Anatoly Kharlampiev
Anatoly Kharlampiev (1906-1979) is officially credited by the Soviet state as...
Legendes
Angelo Dundee
Angelo Dundee
Legendary trainer who guided Muhammad Ali throughout his entire professional ...
Bob Arum
Bob Arum
Founder and CEO of Top Rank, one of the most powerful boxing promotions in hi...
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Martial artist, philosopher and cultural icon who founded Jeet Kune Do (JKD) ...
Carlos Gracie
Carlos Gracie
Carlos Gracie (1902-1994) was the eldest Gracie brother and the original stud...
Chan Wah-shun
Chan Wah-shun
Chan Wah-shun (1836-1906) was a Wing Chun master in Foshan, Guangdong Provinc...
Charles Sereff
Charles Sereff
Charles E. Sereff (1933 - 2022), known universally as Chuck Sereff, was one o...
Choi Chang-keun
Choi Chang-keun
Choi Chang-keun (born 1941) - universally known as C.K. Choi - is one of the ...
Choi Jung Hwa
Choi Jung Hwa
Choi Jung Hwa (born May 1951, Jeju Island, South Korea) is the only son of Ge...
Choi Yong-sool
Choi Yong-sool
Choi Yong-sool (1899-1986) is the founder of Hapkido. A Korean martial artist...
Cus D'Amato
Cus D'Amato
Visionary trainer and father figure who discovered and developed Mike Tyson. ...
Dan Gable
Dan Gable
Dan Gable (born 1948) is the greatest figure in American wrestling history - ...
Don King
Don King
One of the most flamboyant and controversial figures in boxing history. Promo...
Ed Parker
Ed Parker
Ed Parker (1931-1990) is the founder of American Kenpo Karate and one of the ...
Eddie Hearn
Eddie Hearn
Managing Director of Matchroom Sport and one of the most prominent boxing pro...
Emanuel Steward
Emanuel Steward
Hall of Fame trainer and founder of the legendary Kronk Gym in Detroit. Produ...
Firas Zahabi
Firas Zahabi
Head coach of Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada. Best known as the longtime tra...
Freddie Roach
Freddie Roach
Eight-time Boxing Writers Association of America Trainer of the Year. Former ...
General Choi Hong Hi
General Choi Hong Hi
General Choi Hong Hi (9 November 1918 - 15 June 2002) is the founder of Taekw...
Gichin Funakoshi
Gichin Funakoshi
Gichin Funakoshi was born on 10 November 1868 in Okinawa, Japan, and is unive...
Greg Jackson
Greg Jackson
Head coach of Jackson-Wink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of the most su...
He Young Kimm
He Young Kimm
Dr. He Young Kimm is the founder of Han Mu Do, one of the most broadly creden...
Helio Gracie
Helio Gracie
Helio Gracie (1913-2009) is the co-founder of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the arc...
Hwang Kee
Hwang Kee
Hwang Kee (1914-2002) is the founder of Tang Soo Do and the Moo Duk Kwan scho...
Hwang Kwang-sung
Hwang Kwang-sung
Hwang Kwang-sung (13 September 1942 - 29 December 2025) was one of the most r...
Hélio Gracie
Hélio Gracie
Hélio Gracie was born on 1 October 1913 in Belém, Brazil, and is the co-found...
Imrich "Imi" Lichtenfeld
Imrich "Imi" Lichtenfeld
Imrich 'Imi' Lichtenfeld was born on 26 May 1910 in Budapest and raised in Br...
Ip Man
Ip Man
Ip Man was born on 1 October 1893 in Foshan, Guangdong, China, and is the gra...
Ip Man
Ip Man
Ip Man (1893-1972) is the grandmaster who brought Wing Chun Kung Fu from Chin...
Jan Plas
Jan Plas
Jan Plas was born on 16 March 1945 in the Netherlands and died on 1 September...
Jigoro Kano
Jigoro Kano
Founder of Judo. Developed the martial art in 1882 from traditional Japanese ...
Johan Vos
Johan Vos
Legendary Dutch trainer and founder of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam. Developed Rob...
Joo Bang Lee
Joo Bang Lee
Joo Bang Lee (born 1941) is the founder and Supreme Grand Master of Hwarang-d...
Kim Ung Chol
Kim Ung Chol
Professor Kim Ung Chol is one of the most technically authoritative figures i...
Mas Oyama
Mas Oyama
Mas Oyama - born Choi Yeong-Eui on 27 July 1923 in Korea - was the founder of...
Masaaki Hatsumi
Masaaki Hatsumi
Masaaki Hatsumi (born 1931) is the founder of the Bujinkan organisation and t...
Mestre Bimba
Mestre Bimba
Mestre Bimba (Manuel dos Reis Machado, 1900-1974) was the creator of Capoeira...
Mestre Pastinha
Mestre Pastinha
Mestre Pastinha (Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, 1889-1981) was the guardian and g...
Mikhail Ryabko
Mikhail Ryabko
Mikhail Ryabko is one of the foremost authorities on Systema - the Russian ma...
Mitsuyo Maeda
Mitsuyo Maeda
Japanese judoka and prizefighter who brought judo and jujutsu to Brazil, dire...
Morihei Ueshiba
Morihei Ueshiba
Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), known as O-Sensei (Great Teacher), is the founde...
Nguyen Loc
Nguyen Loc
Nguyen Loc (1912-1960) is the founder of Vovinam - the modernised, systematis...
Nguyễn Văn Bình
Nguyễn Văn Bình
Nguyễn Văn Bình (born 29 February 1936) is one of the most extraordinary pion...
Park Jong-soo
Park Jong-soo
Grandmaster Park Jong-soo (1941 - 27 November 2021) was one of the twelve ori...
Park Jung-tae
Park Jung-tae
Park Jung-tae (c. 1943 - 11 April 2002) was one of the twelve original master...
Remy Presas
Remy Presas
Remy Presas (1936-2001) is the founder of Modern Arnis - the most widely prac...
Rhee Ki-ha
Rhee Ki-ha
Rhee Ki-ha (born 20 March 1938) is a living legend of ITF Taekwon-Do, univers...
Song Duk-ki
Song Duk-ki
Song Duk-ki (1893-1987) is the most important figure in the survival and revi...
Suh In Hyuk
Suh In Hyuk
Suh In Hyuk (born 1945) is the founder and Supreme Grand Master of Kuk Sool W...
Tom Harinck
Tom Harinck
The godfather of Dutch kickboxing. Founded Chakuriki Gym in Amsterdam and pro...