Press and Media

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1. Award of Recognition by Mayor William Donald Schaefer
2. Proclamation: Willie "The Bam" Johnson Day; September 30
3. Bam's 4th Annual Martha Johnson Memorial Martial Arts Extravaganze
4. 'Bam' Johnson Continues Career in Martial Arts
5. BAM Martial Arts for the Airwaves
6. Martial Arts was his ticket our of the Projects
7. Parents & Martial Arts Instructors: The Perfect Role Models
8. Black Belt - The Dragon Spirit
9. Black Belt - Competitor Fights Against Drugs
10. Black Belt - Nutritional Balance Necessary to Avoid Fatigue
11. Black Belt - The Wisdom of Willie Johnson
12. Black Belt - Don't Think, Just Do
13. Black Heroes of the Martial Art
14. The Sentinel - Coming out with a Bam
15. The Gazette - Fighting Drug Abuse with Kung Fu
16. The Gazette - Grant-ing a Dream
17. The Gazette - Instructor Teaches More Than Martial Arts
18. The Gazette - Life's More Than a Slam for the Bam
19. The Washington Post - Junior Ninjas, The New Kick
20. Karate International - Competitor Profile
21. Karate Kung Fu Illustrated Cover
22. Karate Kung Fu Illustrated - Wushu Ground Fighting
23. Karate Review
24. Kung Fu Instructor of the Year
25. Martial Arts Training - Overtraining
26. Martial Arts Training - Interview with "The Bam"
27. Martial Arts Training - Winning Workout
28. MAPro - New NAPMA Director Receives Hometown Honors
29. The Laurel Leader - Martial Arts Teacher Kicks Off Anti-Drug Effort
30. Picket News - For Kicks
31. Sport Karate News - NASKA Super Stars
32. Student Express - Bam Achieves the "Impossible" Dream
33. The Chronicle - Karate Star Teaches Youth to be "Stronger than Drugs"
34. IKF Magazine - The Human Side of a Martial Arts Champion
35. The Monument Street News - Fighting Peacefully; Local Man Masters, Teaches Martial Arts
36. The AFRO American - Willie Bam to Study Kung Fu in China