Tuesday Conversation: Crandall uses martial arts as tool for teaching life lessons (The Observer-Dispatch)
Clifford C. Crandall Jr. is the head and founder of American Martial Arts Institute in New Hartford and is headmaster for Takenouchi-Hangan-Ryu-Crandall Iadio, a traditional samurai ward style. Crandall was featured recently as the cover story for Action Martial Arts magazine. He has spent years in the area teaching martial arts and especially is involved with educating children about staying ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
Southern Illinois Martial Arts Academy hosting tournament this week (Marion Daily Republican)
A year ago, Mike Ben Avi moved to from Tel Aviv to Southern Illinois. In August he opened his own martial arts gym. And, over the weekend, his sensei from Israel arrived for a visit. After studying under Ilan Dotan for 15 years, Ben Avi left Israel for the United States. In what Ben Avi calls a “completed circle,†he teaches what Dotan taught him. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Martial arts instructor has criminal record, loses job (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
A Penn Hills man who has been teaching martial arts to North Side children as part of a program funded by a $10,000 city grant spent 18 months in jail after pleading guilty in 2006 to drug charges. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Mixed martial arts: Silva coming to local event
The local mixed martial arts scene took its biggest leap toward validity Monday morning when CageStars announced that Anderson The Spider Silva considered one of the greatest fighters in the world will be appearing at the promoters next event at Sheffield Villages Quaker Steak and Lube on June 26. He is the Mohammed Ali [...] chronicle.northcoastnow.com |
Martial arts tournament set for Aug. 15
TWENTYNINE PALMS Fifty athletes from around the region will compete for first- through fourth-place trophies when the city holds its first-ever Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament here. hidesertstar.com |