Biographies P-T

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

Sang Koo Kang

Sang Koo Kang Tae Kwon Do

Master Sang Koo Kang is the owner and director of Sang's Tae Kwon Do Schools. When he was the director of three martial arts...
Brenda Sell

Brenda Sell Taekwondo Chung Do Kwan

Grandmaster Brenda Sell is one of the first females in the United States to rise to the level of Grandmaster. She has more than...

Russ Rhodes Ken Ju Ryu Kenpo Ju Jitsu

Shihanke Russ Rhodes has over 45 years in the martial arts and holds ranks in seven different systems. His highest accolades are Soke (inheritor and...
Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan began his journey through the Martial Arts in the early 1970’s. Coming from a traditional American family rich in a wrestling and...
Duke Tirschel

Duke Tirschel Interview

Besides being the Official Photographer for World Black Belt he has been the photographer to martial artists in nearly every state in the union...

Mikhail Ryabko

Mikhail Ryabko began training when he was five years old and became involved in combative training when he was fifteen years old. He worked in...
Duke Swain

Duke Swain Healing and Martial Arts

Hanshi Duke Swain began his training in Isshin Ryu Karate in the early 1970’s under the direction of Grandmaster Castanza. Several years later, he...

Lilly Rodriguez – Kickboxing

"Lilly Rodriguez really changed martial arts for women, kickboxing in particular," said Michael Matsuda, founder of the Martial Arts History Museum in Santa Clarita. "She...
Andy Tourin

Andy Tourin JuJitsu

Master Andy Tourin has practiced Martial Arts for over 30 years. He has instructor’s certificates in Danzan Ryu JuJitsu (6th Degree, Rokudan), and Kodokan...

Elena Tverdokhleb, Kickboxer And Boxer

1. Give us a little background about yourself and both your careers, as a boxer and sports lawyer. As a child, I went into sports,...
Teri Tom

Teri Tom: Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do

Teri Tom is the first female instructor certified by Ted Wong in Bruce' Lee's Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do She has spent 1000's of...
Odette Russell

Odette Russell

Odette Russell is a Grand Master (8th Degree Black Belt) under the SWAM Martial Arts Academy. She is a native New Yorker and is...

Michael Matsuda – Martial Arts History Museum

Many of you already know Michael Matsuda, the Founder, President and Curator of the Martial Arts History Museum, but I doubt you realize just...
Ed Sumner

Ed Sumner Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate

Ed Sumner, Nanadan, Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate, Jundokan International was born in Alton Illinois, on October 30, 1947. He currently resides in Buckeye, Arizona. Ed began...

Larmarr Thornton: Kushinda Ryu

Master Lamarr Thornton is a Martial Arts Master, a Cultural Artist, a producer and director and choreographer, and has been a leader of the...
Daniel Saragosa

Daniel Saragosa Jujitsu

Daniel Saragosa was born in Hilo, Hawaii on June 21, 1950. His early years were spent in Kalihi and in Waianae, where he excelled...