Jimmy H. Woo: Kung Fu San Soo
The history of San Soo contains all the facts of how Jimmy H. Woo was raised on the art of Tsoi Li Ho Fut...
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...
William Chow: Kara-Ho Kenpo
William Chow was born as William Ah Sun Chow Hoon on July 3, 1914. He was instrumental in the development of martial arts in the...
Fred Hamilton: Shotokan Karate-Jitsu
Fred Hamilton was born in 1925. He began his Karate-do training in Japan in the 1940's. From 1968-1973 Master Hamilton used karate in conjunction with...
Eizo Shimabukuro Interview
This interview was conducted at the Shobayashi-ryu Rendokan Dojo of Eizo Shimabukuro. Shimabukuro is ranked a Shihan 10-Dan and his dojo is located at...
Morio Higaonna: Goju-ryu
Morio Higaonna is a prominent Okinawan karate practitioner who is the founder and former Chief Instructor of the International Okinawan Goju-ryu Karate-do Federation (IOGKF)....
Tadashi Abe Aikido With Samurai Roots
Tadashi Abe was born in 1926 and began Aikido in 1942 under the direct supervision of O'Sensei for a period of nine years. He...
Tsuyoshi Chitose: Chito-Ryu Karate
Tsuyoshi Chitose is the soke of Chito Ryu, a martial art that possesses techniques which balance the strengths and weaknesses of Naha-te and Shuri-te;...
Hohan Soken: Matsumura Seito Shorin-ryu Karate
Okinawan martial arts master, Hohan Soken founded the Shorin-ryu Matsumura Seito Okinawa Karate Kobudo Association
Hohan Soken was born on May 25, 1889 and lived in...
Shigeru Egami: Shotokai Karate
Shigeru Egami was born in the Fukuoka Prefecture in 1912. He was one of Gichin Funakoshi Sensei's earliest students, but more than this, he...
Kenji Tomiki: Tomiki Aikido
Kenji Tomiki was born on March 15, 1900. He was a Japanese aikido and judo teacher and the founder of competitive aikido (aikido kyogi)...
Tatsuo Shimabuku: Isshin-Ryu Karate
Tatsuo Shimabuku (Shinkichi Shimabuku) was born in Chan, Okinawa on September 19, 1908 and died May 30, 1975. He began his study of karate...
Hironori Ohtsuka and Wado Ryu Karate
Hironori Otsuka, a wiry, white-haired master, drops of sweat glistening across his brow and up the crown of his bald spot, led 40 young...
The Story of Tatsuo Shimabuku and The Isshin-Ryu System
There is legend that states karate came to Okinawa in the nineteenth century when Chinto, a shipwrecked Chinese sailor, was washed ashore. Naked and...
Master Seiko Higa In My Memories
Remarks: The original Japanese title of this article was "Omoide No Higa Seiko Sensei" and it was written by Mr. Saburo Higa, an acupuncturist...
Chojun Miyagi: Goju-ryu
Chojun Miyagi
April 25, 1888 — October 8, 1953
Independently wealthy, Chojun Miyagi was able to devote his life to the exclusive study of the martial...
