Red Flashcards
Grand Master Jhoon Rhee
Father of Tae Kwon Do in the United States
Jigoro Kano
Father of Kodokan Judo
Fumio Demura
Father of American Shito-Ryu and weapons expert
Ed Parker
Founder of American Kenpo
Morihei Ueshiba
Father of Japanese Aikido (“the way of redirecting force”)
Tatsuo Shimabuku
Father of Isshin-Ryu (“one heart way”)
Robert Trias
Opened the first Karate School in the United States in 1946
Masatoshi Nakayama
10th Dan and founder of the J.K.A. (Japanese Karate Association) in 1949
Ip Man
One of Bruce Lee’s primary instructors who taught Chinese Wing Chun
Mas Oyama
Author of This is Karate and the founder of the Kyokushinkai fighting karate system
Francisco Conde
10th Dan in Kajukenbo Hawaiian Karate, founding in part by Master Emperado
Helio Gracie
Founder of Modern Brazilian Jui-Jitsu
Mike Swain
5-time Olympian and World Judo Champion
Bill “Superfoot” Wallace
9th Dan undefeated middleweight champion kickboxer
Grand Master Ernie Reyes, Sr.
One of the Greatest Martial Arts Maters of the 20th Century and the first youth to be nationally ranked among adults in competition