Sensei Gary Lee, Author at Martial Arts World News Magazine https://martialartsworldnews.com/author/glee/ Martial Arts Business News and Tools for School Owners! Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:39:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://martialartsworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-mawn-kicker-32x32.png Sensei Gary Lee, Author at Martial Arts World News Magazine https://martialartsworldnews.com/author/glee/ 32 32 Legends Memoriam The Five Houses Store Contact World Martial (Part 1) https://martialartsworldnews.com/columnists/legends-memoriam-the-five-houses-store-contact-world-martial-part-1/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:00:01 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=27061 It was the early 1980s. I was good friends with Steve Fotenote (R.I.P.), one of Ernie’s black belts. Steve had a brother, Cocky, who trained…

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]]> Big Waves of Hawaii and Sharks (Part 1) https://martialartsworldnews.com/columnists/big-waves-of-hawaii-and-sharks-part-1/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:00:09 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=26540 I wasn’t the nicest guy on the block fifty years ago. I was young and naïve, often learning things the hard way. But I was…

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]]> The Enjoyment of Bare-Knuckle Fighting (Part 1) https://martialartsworldnews.com/martial-arts-business-news/the-enjoyment-of-bare-knuckle-fighting-part-1/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:00:11 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=25930 I hated the gloves and safety gear—or “protective equipment” as it was called back then. It limited pure technique. In the ‘60s and early ‘70s,…

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]]> “The Phone Conversation That Aaron Banks Charged Me $1,000 For a 30-Minute Call!” https://martialartsworldnews.com/columnists/the-phone-conversation-that-aaron-banks-charged-me-1000-for-a-30-minute-call/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:00:58 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=25523 “My All-Time Favorite Ernie ‘Radar’ Smith R.I.P. Story” It was the early ’90s, and I had already produced a few events in Texas, including promotions…

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]]> Early Texas Dojo https://martialartsworldnews.com/martial-arts-business-news/early-texas-dojo/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 23:40:36 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=21810---a172cdba-e7bf-4d95-8924-68689becde97 I remember our first dojo—it was less than a thousand square feet! No, wait, let’s go back even further in my memory. Our first “dojo”…

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]]> The Day I Thought I Was Getting Arrested for Being Funny! (Part 2) https://martialartsworldnews.com/columnists/the-day-i-thought-i-was-getting-arrested-for-being-funny-part-2/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:37:19 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=21576---ce4873a5-7334-440c-9227-e64454b21317 Continued From Previous Issue I went nuts, screaming and shouting, I finally calmed down and sent security to go get Jason Grable from the trailer,…

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]]> The Day I Thought I Was Getting Arrested for Being Funny! (Part 1) https://martialartsworldnews.com/columnists/the-day-i-thought-i-was-getting-arrested-for-being-funny-part-1/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:18:21 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=21264---dc4d4684-a492-462e-85aa-624788af8ee0 It was a typical day at the Astroworld Amusement Park where I was working. It was 1981 and I had signed my first big contract…

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]]> “Telling Me My Kata Needed Improved Attitude” Encounter With The Great Robert Haliburton R.I.P. https://martialartsworldnews.com/columnists/telling-me-my-kata-needed-improved-attitude-encounter-with-the-great-robert-haliburton-r-i-p/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:28:28 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=21023---ed1c1775-fcaf-41bf-b104-7680064fae58 It was the Second Living Legends Roast in Houston, Texas at Jim Harrison’s Roast that I had a few of the karate legends coming for…

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]]> The Tale of the Forty Brooms (Part 2) https://martialartsworldnews.com/columnists/the-tale-of-the-forty-brooms-part-2/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 07:14:04 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=20494---ef540ae0-0e3f-4205-8c25-5bee5c556fb1 I finally got to the hardware store, soaking wet and scared because I didn’t know what to expect. Mr. Williams had received a phone call…

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]]> The First Karate Championship Live TV Broadcast https://martialartsworldnews.com/cool-martial-arts-stuff/the-first-karate-championship-live-tv-broadcast/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:37:12 +0000 https://martialartsworldnews.com/?p=12185---65b64d0e-59ac-4d75-ba0e-e1580c14b97d Here’s a sport Karate story you may have heard about in rumors or as the guys gathered after a tournament, or maybe from the source.…

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