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Four Seasons Nationals 1973

Howard Jackson
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FOUR SEASONS NATIONALS GARCIA EDGES JACKSON FOR PROFESSIONAL FOUR SEASONS TITLE PHOTO By ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY AMERICA’S TOP PROFESSIONAL […]

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AKA NATIONALS 1973

American Karate
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Hundreds of spectators and competitors alike packed into the grand ballroom of Chicago’s luxurious Hyatt Regency Hotel to […]

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NASKA National Ratings 1987

Steve Anderson
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NASKA is a North American sports karate association that sanctions tournaments on the open point fighting and forms […]

Point Fighters

1973 Mardi Gras National Karate Championships

Al Dacascos
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Months of pre-tournament publicity, professional planning, and carnival festivities attract nationwide field of competitors. New Orleans black belt […]

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Dutch Kickboxing 1998

Dutch kickboxing
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THE NEW GENERATION OF DUTCH SUPERSTARS SHINE BRIGHTLY BY KOSTAS ARGYRIADIS Normally shows of this magnitude in Holland […]

News

The Bruce Lee Letters

young Bruce Lee
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THE BRUCE LEE LETTERS By Linda Lee The Fighter is proud to introduce a new column on Bruce […]

Fighter International

PMA – Professional Martial Arts Association

PMA
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When Fighter International magazine was launched in 1986 (USA) publisher Mike Anderson created an commercial association for professional […]

Fighter InternationalOrganizations

Top 10 Nationals 1972

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ST. LOUIS : TOP 10 NATIONALS Knudson Wins The Gold Cup, Chicago Dominates National Competition Chicago’s Ken Knudson […]

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Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson
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Simpsonville, South Carolina’s Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, who just recently turned 20 years old, is regarded by insiders as […]

Martial Arts Digest

Troy Dorsey Interview

Troy Dorsey
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Texan Troy Dorsey has not received the accolades he deserves. Although few fighters in the history of the […]

Great ChampionsMartial Arts Digest

Black Belt Grand Championships 1973

Bill Wallace vs Fred Wren
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ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 1973 NATIONAL BLACK BELT GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS By TERRY SMITH DESPITE RAIN, FOG, SLEET, snow, hail […]

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Paul Vunak
Paul Vunak with Rickson Gracie and Rorion Gracie
Masters and Personalities
Bill Superfoot Wallace
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Bill “Superfoot” Wallace

Howard Jackson

Howard Jackson
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JACKSON, HOWARD (1951-2006) American karate champion. Jackson began martial arts in 1968 under Harold Williams of Detroit, Mich. […]

Martial Artists

Jeet Kune Do

Jeet Kune Do
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The way of the intercepting fist as described by founder Bruce Lee.

Organizations

Andy Hug

Andy Hug
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Andy Hug was a karate and kickboxing champion from Switzerland who rose to fame in Japan by winning […]

Great Champions

Lorenzo Lamas Martial Arts

Lorenzo Lamas
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Renegade Star Is The Real Deal By Terry Wilson Lorenzo Lamas is the handsome long haired hunk who […]

Action Movies

Candid Interview with Bill Wallace (1975)

Bill Wallace
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ABOUT A YEAR or so ago, Fast Billy Wallace and his lightning left leg went the way of […]

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Cynthia Rothrock (1990)

Cynthia Rothrock
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“Women have been doing martial arts movies, but no one has been that believably powerful, or you could […]

Fighter International

Chuck Norris – A very special champion

Chuck Norris
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A VERY SPECIAL CHAMPION (from 1969) AMERICAN KARATE’S PACESETTER, CARLOS NORRIS by Roger Newhall A substantial number of […]

Masters and Personalities

Who was the first athlete from Switzerland to become a world champion kickboxer?
It was Jean-Marc Tonus of Geneva.

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Great Champions

Greatest MMA Seminar

Marco Ruas, Andre Lima (our reporter), Peter Aerts, and Bas Rutten during the seminar
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The best of all worlds in one spectacular MMA seminar in Los Angeles.

MMASeminars - Listen and Learn

Jack Hwang

Jack Hwang
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A tae kwon do grand master that stands above the crowd. By Mark van Schuyver.

Fighter International

Lori Lantrip

Lori Lantrip
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Here’s a champion whose techniques are as smashing as her looks. So don’t let her beauty fool you. […]

Fighter International

Milana Bjelogrlic

Milana Bjelogrlic
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Milana Bjelogrlic is a kickboxing champion from Serbia. She won the WAKO world championships in amateur K-1 kickboxing […]

WAKO Champions

Sugar Ray Leonard – Bruce Lee’s Soul Beneficiary (1987)

Bruce Lee vs Sugar Ray Leonard
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“I wanted to do in boxing what Bruce Lee did in films,” says Sugar Ray Leonard, one of […]

Fighter International

Walt Bone

Walt Bone
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Although he spent the last ten years of his life in Florida, transplanted Texan Walt Bone, like all […]

Fighter International

Krister Bergenhall

Krister Bergenhall
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THE SWEDISH SUPERMAN IN CLARK KENT DISGUISE
By Benny Hedlund and Mark Wells

Fighter International

Richard Reed

Richard Reed
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Richard Reed is one of the first American-born tae kwon do black belts to have taught the art […]

Fighter International

American Kenpo Karate

American Kenpo Karate
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KENPO Kenpo, as spelled is a more modern term describing one of the more innovative systems practiced on […]

Organizations

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley
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The King of Rock’n’Roll promoted karate and was himself karate blackbelt.

Masters and Personalities

Western Pro/Am 1975 in Oakland

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Upstart Comin (left) fooling one the People’s one of the times.

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Kodokan

Kodokan
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The worlds leading training authority for Japanese martial arts.

Dojos and Gyms

Focus Breaking Boards

focus boards
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At a time when timber prices skyrocketed an inventor had the spiffy idea to design re-usable boards for breaking.

Fight Gear

Gordon Franks

Gordon Franks
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The World’s first super lightweight champion in fullcontact kickboxing (aka PKA karate).

Great Champions

Byong Yong Yu

Byong Yong Yu
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A Candid Interview with: BYONG YONG YU (from 1975) Seoul’s colorful, outspoken donation to American karate pulls no […]

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