Articles and Biographies

Articles and Biographies includes biographies and articles about martial artist instructors from around the world on USAdojo.com.

C. K. Choi

C. K. Choi Tae Kwon Do

Chang Keun Choi was born in South Korea in 1941 during the Japanese occupation. A South Korean master of Tae Kwon Do, C. K....
Peggy Tartaro

Peggy Tartaro Women & Guns Magazine

Peggy Tartaro is Executive Editor of Women & Guns magazine and Managing Editor of The Gun Mag.com.  In 1979 she began working at Gun Week,...
Tom Ingargiola

Tom Ingargiola Shaolin Kenpo and The Strike Master

Tom Ingargiola has been teaching the Martial Arts for over 17 years, at his West Babylon, NY location which also serves as the Long...

Dave Kovar

In addition to being an elite martial artist with black belts in 10 Martial Arts styles, Kyoshi Dave Kovar is recognized worldwide as an...
Kimber Hill

Kimber Hill Modern Martial Arts System

Kimber Hill is Century’s Lil’ Dragon Program National Spokesperson. She co-authored the Lil’ Dragon Instructor Training Manual and she trains and certifies martial arts...
James Woodson: Kyokushin Karate

James Woodson: Kyokushin Karate

Martial artist James Woodson has trained in Kyokushin karate and he had a competitive martial arts career during the late 1980s. “I competed nationally out...
Isaac Kaawa

Isaac Kaawa

Grandmaster Isaac Kaawa, known to his old friends as Ike Kaawa, was a very strong and intelligent man. Grandmaster Kaawa had trained in Okinawan...

Terrence Shea: TAI Martial Arts

Terrence Shea is 69 years old and has been studying martial arts for 50 years. He lives in New Mexico and is semi-retired, teaching...
Her Yue Wong and Mark Van Schuyver

Her Yue Wong Ching Yi Kung Fu

Dr. Her Yue Wong has been practicing and teaching the Chinese martial arts for over 60 years, and is the Founder and Director of the...
Anthony R. DiFilippo

Anthony R. DiFilippo

Anthony R. DiFilippo is the owner/director of the Ryukyu Kodokan Dojo and webmaster of Silk Road Enterprises - Silk Road Enterprises. He has been a...

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...
Simon Rhee

Simon Rhee Tae Kwon Do

Master Simon Rhee is a 7th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 4th Degree Black Belt in Hap Ki Do. He...

Michael McGann: Keichu Hoshin Jotsu Ryu

Grandmaster Michael McGann is the co-founding father of Keichu Hoshin Jotsu Ryu with Dr. Karl W. Marx, Sr., founder of Keichu Do. He inherited...
Raul Ries

Master Raul Ries Testimony

I’ve been thinking a lot lately. And I was thinking how God is so gracious, loving and kind: how He gets a hold of...
Ilan Gattegno

Ilan Gattegno Ninjutsu

Ilan Gattegno joined Bujinkan in November 1974, when he became the first student of Doron Navon, who came back from Japan. In 1975 he hosted...
Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery Muso Jikiden Eishen Ryu Iaijutsu

Sensei Robert Montgomery has continuously studied and practiced Japanese martial arts for over 30 years attaining dan rank in Judo, Jujitsu and iaijutsu. He...