979 received his...
Pat Burleson “Grandfather” of Open Tournament Fighting in America
Pat Burleson, acknowledged as the “grandfather” of open tournament fighting in America, won numerous national titles before retiring in 1966.
Daniel Tiger Schulmann Undefeated Knockdown Champion
As a young man, Daniel Tiger Schulmann trained rigorously for years which allowed him to win over 100 competitions. He then set his sights...
Peichin Takahara: Ch’uan Fa
Peichin Takahara was born in 1683 in Akata Cho, a small section of the city of Shuri, Okinawa in the Ryūkyū Kingdom. He was an early...
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...
Don Nagle: Isshinryu Karate
In the fall of 1956, while on Okinawa, Don Nagle began to study Isshinryu Karate with founder Tatsuo Shimabuku at the Kyan Village dojo.
Gokor Chivichyan Judo Great
Gokor Chivichyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1963. He is an Armenian Judo, submission grappling, and mixed martial arts instructor who currently trains...
Recollections on Gene Lebell and Bong Soo Han
I began studying martial arts because I was being bullied at school; this was in 1964, long before there was a dojo on every...
Richard Norton of Zen do Kai Karate Has Passed Away
Richard Norton is a martial arts icon, body guard to the rich and famous and an international movie star. A man to be envied.
Jean Jacques Machado: Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jean Jacques Machado is one of five brothers of the world-renown Machado Brazilian jiu-jitsu family.
Jean Jacques Machado began his...
Kentsu Yabu: Shorin-ryu Karate
Kentsu Yabu was born on September 23, 1866 in Shuri, Okinawa. He was a prominent teacher of Shorin-ryu karate in Okinawa from the 1910s...
Sid Campbell – A Great Friend’s Passing
Aloha,
Hanshi Sid Campbell was a great warrior, a teaching Sensei, a talented artist, (all his prints are in the museum}, a weapons kobudo expert,...
