Ichiro Abe: Judo

Japanese judoka, Ichiro Abe is the head of the Promotions Panel at the Kodokan and he is the former international chairperson of the All...

Haeng-Ung Lee: Songahm Taekwondo

Haeng-Ung Lee began martial arts training in 1953, trained special troops in Taekwondo in '56. In '59 he opened a TTKD school at Osan Air Force Base.
Michael DePasquale, Jr.

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.

Roy Kurban: Taekwondo

Grandmaster Roy Kurban began his training under the Texas Greats, Allen Steen, Larry Caster, and Skipper Mullins. He received his black belt in 1968...
Walter Todd

Walter Todd: Shudokan Karate

His supporters saw Walter Todd as "a living testament to the power of perseverance and the vitalizing capacity of authentic budo."

Daniel K Pai: Pai Lum Kung Fu

Daniel K. Pai spread Chinese and Okinawan martial arts in North America teaching Okinawan Kempo and Goju-Ryu and then his Kung-Fu.
Sam Allred's 1972 National Black Belt Grand Championships

Sam Allred: Jukensa Kajukenbo

Above Photo: Top nationally rated U.S. Black Belt competitors of their day, competing in Sam Allred's 1972 National Black Belt Grand Championships. In this...
William Chow

William Chow: Kara-Ho Kenpo

William Chow helped develop martial arts in the U.S., specifically the family of styles referred to as kenpo or kempo. His style was called Kara-Ho Kenpo.
Shigeru Egami

Shigeru Egami: Shotokai Karate

Shigeru Egami was one of Gichin Funakoshi Sensei's earliest students, but more than this, he was one of his most faithful and correct followers.

Don Buck: Kyokushinkai

Don Buck met Mas Oyama in the mid 1950's and was one of the first non-orientals to instruct Kyokushinkai Karate and received his 4th Dan in Sept. 1960.
Seiko Higa

Master Seiko Higa In My Memories

I joined Itoman Dojo, a karate academy of Master Seiko Higa, in October 1952. At that time, the Dojo was located in front of Itoman Elementary School.
Pat Johnson

Pat Johnson Tang Soo Do

Pat Johnson worked with the stuntmen who doubled for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but that is only the beginning of Pat Johnson's martial arts resume.
Chuzo Kotaka

Chuzo Kotaka: Kotaka-Ha Shito-ryu Karate

Chuzo Kotaka was born on November 11, 1941 in Hyogoken, Japan. He began studying karate at the age of seven under Sensei Genryu Kimura....

Hohan Soken: Matsumura Seito Shorin-ryu Karate

Okinawan martial arts master, Hohan Soken, founded Shorin Ryu Matsumura Seito Karate-Do and the Shorin-ryu Matsumura Seito Okinawa Karate Kobudo Association.
Fumio Demura

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...
Gokor Chivichyan Judo Great

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...