When Fighter International magazine was launched in 1986 (USA) publisher Mike Anderson created an commercial association for professional […]
ST. LOUIS : TOP 10 NATIONALS Knudson Wins The Gold Cup, Chicago Dominates National Competition Chicago’s Ken Knudson […]
Simpsonville, South Carolina’s Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, who just recently turned 20 years old, is regarded by insiders as […]
Texan Troy Dorsey has not received the accolades he deserves. Although few fighters in the history of the […]
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 1973 NATIONAL BLACK BELT GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS By TERRY SMITH DESPITE RAIN, FOG, SLEET, snow, hail […]
JACKSON, HOWARD (1951-2006) American karate champion. Jackson began martial arts in 1968 under Harold Williams of Detroit, Mich. […]
The way of the intercepting fist as described by founder Bruce Lee.
Andy Hug was a karate and kickboxing champion from Switzerland who rose to fame in Japan by winning […]
Renegade Star Is The Real Deal By Terry Wilson Lorenzo Lamas is the handsome long haired hunk who […]
ABOUT A YEAR or so ago, Fast Billy Wallace and his lightning left leg went the way of […]
Actress and former forms champion Cynthia Rothrock speaks almost made a action movie with Sylvester Stallone.
A VERY SPECIAL CHAMPION (from 1969) AMERICAN KARATE’S PACESETTER, CARLOS NORRIS by Roger Newhall A substantial number of […]
Who was the first athlete from Switzerland to become a world champion kickboxer?
It was Jean-Marc Tonus of Geneva.
The best of all worlds in one spectacular MMA seminar in Los Angeles.
A tae kwon do grand master that stands above the crowd. By Mark van Schuyver.
Here’s a champion whose techniques are as smashing as her looks. So don’t let her beauty fool you. […]
Serbia’s pride of K-1 fighting and international MMA competitor. She is a WAKO world champion.
“I wanted to do in boxing what Bruce Lee did in films,” says Sugar Ray Leonard, one of […]
Although he spent the last ten years of his life in Florida, transplanted Texan Walt Bone, like all […]
THE SWEDISH SUPERMAN IN CLARK KENT DISGUISE
By Benny Hedlund and Mark Wells
Richard Reed is one of the first American-born tae kwon do black belts to have taught the art […]
KENPO Kenpo, as spelled is a more modern term describing one of the more innovative systems practiced on […]
The King of Rock’n’Roll promoted karate and was himself karate blackbelt.
Upstart Comin (left) fooling one the People’s one of the times.
The worlds leading training authority for Japanese martial arts.
At a time when timber prices skyrocketed an inventor had the spiffy idea to design re-usable boards for breaking.
The World’s first super lightweight champion in fullcontact kickboxing (aka PKA karate).
A Candid Interview with: BYONG YONG YU (from 1975) Seoul’s colorful, outspoken donation to American karate pulls no […]
The founder of Taekwondo.
“I was just ready to come back to Canada,” Chris Potter says, “when my agent called and said, ‘You should read for this [the Kung Fu show]. This part’s made for you.’ So I read for it and two days later I had the part.”
1973 UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS: After the preliminary smoke had cleared, 12 contestants had earned their way to a semi-final berth and an eventual chance to meet Los Angeles’ Bob Dunek, defending Grand Champion. “Fast Billy” Wallace Regains Title, Oregon’s Dan Anderson Makes Big Waves
When kickboxing in The Netherlands took off in the 80ies Rob Kaman was one of the biggest stars of the square jungle.
From martial arts to stuntwork, Sophia Crawford is the best woman for the toughest job on the planet.
Isshin Ryu Karate was founded by one of the great karate masters, Tatsuo Shimabuku, and is derived from […]