2011 Hall of Fame (Black Belt Magazine) Ted Wong - Honorary Award Raymond Daniels - Competitor of the Year Tim Larkin - Self Defense Instructor of the Year Julius Melegrito - Weapons Instructor of the Year Wally Jay - Honorary Award Tim Kennedy - MMA Fighter of the Year Not a bad list overall. They went with sketches of the honorees instead of photos... personally, I would have preferred photos.
Admittedly I was disappointed with the Tim Larkin bit. They've usually had some good selections but come on now. Guy dances around the fact that he "underwent SEAL training" but was really a BUD/S washout. And over a ruptured eardrum? During OIF I my right eardrum got ruptured. Did it suck? Yes, but within a few weeks it healed. You have SEALs graduating from BUD/S with broken bones, hernias, and Lord knows what else. Cop-out is all it is. And TFT is crap in my opinion, just looks like SCARS. And SCARS is what started all this "learn to kill in 2 days" hyped-up secret commando ads in all the MA magazines.
