Hakim Alston: Kickboxing (ISKA, WKC, PKL, NASKA & WUKO Champion/gold medalist), Tae Kwon Do (4th Dan; former member of US National Karate Team) Trivia: is 6'8", making him officially one of the tallest kickboxers to compete professionally

Michael Bernardo: Judo, Karate (7th Dan; 14-time Canadian Forms, Weapons & Fighting Champion, North American Forms & Weapons Champion, 4-time American Middleweight Fighting Champion; Black Belt Hall of Fame entry) Trivia: opened his own martial arts academy at age 17

David Bradley: Karate, Iaido Trivia: his birth name is Brad Simpson

Billy Chow: Kickboxing (2-time WKA Super Welterweight Champion) Trivia: was born and raised in Canada

Keith Cooke: Wushu (WAKO World Champion in Forms & Weapons, 5-time US World/Open Karate Grand Champion), Tae Kwon Do, Karate Trivia: is of Scottish and Japanese ancestry

Leo Fong: Wi Kuen Do (founder), Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Choy Lay Fut, Tae Kwon Do Trivia: is also an amateur boxer, with a record of 18-7

Doo-Hong Jung: Tae Kwon Do Trivia: at age 25, was the youngest action/martial arts director in Korean history

Bryan Genesse: Hung Gar, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai Trivia: trained in Jiu-Jitsu by John Machado

Ching-Ying Lam: Wing Chun Trivia: was rumored to be rivals with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung; Hung, however, carried the urn at his funeral in 1997

Eric Lee: Wun Hop Kuen (7th Dan), Kajukenbo (9th degree black belt), Jeet Kune Do, Northern/Southern Shaolin, Choy Lay Fut, Tai Chi, Chin-Na, Judo, Wing Chun, Hung Gar (Black Belt Hall of Fame entry) Trivia: co-founder of World Blackbelt, "the world's first international internet martial arts community

Joe Lewis: Shorin-Ryu Karate (World Heavyweight Karate Champion; US National Black Belt Kata Champion), Kickboxing (US Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion; record: 14-4), Jeet Kune Do Trivia: was part of the first "official" martial arts tournament, the WPKC Championships; upon winning, he received $1, making him the first "official" international champion

Kathy 'the Punisher' Long: Kickboxing (5-time ISKA/WKA Champion; record: 18-1), Muay Thai Trivia: was Michelle Pfeiffer's stunt double for the fighting scenes in Batman Returns

Angela Mao: Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do Trivia: known to her fans as "Lady Whirlwind

Jalal Merhi: Shotokan Karate (2nd Dan), Tae Kwon Do, Choy Lay Fut, Hung Gar Trivia: nicknamed "Beirut's Steven Seagal

Gerald Okamura: San Doo (5th Dan), Judo, Kendo, Aikido, Tae Kwon Do Trivia: also a Hollywood weapons designer; his creations have been featured in more than twenty movies

Cyril Raffaelli: Shotokan Karate, Wushu Trivia: has trained in gymnastics at l'École de cirque Annie Fratellini since he was 14

Benny 'the Jet' Urquidez: Kickboxing (8-time WKA Champion; record: 58-0; Black Belt Hall of Fame entry), Ukidokan Karate (founder), Judo, Kajukenbo, Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Lima Lama, White Crane kung fu, Jujutsu, Aikido Trivia: remains the longest-reigning world champion of all professional sports in modern history

Tomisaburo Wakayama: Judo (4th Dan), Kenpo, Iaido, Kendo, Bo-Jutsu Trivia: came from a family of Kabuki performers, but abandoned theater prior to his film career to teach Judo professionally

Marko Zaror: Tae Kwon Do, Karate Trivia: has stunt-doubled for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

(HONORARY ENTRY) Rob Van Dam: Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Aikido, Kendo, Kickboxing Trivia: inventor of the "Van Dam Lift", an officially-sanctioned exercise in which a dumbbell is raised while performing the splits