Born January 14,1948, Don Warrener is the youngest of three children born to Richard and Marjory Warrener.He started his Martial arts journey on March 15, 1966 in Hamilton, Ontario Canada with Benny A …

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Joe Lewis ‘Father of Kickboxing’ in the Western WorldBy Tracy Warrener Van KruistumOne of the most well known full contact kick-box fighters of all time was Joe Lewis. Born in 1944 in the United Sta …

The JKABy Tracy Warrener Van KruistumThe Japan Karate Association was founded in 1949 by a group of Gichin Funakoshi’s senior students; Isao Obata, Masatoshi Nakayama,and Hidetoka Nishiyama who served …

I’ve often noticed a huge difference when training in regular clothes versus a Gi. Something happens to all of us when we put on the Gi and train. Its like our bodies know we have on our superhero c …

Full Contact fighting has been around for many,many years. Its roots actually can be traced back to traditional martial arts such as Thailand’s Muay Thai Kickboxing, and Japanese Boxing and Karate. …

Known as the ‘father of modern day Karate’, Gichin Funakoshi is one of the most well known of the Karate Masters. His influence on the art of Karate Do knows no boundaries within specific styles. This …

One of the modern day martial arts masters was Okinawan Goju Ryu’s Teruo Chinen. He was born in 1941, in Japan, to a family with deep martial arts roots. Both his parents, grandfather and uncles were …

Nothing can be more nerve racking to a Martial Artist than knowing that you are grading for your next belt. Whether it is a first grading or for your black belt grading, the feeling is the same. The …

Anyone who has trained in a Martial Arts long enough knows that no matter how much you may love the dojo, your Sensei, your fellow students, there are times when you feel uninspired to train. Reasons …

                                                 The role of a Sensei withi …