Biographies K-O

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

Shihan Jonathan Kruger

Jonathan Kruger’s Training Judo And Jujitsu In Osaka, Japan

I would like to share some of my early experiences of training judo and jujitsu in Osaka Japan. When I left for Japan in...
Gary Dill

James Yimm Lee / The Oakland JKD YEARS

You hear a lot about the original students of Jeet Kune Do, but there is one in particular that is very special to me,...
Marti Malloy

Marti Malloy Takes Judo Bronze for U.S.A.

Marti Malloy was born June 23, 1986 in Oak Harbor, Washington. She won a Bronze Medal in the 2012 London Olympics for the United...

Taika Seiyu Oyata: Ryu-te

Taika Seiyu Oyata was a renowned world-class martial arts practitioner, founder of the International RyuTe Karate Association and a martial arts teacher. He was...
Matsutaro Otani

A Tribute To Matsutaro Otani Sensei

Privilege and Honor It has been my privilege and honor to have known Mr. Matsutaro Otani for the past thirty years. What can I say about...
Mike Murray

Mike Murray Interview

Mike Murray is a well-known figure in Mixed Martial Arts. He was one of three people who were present, for instance, when King of the Cage was conceived.
Bob Ozman

Bob Ozman: My First Karate Instructor

I am particularly proud to contribute this column, which focuses on Bob Ozman my first karate instructor. I began lessons with Bob Ozman as...
Jimm McMurray

Jimm McMurray Taekwondo Military System

Grandmaster Jimm McMurray, 9th Degree Black Belt, is the Founder and Director of the House of Discipline Martial Arts Group based in Harker Heights,...

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...

Kelly McCann

Kelly McCann, as a former US Marine officer, founded Crucible Security Specialists located in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Crucible, as a General Services Administration approved facility,...

Victor Moore 4 Time World Champion

Victor Moore began his physical fitness and martial art training at the tender age of 7 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He started his physical training...

Lawrence Loebe

Lawrence Loebe known as Bear has a passion for martial arts that began when he was 5-years old after watching the Ninja Turtle movie...

Tom Lewis

Tom Lewis was born on May 2, 1939 in Salisbuty, Maryland. He is currently a rancher in Wyoming. Tom Lewis has been in the martial...
Sonie Lasker

Sonie Lasker

Sonie began her martial arts training while living in Tel Aviv, Israel. When she moved back to the states, she met Kyoshi Donna Judge,...

George Minshew – American Tae Kwon Do

Martial artist George Minshew is a Grand Master in American Tae Kwon Do. He began studying martial arts in 1963 and has been in...

Bob Maxwell

Bob Maxwell was born on December 13, 1943 in Washington, D.C. He has been in the martial arts for more than 44 years and...