Grandmaster Ron Van Clief
Martial Artist, Master Instructor, Actor and Filmmaker
Black Dragon’s Revenge, The Last Dragon
Oso Tayari Casel
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Master Carl Scott
Martial Artist, Master Instructor and Actor
Soul Brothers of Kung Fu, Sun Dragon, Kung Fu Executioner
Soke ‘Little’ John Davis
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Master Linda Ramzy Ranson
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Master Michael Jai White
Martial Artist, Actor and Filmmaker
The Dark Knight, Black Dynamite
Mahaliel Sha Bethea Sr. a.k.a. Sensei Mo
Martial Artist, Master Instructor, Actor and Filmmaker
Performed many of the stunts in Jet Li’s The One, appeared in The Empty Hand
Master Mark Williams
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
B-Girl Silq (Qi Chi) and her son B-Boy 7
Historian, Rapper and Martial Artist
Hector Martinez
Historian and Collector
Sensei Gregory Duncan
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Gloria Hendry
Actress and Athlete
Live and Let Die, Black Belt Jones
Amy Abugo Ongiri
Cult Film Historian, College Professor and Writer
Vivica A. Fox
Actress, Producer and Filmmaker
Independence Day, Kill Bill Volume 1
Grandmaster Reno Moralez
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Oliver ‘Power’ Grant
Entrepreneur and Actor
Founding member of The Wu-Tang Clan who has appeared in numerous films, including Black and White as well as the cult favorite Belly
Sensei Anthony Colon
Martial Artist, Master Instructor and Hip Hop Dancer
‘Yellow’ Benjy Melendez
Martial Artist, Master Instructor and Musician
Co-founder of the street gang-turned-band The Ghetto Brothers
Grandmaster Ronald Duncan
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Hanshi Charles Martin
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Appeared in documentary The Fighting Black Kings
Kyoshi Nathan Ingram
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Appeared in film The Deadly Art of Survival
Shihan Nathan Chukueke
Martial Artist, Actor and Master Instructor
Bloodsport, Hitman the Cobra
Master Joseph Saladino (“Joe” Jitsu)
Martial Artist, Master Instructor and Historian
Ralph Casanova a.k.a. King Uprock
Martial Artist and Master Instructor
Appeared in the documentary How Bruce Lee Changed the World
Reginald Hudlin
Martial Artist, Writer and Filmmaker
Directed House Party & Boomerang, and writes an ongoing story line for the comic ‘Black Panther’
Ric Meyers
Martial Artist, Writer, Asian Film Historian and Filmmaker
Former Entertainment Editor for Inside Kung Fu Magazine and writer of several books, including ‘Films of Fury’
Cynthia St. Juste
Actress and Voice-Over Artist
Bishop Donnie Williams
Martial Artist, Master Instructor and Actor
Co-founded the Black Karate Federation with Grandmaster Steve Sanders Muhammad
Appeared in Enter the Dragon, Black Belt Jones, Truck Turner, Circle of Iron, A Force of One and To Live and Die in L.A.
Shihan Eric Neff a.k.a. Omoade Falade
Martial Artist, Master Instructor and Actor
Guro Gary Todd Woodson
Instructor Level IV in Jeet Kune Do Concepts
Master Percy ‘Spitfire’ Brown
Martial Artist, Actor and Master Instructor
Mortal Kombat: The Live Tour, Judgement Call
Dr. F. Kennedy Gordon
Martial Artist and Physician
Jerry Quickley
Writer and Spoken Word Artist
Grady Hendrix
Asian Film Historian
Co-founder of The New York Asian Film Festival
Lamont Carson
Music Producer, Deejay
Founder of basementsoul.com
Michael Baker
Athlete, Teacher and Filmmaker
Natasha Ononogbo
Athlete, Actress and Filmmaker
Alvin Pettit
Sculptor and Painter
Shomari Green
Music Producer, Deejay and Photographer
Sport Jones
Entrepreneur and CEO, ISP Marketing
Shunda Wallace
Musician, Singer, Composer and Filmmaker
Eric Andrews
Filmmaker and Voice-Over Artist