Stephen K. Hayes: To-Shin Do
Black Belt Magazine has called Stephen K Hayes "One of the ten most influential living martial artists in the world."
Stephen K. Hayes has spent...
Teruyuki Okazaki: Shotokan Karate
Teruyuki Okazaki was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1931 and began karate at the age of 16, studying under Gichin Funakoshi, the founder...
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...
Ted Tabura Passed Away
Shihan Ted Tabura passed away peacefully in Gardena, California, on August 12, 2013.
Born on Maui in Hawaii, he was a well known practitioner of...
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...
Bart Vale: World Champion Shootfight
World Champion shootfighter Bart Vale is one of the pioneers of mixed martial arts in the U.S. Vale began training in the 70’s with the Al Tracy’s Kenpo Karate.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
1960 - 1972
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude Van Varenberg) was born and grew up in Brussels, on October 1960. This large European city is the...
Morio Higaonna: Goju-ryu Karate
Morio Higaonna was awarded the rank of 5th Dan in April 1966. In January 1967, Morio Higaonna Sensei received his Menkyo Kaiden.
Anton Geesink: Judoka
Anton Geesink of Holland was a three-time World Champion Judoka having emerged victorious in 1961, 1964 and 1965. He is most remembered, however, for his...
Howard Jackson Top National Fighter
Master Howard Jackson was born in June 27, 1951 and hails from the mean streets of Detroit, Michigan. Survival was a daily affair and to do...
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...
Al Tracy: American Kenpo Karate
In 1957 Al Tracy and his brother, Jim, began studying Kenpo with Ed Parker and James Ibrao. The Tracy brothers were promoted to Black...
George Pesare: Kempo Karate
Senior Grandmaster George Pesare was a 10th degree Black Belt and was the undisputed founder of Kempo Karate in New England. The 10th degree...
Michael DePasquale, Jr. Has Passed Away
Soke Michael DePasquale Jr., a highly skilled Jujutsu master, studied Yoshitsune Waza under his father and developed his Combat Yoshitsune Jujutsu system.
Kisshomaru Ueshiba: Aikido
After Morihei Ueshiba's death in 1969, his son, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, took on the mantle of Doshu or the hereditary head of the art of aikido.
Fred Hamilton: Shotokan Karate-Jitsu
Fred Hamilton hosted the first BARE-KNUCKLE full-contact professional karate tournament in the country and allowed women to compete fully in all competition.
