• Date of Birth: 10-9-87
    Age: 24
    Place of Birth: Queens, NY
    Residence: Brooklyn, NY
    Style: Taekwondo (3rd Dan Black Belt)
    School: Tention’s Championship Karate & Mixed Martial Arts(current)
    T.Kang Taekwondo (original)
    Instructor: Jadi Tention (current)
    Charles Levine, Tae Sun Kang, David Tu, Dennis Buzis, Angel Redondo (original)
    Year started Martial Arts: 1994
    Year received Black Belt: 2002
    Team: Full Circle (formerly Wasuru, CJB) more

  • Date of Birth: June 10, 1992
    Age: 19
    Place of Birth: Montreal, Qc
    Residence: Qc, Canada
    Style: Taekwondo
    School: ProAm Taekwondo
    Instructor: Marc Anthony Montpetit
    Year started Martial Arts: September 2001
    Year received Black Belt: 2004
    Team: Team ProAm more

  • Date of Birth: September 24, 1985
    Age: 26
    Place of Birth: Paterson, NJ
    Residence: 223 Straight St Paterson, NJ 07501

    Style: Shotokan
    School: Juan Kan Karate-do Academy
    Year Started Martial Arts: 1989
    Year Received Black Belt: 2000
    Team: Northern Wolf Productions more

  • Date of Birth: 06/24/97
    Age: 14
    Place of Birth: Painesville, Ohio
    Residence: Painesville, Ohio

    Style: Integrated Martial Arts
    School: New World Karate
    Instructor: Mike Scaperato, Larry Marold
    Year started Martial Arts: 2004
    Year received Black Belt: 2009
    Team: International more

  • Date of Birth: 07/26/1999
    Age:12
    Place of Birth: Totonicapan , Guatemala
    Residence:Port Saint Lucie , FL
    Style: GOJU Ryu, Bodai Shindu Ryu, Aikido
    School: Stuart Martial Arts
    Instructor: Sensei Ted Gonzales
    Year started Martial Arts: 2007
    Year received Black Belt: 2010
    Team: Straight Up more

  • Date of Birth: 5/30/2000
    Age: 11 years old
    Place of Birth: New York, NY
    Residence: Larchmont, NY

    Style: I got my black belt in a Japanese karate system. I am studying for my black belt in Tae Kwon Do to be tested late 2012.
    School: 100 Percent Martial Arts, TCK MMA, SMAC
    Instructor: Matt Emig- CMX Forms/Weapons Jason Warren- Traditional Weapons/Forms
    Year started Martial Arts: 2004
    Year received Black Belt: 2008
    Team: 100 Percent Martial Arts more

  • Date of Birth: March 29, 1993
    Age: 18
    Place of Birth: Houston, Texas
    Residence: Katy, Texas

    Style: Kajukenbo, Taekwondo, Jiu Jitsu
    School: Hoger’s MMA, Galvan’s Kajukenbo, Bear Loebe’s SKA, Alchemy Karate
    Instructor: Mark Northcutt, Sam Hoger, Willie Galvan, Bear Loebe, Laco Villanueva, Jeff Doss
    Year started Martial Arts: 2000
    Year received Black Belt: 2004
    Team: Allstar, Hoger’s MMA more

  • Date of Birth: 02/07/1984
    Age: 28
    Place of Birth: Corvallis, Oregon
    Residence: Albany, Oregon

    Style: American Kenpo / Shotokan / TKD
    School: N/A
    Instructor: John Fong
    Year started Martial Arts: 1993
    Year received Black Belt: 1998
    Team: N/A more

  • Date of Birth: 9/21/81
    Age: 30
    Place of Birth: Madison WI
    Residence: Madison WI

    Style: American TKD
    School: Infinity Martial Arts
    Instructor: Randy Beck was my first instructor
    Year started Martial Arts: 1992
    Year received Black Belt: 1996
    Team: Team Infinity more

  • Date of Birth: May 3, 1986
    Age: 25
    Place of Birth: Long Island, NY
    Residence: North Hollywood, CA
    Style: Tae Kwon Do
    School: Florida Sports Martial Arts & XMA World Headquarters
    Instructor: William Canonizado
    Year started Martial Arts: 1991
    Year received Black Belt: 1998
    Team: Team Paul Mitchell more

  • Date of Birth: May 6th 1999
    Age: 12
    Place of Birth: Cedar city Utah
    Residence: Syracuse Utah
    Style: Tae kwon do, Shotokan
    School: Pinnacle Martial Arts
    Instructor: Mike Tobin
    Year started Martial Arts: 2004
    Year received Black Belt: 2011
    Team: Pinnacle more

  • Date of Birth: 5-21-98
    Age: 13
    Place of Birth: San Francisco
    Residence: American Canyon, CA

    Style: Kajukenbo
    School: Seronio IslandBred Martial Arts, Vallejo Ca
    Instructor: Bobby Seronio Jr/Sean Villa-Carlos/Shannon Apple
    Year started Martial Arts: 2005
    Year received Black Belt: Junior Black 2009
    Team: Team Proper 2008-Present more

  • Date of Birth:12-25-1983
    Age:28
    Place of Birth: Lynchburg, VA
    Residence: Rustburg, VA
    Style:Shotokan/American Freestyle
    School: Jeff Doss’ Grand Slam Martial Arts
    Instructor:Johnny Watkins/ Lawrence Arthur/ Jon Valera
    Year started Martial Arts:1988
    Year received Black Belt:1993
    Team: Proper (2009- present) CJB/ELITE (1996-2004)
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  • Date of Birth: September 27, 1995
    Age: 16
    Place of Birth: Alabma
    Residence: Athens, Alabama

    Style: Tang Soo Doo
    School: Websters Karate
    Instructor: Jamie Webster
    Year started Martial Arts: 2005
    Year received Black Belt: 2009
    Team: Change The Game
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  • Joe Fife is one of the most underrated martial artists competing today. He has a gentle personality about him but his incredible flexibility and powerful punch makes him one of the best light weight fighters in the world. Joe’s fighting style has a certain finesse to it. Perhaps this has a lot to do with his training background that started overseas while his dad was stationed in Italy. more

  • Caitlin Dechelle has yet to turn 21 but has accomplished so much for someone at her age. She’s been traveling all over the world for close to twelve years and has won just about every title you can think of in the Sport Karate World of competition. Despite all the learning curves, accolades and accomplishments, Caitlin Dechelle continues, as her website suggests, on her “relentless pursuit of perfection or nothing at all.” more

  • Thirty-three years is a long time especially in today’s society where so few things take place for such a period of time. But Drew-Derrick Bisbee knows what it takes to go the distance and to be a life long martial artists. The story behind Drew’s martial arts career is quite an interesting one. He started taking martial arts at ten years old after his mom took him to a martial arts demonstration and it changed his life forever. more

  • At the young age of six and a half Jessica Goldman walked into a martial arts school in South Brunswick, New Jersey. Little did she know than that she would be among some of the most talented martial artists in the world nearly a decade later. Jessica’s martial arts career started with her as a member of the ATA organization. more

  • It’s not often enough we hear a story of the underdog. Especially in martial arts there are those who are born with talent and those that make talent. What’s interesting is unlike other sports martial arts truly cultivates the athletes willing to put in the time and dedication. Jackson Rudolph is the pinnacle of one who was willing to put in the time and dedicate and for that reason is this April’s Featured Athlete. more

  • Family tradition is something noble to try to follow. But what happens when your family’s tradition is a large tradition to live up to? Chelsey Nash has been trying to follow in her brother’s footsteps and has done an excellent job doing so despite the adversity that she has faced to get to where she is today. Her journey to becoming one of the top female fighters in the world is a story worth telling and for that reason she is April’s Featured Athlete. more

  • History

    Twenty-four years is a long time for any competition team to be around. This longevity would only be possible for a team that has always consisted of some of the best talent in the world. But twenty-four years is only part of the story. more

  • Jarrett Leiker has overcome a great deal of adversity over the last decade that makes watching his success that much more meaningful. What some believe to be a few years of trial and error and hard work is more like twenty-two years of training being put to the test.
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  • At the age of thirteen Amanda Chen is already among names like, Casey Marks-Nash, Lauren Kearney, Al Szfranski, Jennifer Santiago and Christine Bannon-Rodrigues. What Amanda has in common with these athletes, most of whom you may or may not have heard before, is an overall competitive nature. more

  • Tori Lynn Andreozzi Foundation & Change The Game invite you to the Winds of Change a special event that will inspire you to achieve your maximum potential in martial arts and in life. more

  • Each year a new set of faces, challenges and inspiring moments come and go with the start and completion of the NASKA circuit. 2010 was no different but came with a great deal of unexpected hope moving forward.

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Name: Hakeem "TNT" Griggs
Age 8

Location (City, State): Cincinnati, OH
Style: Tang Soo Do
Rank: Orange Belt
Karate School (Name, Location): Priceless Martial Arts, Cincinnati, OH
Years Training 1
Divisions You Compete In:8/9 Fighting and Traditional Forms
Inspiration: My instructor, National Champion Master Anthony Price
Future goals: National Champion
If there was one martial artists you could meet, who would that be?: Bruce Lee

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