FIGHTING ARTS - Key Persons

Catherine Miller

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Publisher of the Holistic Health Journal, and Producer / Host of the TV Show, Passionate Living, That Focuses on Health and Health Related Subjects

Catherine Miller, Publisher of the Holistic Health Journal, and Producer/host of the TV show, Passionate Living, that focuses on health and health related subjects.

Christopher Caile - Founder

Job Titles:

Executive Editor
Founder
Publisher
Founder and Editor - in - Chief of Fighting

Christopher Caile is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of FightingArts.com. He has been a student of the martial arts for over 43 years. He first started in judo. Then he added karate as a student of Phil Koeppel in 1959. Caile introduced karate to Finland in 1960 and then hitch-hiked eastward. In Japan (1961) he studied under Mas Oyama and later in the US became a Kyokushinkai Branch Chief. In 1976 he followed Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura when he formed Seido karate and is now a 6th degree black belt in that organization's honbu dojo. Other experience includes judo, aikido, diato-ryu, kenjutsu, kobudo, Shinto Muso-ryu jodo, boxing and several Chinese fighting arts including Praying mantis, Pak Mei (White Eyebrow) and shuai chiao. He is also a student of Zen. A long-term student of one branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qigong, he is a personal disciple of the qi gong master and teacher of acupuncture Dr. Zaiwen Shen (M.D., Ph.D.) and is Vice-President of the DS International Chi Medicine Association. He holds an M.A. in International Relations from American University in Washington D.C. and has traveled extensively through South and Southeast Asia. He frequently returns to Japan and Okinawa to continue his studies in the martial arts, their history and tradition. In his professional life he has been a businessman, newspaper journalist, inventor and entrepreneur.

Dave Barnum

Job Titles:

Contributing Designer

Frederic Preffer

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Teacher of Chuan Do Kwon, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School. Director of Flow Cytometry, Massachusetts General Hosptial

Gary Gablehouse

Job Titles:

Associate Martial Arts Business Editor

George Donahue

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Editor - at - Large
Executive Editor, Tuttle Publishing, Boston

George Donahue, Executive Editor, Tuttle Publishing, Boston. and Editor, Tuttle Martial Arts. A 6th dan Shorin Ryu Karatedo student of Kishaba Chokei and Shinzato Katsuhiko, he is the director of both Kishaba Juku of New York City at the Ken Zen Institute of Japanese Culture & Martial Arts and the Ryukyu Kichigaikan of Medford, Mass.

Harry Cook

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Historian and Chief Instructor of Seijinkai Karate - Do Association, Northcumberland, England

Herb Borkland

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Writer and Journalist

Herb Borkland is a nationally known writer and journalist who has extensive experience in both Korean and Chinese martial arts. He is the former Associate Editor of Martial Arts Illustrated and Contributing Editor to Black Belt magazine. In 1977 he was named Inside Kung Fu's (Hall of Fame) "Writer of the Year." He is also the producer and on-air host of the national martial arts weekly TV program "Black Belts." He also serves as advisor to several Chinese national martial arts organizations.

Jacqueline Veit - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:

Legal Counsel
Copy Editor

Jeff Turboff

Job Titles:

Video Editor

Joe Swift

Job Titles:

Associate Editor
Member of the Advisory Board
Historian, Sandan in Karate and Assistant Instructor at the Nihon - Den Karate Kobudo Mushinkan Karate Dojo under Sensei Uematsu Yoshiyuki, Kanazawa, Japan

John J. Donohue

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Professor of Social Sciences and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Medaille College

John J. Donohue, Ph.D., Professor of Social Sciences and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Medaille College in Buffalo, NY, is an anthropologist specializing in Japanese culture and history with an extensive background in kendo, iaido, judo, taiji, aikido and karate. He is the author of numerous articles and books including Warrior Dreams: The Martial Arts and the American Imagination, Herding the Ox: The Martial Arts as Moral etapho r, The Forge of the Spirit and Complete Kendo. He also serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Asian Martial Arts.

Mark Wiley

Job Titles:

Associate Editor

Neil Ohlenkamp

Job Titles:

Member of the Advisory Board
Writer and Founder of Internet

Neil Ohlenkamp is a martial arts writer and founder of Internet site, www. judoinfo.com. He is a certified United States Judo Association instructor, referee, master rank examiner, master coach (the highest level of certification), and he was awarded United States Judo Coach of the Year for 1999. He holds a fifth degree black belt in Judo and a sixth degree black belt in jujitsu and has over 31 years of training and experience in various martial arts as a competitor, instructor, team coach, and tournament official.