Biographies K-O

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

Sam Luke

Sam Luke, Sr.: Jujitsu

Professor Sam Luke began studying Jujitsu when he was 10 years old. He recalls being a reluctant student because his friends were out playing...

Max Massiah: Maxido Adult Self-Defense System

Verney Massiah, better known as Max Massiah was born in the South American country of Guyana. In 1972, when he was 11 years old,...
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....

Haisan Kaleak Changes Lives One Person at a Time

Soke Haisan Kaleak is a dedicated marital artist who understands the value of the quote " each one teach one", and he lives his life...
Apolo Ladra Kali

Apolo Ladra

Born in Batangas, Philippines, Apolo Ladra is a Master or Tuhon of Pekiti Tirsia Kali, the indigenous art of the Philippines. He came to...

Darlene Mcpherson-Pagels

Darlene McPherson-Pagels is a 6th dan and she has been studying, training, teaching martial arts since the 1960’s. She has trained in Tae Kwon...

Rondy McKee and White Tiger Martial Arts

Rondy McKee was living in Detroit, working in advertising during the day and managing and teaching as the co-owner of a Martial Arts school...
Sean Kelley American Kenpo Karate

Sean Kelley – American Kenpo Karate

A Major Educational Force Sean Kelley is an 8th Degree Black Belt in Ed Parker’s American Kenpo Karate and the President of the Chinese Karate Federation...
Jiro Otsuka

Jiro Otsuka Wado-Ryu Karate-Do

Jiro Otsuka was born on February 28, 1934, in Tokyo, Japan. The second son of Grand Master Hironori Otsuka I, he was born the...
Byron Mantack

Byron Mantack: Okinawan Shorin-Ryu

In 1957 Byron Mantack was introduced to the Martial Arts in his home country, the Caribbean Island of Jamaica, at the tender age of...
Akira Kubo Kyumeikan Dojo

Akira Kubo and the Practice of Kendo to Instill Values

In 1957, my father Kahei Kubo began Kyumeikan Dojo. In the post-war years, the practice of kendo and other martial arts was forbidden, yet...
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...

Joo Kim

Joo Kim grew up in a rural setting near Wonju City Korea. He began practicing a variety of martial arts at an early age. Finally...
Bill Logan: Kenpo

Bill Logan: Kenpo

Bill Logan has been training for 37 years in martial arts and is a 7th Dan in Kenpo, a 7th Dan in Kajukenbo, a...
Simon Keegan

Simon Keegan

Simon Keegan is one of the country’s most qualified Karate instructors. His grades were awarded by Japanese and international governing bodies, he has trained...
Casey McPartland: Kajukenbo

Casey McPartland: Gaylord Method Kajukenbo

Senior Grandmaster Casey McPartland is martial artist with 40 plus years of training and teaching students martial arts from three basic directions: The Art and...