Jordan Mechner

Jordan Mechner

male, 45 years old
Jordan Mechner is a game programmer, game designer, and movie director. Mechner was born in New York City and graduated from Yale University in...
Kenwa Mabuni

Kenwa Mabuni

male, deceased (1952)
was one of the first karateka to teach karate on mainland Japan and is creditied as developing the style known as Shito-ryu
Sokon Matsumura

Sokon Matsumura

male, deceased (1899)
was one of the well-known original karateka of Okinawa. He studied "Chuan Fa" ("Kempo" in Japanese) in China as well as other martial arts and...
Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren

male, 50 years old
Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren, November 3, 1959) is a Swedish actor, director and karateka. His breakthrough came when he starred in "Rocky...
Frank Brennan

Frank Brennan

male, 49 years old
Frank Brennan (7th dan, shotokan karate) is one of the biggest names in British karate of the 1970s and '80s, winning a wide variety of titles both...

Dave Hazard

male
Sensei Dave Hazard 7th Dan, born in east London, is a well known British practitioner and instructor of Shotokan Karate and was one of the few...
Tetsuhiko Asai

Tetsuhiko Asai

male
Tetsuhiko Asai (7 June 1935 - 15 August 2006) was a leading karateka (9th Dan) and head of the International Japan Karate Association and the Japan...
Terry O'Neill

Terry O'Neill

male, 61 years old
Terry O'Neill was born in Liverpool on 27 February 1948, the son of a police officer. From an early age he had always been fascinated by stories of...

Ray Wilson

male
Ray Wilson is a senior British karate instructor based in Leeds. Wilson was a keen amateur footballer in his early years, but changed his sporting...
Rikidozan

Rikidozan

male, deceased (1963)
Rikidozan gained worldwide renown when he defeated Lou Thesz for the NWA International Heavyweight Championship on August 27, 1958. In another...