Martial Arts 360

Senior Grandmaster Sunny Graff will be teaching Kali Knife Reaction Drills

Thank you, AWMAI, for selecting me as one of the presenters this year! I look forward to sharing, collaborating, hanging out, and creating new memories with exceptional martial arts instructors from around the globe. If you are reading this and wondering how you can make this year exciting, come join us in New Orleans!

Master MyTien Duong - Teaching Forms: Whys, Ways, and Whether It's Even Worth It! and Testing One's Limits

One of the trainers at AWMAI...I took a class with Shihan DeFour at a conference and was blown away by her creativity. Come join us!

Shihan Darlene DeFour - Beyond Techniques: Fostering Cultural Awareness & Creating a Culture of Safety in the Dojo

Martial arts instructors, mark your calendars! The Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors (AWMAI) will be hosting their next conference on April 10-12, 2026 in New Orleans. Early Bird registration and deadline for scholarships end January 31st. Guess who was selected to be one of the trainers!?!? 🙃 https://www.awmai.org/conference

As we start a new school year, there will be lots of opening and closing doors...At the National Women's Martial Arts Federation conference, Emily McKee started a Door Challenge. This was my submission. No doors were harmed during filming.

When hanging out with experts in your field, you can't help but experiment and grow! Not sure if it would work? Try it!

NWMAF 2025 Summer Camp. Most photos were taken by photographer Sue Mcaley

Rubbing elbows with elite martial artists at the National Women's Martial Arts Federation Summer Camp. Meet Master Michelle Golino-Crisco and Shihan Diane Wallander. Master G is a 7th Degree Black Belt (aka "Dan"), one of only 3 7th Dans in the UITF under Grand Master Hwang Kwang Sung and one of 12 female masters with original ITF lineage to Gen Choi. Shihan Diane Wallander is an 8th Dan in Miyama Ryu Jujutsu, 3rd Dan in Traditional Korean Hapkido, and 2nd Dan in WTF Taekwondo. Both are very caring people. I didn't know a flying back kick can look so beautiful until I saw Master G's! Check out her nonprofit https://www.acetss.org/. Shihan Diane is also the National Women's Martial Arts Federation's Development and Events Coordinator. She has a very convincing armbar when it comes to encouraging people to join and support a good cause. ;)

Rubbing elbows with elite martial artists at the National Women's Martial Arts Federation Summer Camp. Meet Cikgu Jen Para, the highest ranked woman and third highest ranked westerner outside of southeast Asia in Silat - an incredibly caring and no-nonsense person. https://unitedstatesgayongfederation.blogspot.com/2011/01/usgf-article-in-nwmaf-fall-2010.html

Rubbing elbows with elite martial artists at the National Women's Martial Arts Federation Summer Camp. Meet Professor Zahalea Anderson - a combination of chill and exceptional.

Pictured: the Taekwondo women attending the NWMAF conference at North Central College in Naperville! Representing different styles, but all sharing a common love and dedication to the Korean art.