Archive for December, 2007

Mitch Kramer Sizes Up a Kick
The annual American Bushido open was held November 10th, 2007 at St. David Church in Davie, FL. Spectators were treated to point fighting, kata’s, musical kata’s and board breaking.
Among the winners of the tournament seven year old Taylor Zascavage of the USA Goju (Pompano) came in first in Kata, [...]

RIP Young Soo Do 1945-2007
The Martial Arts Times would like to send out our condolences to the family and friends of Grand Master Young Soo Do. Soo Do tragically had his life taken on November 12th, 2007 in a random act of gun violence
Young Soo Do is survived by his wife Soon, his son [...]

When NAGA (North American Grappling Association) came to town last month I had the opportunity to interview President and founder Kipp Kollar. NAGA has been in existence for twelve years. Before that Kipp ran point Karate tournaments. That all changed when he attended a Gracie grappling seminar. Kipp added a grappling [...]

Last month I had the honor and privilege to interview Don “The Dragon” Wilson. Don started taking martial arts at the age of seventeen at Chuck Merriman Goju, while he was attending the coast guard academy. He was also fortunate to learn Kung Fu from his brother. I asked Don who was [...]

Michael Bisping suffered his first defeat in a decision over Rashad Evans Saturday night, November 17th 2007, in New Jersey. The first round started with Evans coming out swinging and going for the takedown. Bisping was able to get up and avoid other takedowns. Nevertheless, it wasn’t enough to stop Evans from [...]