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Category Archive: Fighter International

America’s most informative martial arts magazine published by Mike Anderson and edited by John Corcoran. It grew into an international magazine that was also published in Sweden.

Paul Vizzio

Paul Vizzio
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The real King of the death match Bloodsport When the movie Bloodsportemerged as one of the summer’s top […]

Fighter International

Bill Wallace Exclusive

Bill Wallace
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The legend of American kickboxing and torunament karate. A complete story of his career.

Fighter International

Jean-Claude Van Damme – Black Belt Blitz

Jean-Claude Van Damme
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The exiled Belgian Jean-Claude Van Damme inspired many people around the world to start learning martial arts and body building.

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Ben Kiker

Ben Kiker
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Fighter turned supercoach from Georgia opens 16 karate schools and trains multiple champions.

Fighter International

Ernie Reyes jr. Interview

Ernie Reyes jr,
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THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF ERNIE REYES, JR. By John Corcoran Ernie Reyes Jr. is the type of son […]

Fighter International

Ernie Reyes Jr.

Ernie Reyes
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From the West Coast Demo Team to Hollywood. Ernie Reyes jr. is the real karate kid that excited martial arts fans with his unique taekwondo kicks and entertaining showmanship.

Fighter International

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

Cynthia Rothrock (1990)

Cynthia Rothrock
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Actress and former forms champion Cynthia Rothrock speaks almost made a action movie with Sylvester Stallone.

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Jack Hwang

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

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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

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 […]

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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

Carl Sklavos

Carl Sklavos
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A talented kickboxing world champion from Tiwin Falls, Idaho

Fighter International

Atlantic World Karate Team

Toky Hill Chuck Merriman
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Point Karate takes a giant professioal leap – by Bob Liedke. Feature Image: Tokey Hill, Skipper Ingham and Chuck Merriman.

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Benny Urquidez vs Sugar Ray Leonard

Benny Urquidez vs Sugar Ray Leonard
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In 1989 the martial arts world was hoping for a dreamfight between the best boxer and kickboxer: Rugar Ray Leonard and Benny Urquidez. Read how it all developed.

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Kickboxing World Championships (WAKO, 1987)

Mike Anderson
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Promoter Georg F. Brückner put together the greatest WAKO Kickboxing World Championships in 1987 to unite the organization. He used Munich’s Olympic Hall to gain attention for his vision of kickboxing becoming an Olympic sport.

Fighter InternationalWAKO History

Bill Packer

Bill Packer
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New Mexico’s Bill Packer was one of the first trainers to produce a big stable of WKA kickboxing world champions from the USA.

Fighter International

The Secret of inner Strength by Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris
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In his amazingly candid and inspirational new book, The Secret of Inner Strength: My Story, Chuck Norris reveals […]

Fighter International

Gogen Yamaguchi – The Last Interview

Gogen Yamaguchi
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Goju-ryu grandmaster Gogen Yamaguchi is widely known as “The Cat”, the most important person in recent history of Karate-Do.

Fighter InternationalHistory of Martial Arts

Helen Chung

Helen Chung Vasiliadis
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At age 10, Helen Chung Vasiliadis chose to make karate a part of her life; today, at 26, […]

Fighter InternationalWomen

Taekwondo Team USA

USA TKD Team
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The first time Taekwondo was an Olympic sport the USA sent a very strong team to hunt for gold.

Fighter International

ISKA World Ratings 1987

ISKA
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Kickboxing world champions and rankings of the International Sport Karate & Kickboxing Association found their way to a worldwide audience shortly after inception of the company.

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Muay Thai History

Muay Thai
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Extensive background history of the roughest and toughest contact sports by Diane Dupre Salewski.

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Mike Chaturantabut

Mike Chaturantabut
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When he started out as a teen competitor he was already terribly great in forms.

Fighter InternationalMartial Artists

How Muay Thai moved West

Sken Kaewpadung
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Thai boxing was never seen outside Thailand (then known as Siam) until 1926, when Chua Chakshuraksha and Wanlop […]

Fighter InternationalHistory of Martial Arts
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