Tadashi Abe Aikido With Samurai Roots

Tadashi Abe represented the AIKI-KAI HOMBU and was the first full time Aikido Master in Europe and one of the first to teach outside of Japan.

Pat Worley: Taekwondo

Pat Worley, the Texan is a 9th degree Black Belt and was Jhoon Rhee's National grand champion in 1970, a title that was held...
Jean-Claude Van Damme

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...
Skipper Mullins

Skipper Mullins Top 10 Fighter Has Passes Away

Lewis Skipper Mullins began his training at the Red Bird National Guard Armory in October 1963 under Allen R. Steen. He was named Vice...

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...
Howard Jackson

Howard Jackson Passed Away

Howard Jackson June 27, 1951 - March 7, 2006 Howard Jackson passed away on March 7, 2006. He was a former World Kickboxing Champion (W.K.A), a...
Dan Ivan

Dan Ivan Passed Away

This is sad news. I learned of it from Kevin Suzuki, a life-time student of Fumio Demura, that Dan Ivan passed away.Dan Ivan was...

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...

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...
Kanken Toyama

Kanken Toyama: Shudokan Karate

The late great martial arts grandmaster, Kanken Toyama, was born in Shuri, Okinawa on the 21st year of Meiji, September 24, 1888. His given...

Jerry Beasley: Joe Lewis Karate/Kickboxing

Inside Karate magazine called him “the published authority on American karate.” Black Belt magazine recognized him as America’s foremost martial arts educator. Martial Arts...

Cung Le: Pound for Pound One of the Most Exciting Fighters

In 1975, three days before the fall of Saigon, Cung Le and his mother Anne escaped Vietnam by helicopter under heavy gun fire. They...
John Graden

John Graden

John Graden is an author, athlete, publisher and pioneering martial arts visionary, and is recognized as an important martial arts leader in this decade....
Joo Bang Lee

Joo Bang Lee and Hwa Rang Do

The chivalry of Hwa Rang endured throughout the Silla and Koryo dynasties and it was the force that  unified the Korean peninsula and helped form...
Bill Wallace

Bill Superfoot Wallace

All anyone in the martial arts has to say is “Superfoot” and instantly the image of Bill Superfoot Wallace emerges. This martial arts champion became...

Stephen Labounty: American Kenpo

The video above shares highlights of the AIK 2018 Sigung LaBounty Tribute - When Legends Rise in Tucson, Arizona. At this event Mr. ...