Vitor Ferreira – Canada (Montreal, Quebec)    Vitor is a lifelong martial artist who began studying Karate at the age of 8 in Portugal.  After just a few years of training, he began competing in several regional and national competitions. He was successful in both form and function, winning many titles in both fighting and…

Grandmaster John Pellegrini:   GM Pellegrini (GM P) was born in Italy and has lived in the USA for many years. He is 10thDan (World Martial Arts Alliance) and founder of Combat Hapkido and the International Combat Hapkido Federation, 9th Dan Hapkido (World Ki-Do Federation). He is also 9th Dan and founder of the Independent TaeKwonDo…

Aggelos Syrmos – Greece Aggelos started martial arts at the age of 7 years old. He is a member of Krav Maga mentality, a Greek organization and member of Krav Maga United Kingdom. He is certified as Expert Level 1 in Krav Maga by Gheorghe Husar. Aggelos has a 3rd Dan in Kickboxing, a 6th…

Ricardo Guevara – Panama Ricardo has more than 20 years of experience in martial arts and more than 12 years in Krav Maga. He is a Black Belt in Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts. He has trained with a variety of Krav Maga organizations and achieved a 3rd Degree Black Belt from Brazilian…

SEJOSCHA AGIRI  Agiri has been practicing martial arts for almost 40 years, starting in Tae Kwon Do (Black Belt) than kickboxing. Sifu Agiri has over 30 years experience in Wing Chun Kung Fu and in currently the owner of one of Germany’s biggest martial arts schools – THE BASE www.at-the-base.de with approx. 800 students. Sejoscha has been…

Laurent Mougeot  In 1989, Laurent discovered Krav Maga through one of his Karate Instructors, Jean-Marie Araez, who was travelling to Israel for training.  However, when he moved to Canada in 1992, there was no Krav Maga and Laurent resumed training in traditional martial arts such as Tae Kwon Do and Karate.  In 2003, Laurent finally…

FIMA Feature – Senior Master Mark Gridley Senior Master Gridley was born in England. His father was Thai and a champion Muay Thai fighter. Mark has over 30 years of Martial arts experience. He has studied Israeli martial arts Kavanah (4th Dan) and World Survival Hisardut  (4th Dan) for almost 20 years with FIMA co-founder…

FIMA Feature of the week: Grandmaster Jeff Speakman. GM Speakman is one of those legendary figures that defines Westerners in martial arts. There are probably no more than 10 names in this category. For those who have not been strict followers of martial artists, if you say, “You know, the guy from the movie “The…

FIMA Feature of the week: Master Kenneth Fjeld Master Fjeld has been a Martial Arts Instructor for 32 years. At the age of 12, Master Fjeld became fatally ill, and the doctors gave him little hope for recovery. Watching Grandmaster Chuck Norris on the big screen inspired Kenneth to fight his way back to recovery…

FIMA Feature of the week: Alan Goldberg A lifelong martial artist who was named 2004 Kung Fu Artist of the Year by Black Belt Magazine. In addition to Wing Chun, he has also studied Chi Kung, Five-Animal Kung Fu, Shotokan Karate and Okinawan and Chinese Weaponry. Sifu Goldberg is an actor and producer, known for…