Once protective gear was introduced this huge event created a new fighting sport with fullcontact fighting. The history of American kickboxing started.
Fred Wren showed his superiority in point fighting. The Mardi Gras Open 1974 were one of the first tournaments using Jhoon Rhee”s Safe-T protective gear for semicontact competition.
New York’s martial arts great Ron Van Clief presented in an early feature in Professional Karate magazine.
American Paul Maslak created the first independent world kickboxing ranking system based on a computer algorithm. Here is the story behind STAR.
As tributes were paid to the deceased Bruce Lee one of the greatest point fighting karate tournaments unfolded in Ocean City.
Steve was one of the most iconic champions of American kickboxing. He won countless titles while promoting his own events out of West Palm Beach.
Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. The first time the greats of American tournament karate meet to mourn the death of friend and idol Bruce Lee.
Hundreds of spectators and competitors alike packed into the grand ballroom of Chicago’s luxurious Hyatt Regency Hotel to […]
The first national newsstand editor of Inside Kung-Fu magazine, Paul Maslak created the STAR (Standardized Tournaments And Ratings) […]
The dominant fighter in American point fighting places first again and again. Ever wonder why they call Steve Anderson “Nasty”?
Months of pre-tournament publicity, professional planning, and carnival festivities attract nationwide field of competitors. New Orleans black belt […]
Sporthal Zuid in Amsterdam hosts another top notch pro Muay Thai event. This time their star is upset by a Greek super fighter.
THE BRUCE LEE LETTERS By Linda Lee The Fighter is proud to introduce a new column on Bruce […]
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).