- Bas Rutten
Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten (born February 24, 1965) is a Dutch mixed martial arts fighter and color commentator. He was a three time King of Pancrase, former Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion, and is a certified MTBN Thai Boxing instructor, Pancrase instructor, a 5th Degree Black Belt in Kyokushin karate and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is also the founder of "The Bas Rutten System" and the author of various martial art books and videos. - Billy Blanks
Billy Blanks (b. September 1, 1955) is a fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of Tae Bo. Blanks was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the fourth of fifteen children. As a child he suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia. Blanks began his study of the martial arts at the age of fourteen. He quickly excelled, winning several local, state, and national championships. He emerged as a seven-time world Karate champion, and holds a seventh-degree black belt in tae kwon do. - Mia St. John
Mia Rosales St. John (born June 24, 1967) is an American professional boxer, model, businesswoman, and a Tae Kwon Do champion. St. John, a Mexican-American born in San Francisco, California attended California State University, earning a degree in Psychology. While a student, she compiled a Tae Kwon Do record of 27-1, was awarded a black belt, and worked as a model to fund her education. She married Kristoff St. John, star of "Young and the Restless", … - Erik Paulson
Erik Paulson (born 1966) is a mixed martial artist raised in Minnesota and currently residing in California. He is the first American to win the World Shooto Title in Japan - a title he defended for 5 years. Starting with Judo in 1974, Paulson has trained in many disciplines including Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, Jeet Kune Do, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, studying first with Rorion Gracie in his garage in 1989. He has studied with 40 different teachers over his 30 years of training. - Julie Kedzie
Julie Kedzie is an American female mixed martial artist who was born in 1981. She has gained fame due to her good looks and her ability to fight and being a mix of tough and cute. She is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and specializes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. - Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith is an American martial arts instructor, best known as the former seven-time PKA World Light Heavy Weight Karate Champion. One of his title defense matches was on the undercard for the Ali vs. Frazier "Thrilla in Manila." He currently operates a martial arts school in Virginia where he teaches Tae Kwon Do, in which he holds a 9th degree black belt. - Elvis Sinosic
Born in Canberra, Australia on February 13, 1971, Elvis Sinosic now resides in Sydney where he continues his martial arts training. Having trained in various arts for the last 20 years, the "King of Rock N Rumble" has been exposed to a myriad of art forms including: - Freestyle Wrestling - Tae Kwon Do - Boxing - Jun Fan (Kali, Silat, … - Phillip Rhee
Phillip Rhee is a Korean-American actor and director, most famous for his role in the Best of the Best movie series. Rhee is also famous for holding ranks of 6th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a 3rd degree black belt in Hap Ki Do and a 1st degree black belt in Kendo. He currently lives in the Los Angeles vicinity and is working on a screenplay - Alia Sabur
Alia Sabur (born February 22 1989) is an American child prodigy. She is best known for being accepted into graduate school at the age of 14. She left public school in 4th grade, was admitted to State University of New York at Stony Brook at the age of 10, graduating summa cum laude at 14. She also received a black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 9. After Stony Brook, Sabur attended Drexel University where she received her M.S. in 2006. - Dong Keun Park
Grandmaster Dong Keun Park is a ninth degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. During his early career as a Tae Kwon Do fighter, he competed in more than 200 championship competitions, winning them all. After retiring undefeated from competition, he was immediately inducted into the Korea Amateur Sports Association Hall of Fame. He then went to Thailand, at the personal request of the king, to train the royal family and stationed American military personnel. - Keith Hackney
Keith Hackney was born in Roselle, Illinois in 1960. He started martial arts at the age 14 by learning wrestling and boxing. Two years later, age 16, he began learning the art of Tae Kwon Do and eventually received second degree black belt. Come 1992, he began training White Tiger Kenpo. Two years later, he entered the UFC and gained his new nickname, "The Giant Killer", after defeating 618 pound sumo wrestler Yarborough. - Pat Croce
Pasquale "Pat" Croce (born November 2, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, author, and TV personality. Croce began his career as a physical therapist and was a trainer for the Philadelphia Flyers for more than 10 years. He founded Sports Physical Therapists in 1984 and grew the business into a chain of 40 centers spanning 11 states before selling it in 1993 for $40 million. - Kazuyoshi Ishii
is a Japanese master of Seidokan Karate and the founder of the K-1 fighting circuit, a martial-arts event combining Muay Thai, Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Kenpo, Boxing and Kick Boxing, etc. He is currently in jail for tax evasion, which he was charged with in 2003. Ishii started his martial art career in kyokushin karate where he became a well respected bareknuckle knockdown karate tournament champion. When Hideyuki Ashihara left Kyokushin 1979 Ishii followed, … - Adrian Paul
Adrian Paul Hewett (born May 29, 1959), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series "Highlander: The Series" as Duncan MacLeod. He was born in London, England in 1959, the first of three brothers to an Italian mother and a British father. Paul first became a model, then a dancer and choreographer. In 1985, he left Europe for the United States to pursue a dance and modeling career. - Jay McGraw
Jay McGraw , 28, is President and CEO of Stage 29 Productions in Los Angeles. He has served as Executive Producer on several prime time specials and has a number of projects in development. He most recently was host of Renovate My Family , a prime time series on Fox. Since he was 19, Jay has been in the forefront of teen authorities, taking his father's philosophies and translating them into language teens can understand and enjoy. - Marcus Patrick
Marcus Patrick (born Marcus Patrick Osbourne, 5 June 1974, Bath, England) is a British actor who has been based in the United States for several years. His father was of English, Irish, & French descent, while his mother is of Jamaican, Cuban, & Cherokee descent. He has appeared in such American television series as "My Wife & Kids", "CSI:Miami", "Days of our Lives", and "Passions". - Dustin Nguyen
Dustin Nguyen (born Nguyễn Xuân Trí on September 17, 1962, in Saigon, South Vietnam - now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American actor. His mother My Le was an actress and dancer and his father Xuan Phat an actor, writer and producer in South Vietnam. The family left Vietnam in April 1975 as it fell to Communist Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army forces. They arrived in Guam, then the family was moved to a refugee camp in Arkansas, … - Jeff Wincott
Jeffrey H. Wincott (born May 8, 1957 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and athlete. Born to parents of English and Italian descent, he began martial arts training in Karate, Kung Fu, and Tae Kwon Do during his adolescent years. Wincott was the recipient of a University of Waterloo scholarship for swimming. He also attended the Ryerson University in Toronto and the Juilliard School for the arts in New York. - Edward B. Sell
Edward B. Sell is the founder of the United States Chung Do Kwan Association (USCDKA) and the only non-oriental to be recognized by the World Tae Kwon Do Federation as a 9th Dan Black Belt, making him the highest ranked non-oriental Tae Kwon Do practitioner in the world. In 1967 he began the "Korea Tae Kwon Do Association of America" in Trenton, Michigan. In 1974, he renamed his organization the "United States Chung Do Kwan Association", … - Sam Soliman
Sam Soliman (born November 13, 1973) is an Australian boxer of Coptic Egyptian descent. Soliman began his boxing career after studying multiple forms of martial arts, such as Tae Kwon Do, Karate, and Kick-Boxing. - Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA) is a self-titled writer, lecturer, creative consultant, and human performance technician. He is married to author Tananarive Due. The couple live in Los Angeles. Barnes has a daughter, Lauren Nicole (born March 16, 1986) from his first marriage and a son, Jason, from his current marriage. Mr. Barnes has had a varied education, including a secondary education at Los Angeles High School. - Thomas Ian Griffith
Thomas Ian Griffith (born March 18,1962 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. His first TV role was on the soap opera "Another World" as Catlin Ewing from 1984-1987. In 1999 he starred in the TV movie "Secret of Giving" with Reba McEntire; earlier in 1999 he appeared in Reba's video for the song "What Do You Say". - Tom Sotis
Tom Sotis is an edged-weapons instructor and the founder of the modern hybrid martial art known as AMOK!. Sotis has had an active martial career spanning three decades. Between 1970 and 1984, Sotis trained mainly in Kenpo, Tae Kwon Do, Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, and Kickboxing. In July of 1980, Sotis was coached to win the World Professional Karate Organization's Light Middleweight Kickboxing Championship. - Mat Fraser
Mat Fraser (born 1962) is a rock musician, actor and performance artist. Between 1980 and 1995 he was a drummer with several rock bands including "Fear of Sex", "The Reasonable Strollers", "Joyride", "The Grateful Dub" and "Living in Texas", who had a number one single in Italy. Fraser was born with phocomelia of both arms, due to his mother being prescribed thalidomide during her pregnancy. - Gavin Brown
Gavin Brown (born June 4 1975) is a Conservative politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians since 2007. He contested Edinburgh South at the 2005 UK General Election, where he came third. He contested the same seat at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election finishing fourth, but was elected to Holyrood in any case as a list member for the Lothians region. Brown worked as a solicitor before his election, and is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. - Joey Gathright
Joey Renard Gathright (born April 27, 1981 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals. Gathright made his major league debut with the Devil Rays on June 25, 2004. He attended Bonnabel High School in Kenner, Louisiana, and he played baseball as a junior. Gathright was drafted by the Devil Rays in the 32nd round of the 2001 draft, and he signed in August after playing that summer in a Louisiana Sugar Cane League in Sorrento, … - Leonardo Xavier
Leonardo "The Wizard" Pinheiro Xavier, was born January 3, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the age of 5, Leo ventured into his first martial art, taking judo in school. At the age of 13 Leo began to take Tae Kwon Do classes. Finally, a friend introduced him to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Leo immediately became good friends with his coach, Saulo Ribeiro. Under Saulo’s watchful eye, Leo began to successfully compete in local and regional tournaments in Brazil and, … - Kanako Otsuji
is formerly a member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly (April 2003 - April 2007) and now a candidate for a member of the House of Councillors of the National Diet. One of only seven women in the 110-member Osaka Assembly, Otsuji represented the Sakai-ku, Sakai City constituency. As a schoolgirl in Kobe, Otsuji was an Asian Junior karate champion, then later enrolled at Seoul University to study Korean and tae kwon do. - Ronnie Burns
Ronnie Burns (born Ronald Leslie Burns on 8 September 1946 in Melbourne), is an Australian pop singer. He began singing with the beat group, The Flies, in 1964. The Flies drew heavily on The Beatles' musical and fashion influences. They supported The Rolling Stones in January 1965. During this time he befriended Australian music guru Ian 'Molly' Meldrum. The two were famously ejected from The Beatles' 1964 Australian tour for being 'too enthusiastic'. - Erica Stevens
Erica Stevens is a newscaster at Naked News. She was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She joined the show in july of 2002 after guest-anchoring on the show. She was the first guest-anchor to be called on the program full-time. Erica has been active in front of the cameras since the age of 16. Becoming an actress being her long-time goal, she has worked in numerous field from being a landscaper to being a waitress in a resort to always be available for an audition. - Albert Grajales
Albert Grajales is a top Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do certified instructor under SiGung, Ted Wong. Wong is known to be the purest Jeet Kune Do instructor under the late Bruce Lee. Albert is known to be Wong's closest friend and dedicated student. Grajales was born on 1962 in Brooklyn, New York and at the age of six he traveled to Puerto Rico. His first martial arts instructor was his father, but it was at the age of nine that he started his journey in the martial arts. - Charles L. Fontenay
Charles Louis Fontenay (March 17, 1917-January 27, 2007) was an American journalist and science fiction writer. He wrote science fiction novels and short stories. His non-fiction includes the biography of prominent New Deal era politician Estes Kefauver. Mr. Fontenay served as editor of the "Nashville Tennessean", among other newspapers, worked with the Associated Press and Gannett News Service. - Steven Petrosino
Steven Petrosino is the world record holder for drinking 1 liter, ½ liter and ¼ liter of beer the fastest. The "Guinness Book of World Records" only recognized his 1 liter accomplishment (1.3 seconds), however: speed drinking video He served in the Marine Corps, garnered the rank of Lt. Colonel and retired in 2004. He is a member of Mensa International, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do karate and is married with two adult children. - Toby Linz
Tobias Brandon Linz (born December 15, 1994) is an American child actor. He has appeared in a handful of films and is currently voicing a character in the Disney animated series "W.I.T.C.H.". Linz was born in Portland, Oregon and is currently living in Huntington Beach, California. He has blue belt in Tae Kwon Do and he likes playing guitar in his free time. Linz' favorite band is The Beatles. - Larry Brantley
Larry Brantley, a former stand-up comedian and radio spokesman, entertained families nationwide as the voice of Wishbone the dog. Brantley, who specializes in character voices, has many television and radio commercials to his credit, as well as film and television appearances, including The Louisiana Conspiracy and America's Most Wanted. As a stand-up comedian, Brantley performed in such Houston-area clubs as The Laff Stop, Spellbinders, … - Kristine Hilderbrand
Kristine Hilderbrand is a mixed martial artist with a background in Tae kwon do. She began martial arts training in 1990 at the age of 6. She was a student of Grand Master Steven Shin of Shins Taekwondo. By the age of 13 she was a regular in USTKD events, but appearances became less frequent after 1999. "The Breaker" graduated from the University of Alaska in 2006, and resumed training. She is expected to resurface for competition in Europe in late 2007. - William Harry White
William Harry White is the Ageless IDEAS founder. Educator and program design specialist with extensive experience in developing health-related educational programs, including programs for senior adults; ACSM Certified Health/Fitness Instructor; Master Fitness Specialist Certification, The Cooper Institute; PA-Certified EMT-Paramedic. Keeps active in the martial arts - 3rd Dan Black Belt Instructor in Tae Kwon Do. - Tae Kwon Do
Tae Kwon Do Valere (Youth Instructor) Valere began studying Tae Kwon Do in 1997. - Tae Kwon Do
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Tae Kwon Do Former Consultant to Mexico Olympic team
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