Shootfighting
Shootfighting History is not long, even if the catch wrestling style that it was born from does. In the 1970's, a catch wrestler by the name of Karl Gotch taught…
Lua
Secretly, in the dark of night, the ancient warriors practiced the deadly moves involved in the art of self defense called lua Martial Arts. It was a discipline that required…
Danzan Ryu Ju Jitsu
Danzan Ryu Ju Jitsu: Henry Okazaki was born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan in 1890. In 1906, he immigrated to the island of Hawaii. Soon arfter, he was afflicted with a…
Collegiate Wrestling
Wrestling has been popular throughout recorded history. Origins of the sport can be traced back 15,000 years to cave drawings in France. Early Egyptian and Babylonian reliefs depict wrestlers using…
American Kenpo
American Kenpo History started with it's creation with American Edmund Parker, three significant events are always cited in the development of almost every style of Kenpo/Kempo practiced today... 1) Bodhidharma…
American Karate
American Karate History is very unique. Karate Mainly made its way to America Officially by US service men who learned their chosen art from first or second generation Okinawan or…
AMERICAN MARTIAL ARTS
American Martial Arts first contact with Japanese martial arts most likely came from Japanese immigrants, especially after 1853 and the "opening" of Japan to the West. In the 1880's, Jigoro…
Kodenkan Ju Jitsu
Professor Henry Seishiro Okazaki, founder and Master of the Kodenkan Ju jItsu and the American Jujitsu Institute of Hawaii, was born in the town of Kakeda, Fukushima Prefecture, on the…
Small Circle Ju Jistu
The Japanese combat techniques of Jujutsu (also commonly known as Jujitsu and other spellings) date back at least 2000 years. The exact origins of jujutsu are unclear, as most of…
Jeet Kune Do
The Jeet Kune Do History started when it was created by the late Bruce Lee. Lee felt discontented with the traditional martial arts. He felt that the traditional styles were…
Kickboxing
The origins of kickboxing history can be found to date back two thousand years in Far East Asia. Kickboxing as we know it today developed under various influences. The first…