Duke Tirschel

An already seasoned photographer, Duke Tirschel, met Chuck Norris in 1969. In addition to being National Director for Chuck Norris' Nationwide Organization of Karate Schools, they became affiliated in a Motion Picture workshop, a Los Angeles Advertising Agency and out of this experience came Tirschel Martial Art Photography. Tirschel Photography was the Official Photographer for the Modern Pentathlon in the 1996 Olympics, the writer and photographer for a variety of Martial Art magazines such as Martial Art Insider, Black Belt, Professional Karate, Official Karate, Inside Kung Fu, Combat et al.