Biographies K-O

Instructors biographies K-O are biographies on USAdojo.com for martial artists whose last name begins with K through O.

Y. K. Kim

Y. K. Kim: A Heart for Taekwondo and People

There is no one like Y. K. Kim, the world’s most dynamic speaker, a respected author, successful entrepreneur, and Grandmaster of the Martial Arts....

In Ho Lee: Songahm Taekwondo

In Ho Lee was born in 1955 in Seoul City, Korea, two years after the end of the Korean War. He is the younger...

Russell McCartney Ishi Yama Ryu

Russell McCartney began in the martial arts thirty-five years ago in karate and has grown to be the Chief Instructor of his own System...
Willie Lim Classical Dimension

Multi-Talented Willie Lim Philosophies, Art and Do

Ladies and gentlemen of standing, I give you Master Willie Lim, a man before his time, a man of reality, a man of the...
Donald Miskel

Donald Miskel A Man of Many Hats

Grandmaster Donald Miskel began his training in 1959 at the Jiu Jitsu Institute in Chicago and trained with several well known and respected martial arts...

George Kotaka

George Kotaka is a 4th Degree Black Belt who has been competing in karate since he was 3 years old. He has won the Men's...
Nikolai Lee: Hapkido

Nikolai Lee: Hapkido

Nikolai Lee was born August 12, 1989 in Gainesville, Florida. He grew up in a martial arts family surrounded by the martial arts mindset....
Eric Lee King of Kata

Eric Lee The King of Kata

"Kata" is the encyclopedia of the martial arts systems. If you are doing the original, compulsory form, then you are training in the original...

Shelton Moreland: Hapkido

Grandmaster Shelton Moreland’s Dojang was founded in 1973 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He is a Ninth degree Black Belt with over 50 years...
Doron Navon and Masaaki Hatsumi

Doron Navon – Six Years With Hatsumi Sensei

Like a true ninja, he remains a complex and intriguing enigma to most of the world, even to Doron Navon and other who know him...
Sang Kim Passed Away

Sang Kim

Grand Master Sang Kim (8th Dan Black Belt) had an incredibly distinguished career, winning many coveted titles and very prestigious positions including: 2004 – Induction to...
The Incredible Michelle Manu

Michelle Manu: The Queen of Lua

Michelle Manu began her study of martial arts at 9. She is a first generation Senior Black Belt in Lua under Olohe Solomon Kaihewalu.
Syed Mahmood Mohiuddin

Syed Mahmood Mohiuddin

PERSONAL HISTORY: Sensei Syed Mahmood Mohiuddin began karate in 1994; he is a 2nd Dan Black Belt and Chief Instructor and Examiner of Yamaguchi Karate...
American Kenpo Karate International

American Kenpo Karate International

The President and Founder of the American Kenpo Karate International (A.K.K.I.) Association is Paul Mills. Mr. Mills began his Kenpo training in 1966, and...
Dan Meadows

Dan Meadows Firearms, Archery and Edged Weapons Expert

In 1965, Dan Meadows began his martial arts training, by studying Kenpokido Kenpo Karate, Shito Ryu Karate, and Kobudo. In 1976, Dan Meadows began...
Young Bo Kong

Young Bo Kong

8th Degree Master Young Bo Kong began his Tae Kwon-do training in 1954 while living in a small village in South Korea. At age 5...