“The Last Warrior of Shuri”Hanshi Choshin Chibana, was a 10th dan Okinawan martial artist who developed Shorin-ryu karate on what he had learned from Anko Itosu. He was the last of the pre-World War
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“The Creator and Head of the JKA”Masatoshi was an internationally renowned Japanese master of Shotokan karate.He helped establish the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in
1949, and wrote many textbooks
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“Master of Capoeria Angola”Mestre Vicente Joaquim Ferreira Pastinha was a master practitioner of the Afro Brazilian martial art of Capoeira. In the period 1850-1950, he and Mestre Bimba were the most
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“Masterful Organizer of Tournaments”Bruckner was one of the most
influential martial artists in all of Europe and especially kickboxing and is
considered the father of European Kickboxing.He began h
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“The Last Of The Koga Ryu Ninja”Seiko born as Isamu Fujita, was a Japanese martial
artist who was 14th Headmaster or Soke of Kōga-ryūNinjutsu and considered by some to be the last true ninja.Isamu Fu
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“Our Mark Twain of Martial Arts”Donn Draeger was a US Marine from
1943-1956 with the rank of Major. He was
an internationally known teacher and practitioner of Japanese martial arts. He authored se
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“Founder of Krav Maga”Imre Lichtenfeld was a Hungarian-born Slovakian martial artist who founded the Krav Maga self-defense
system.As a young man, Lichtenfeld was a
successful boxer, wrestler, and g
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“Scholar, Educator, Judo Founder and
a Class Act All The Way”Shihan Kanō was the founder of judo. Judo was the first Japanese martial art to gain widespread international recognition, and the first t
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“A member of the feared Black Dragon Society”Born in Fukushima prefecture, Kotaro was one of if not the top student of
Sokaku Takeda from Hokkaido. He received
the Kyuju Dairi award from Takeda, a
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Brazilian Jiu JitsuMaster Sylvio BehringI am now living in Rio de Janeiro for 2 months visiting and meeting so many high quality martial artists and watching and learning the difference between the Ji
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