Articles and Biographies

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

Olando Rivera The Warrior

Olando Rivera “The Warrior”

Olando Rivera has been an elite kick boxer for many years and his accomplishments are extraordinary. He has dominated the world of kick boxing...

The Mingo Warrior: Angie Woolum – Pro Boxer

The Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington was recently the venue for a professional boxing show that was taped by Fox Sports to be...
Motomichi Anno

Motomichi Anno: Aikido

Motomichi Anno is one of the highest-level teachers of Aikido in the world today. An eighth-degree black belt since 1978, he is one of the...

Linda Holiday Aikido

Between 1973 and 1980 Linda Holiday spent about three years living and training in Shingu, under Chief Instructor Michio Hikitsuchi, 10th dan (now deceased),...
Avi Nardia KAPAP Combatives

KAPAP’s Avi Nardia

During his 24 years as a reserve officer, Avi Nardia (Major, IDF Res.) served as an official hand-to-hand instructor instructor and safety officer. He...

Stephen Oliver Taekwondo

Stephen Oliver began training in martial arts in 1970 with the Jhoon Rhee Institute in their branch in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His instructors were Bob...
Mike Casto

Mike Casto Pencak Silat

Mike Casto began his martial arts journey at age 7 in 1978* when he started training in Tae Kwon Do. He was a 7th...
Jun Lee

Jun Lee Tae Kwon-Do

Grandmaster Jun Lee Born into a prominent Tae Kwon-Do family in South Korea, Grandmaster Jun Lee continues the family legacy by dedicating his life...
Frederick Peterson Jr. Birthday

Martial Artist Frederick Peterson Jr. Celebrates 89th Year

Still young as ever, Inland Empire local Frederick Peterson Jr. or better known as Soke Grandmaster Frederick "Big Cat" Douglas Peterson Jr., celebrated his...
Pamela Cohen Martial Arts Instructor

Pamela Cohen Martial Arts Instructor

Pamela Cohen started saving money at 13 years old to open her own martial arts school. Now, she owns three. Pamela Cohen’s dream was never...
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...

Yigal Arbiv of Netanya

If there’s anyplace in the Middle East that resembles America’s 19th century Wild West, it has to be Netanya, Israel. This notorious city north...
Anita Wilson

Anita Wilson Aikido

I was born in West London in 1963, my father was very involved in the martial arts and a dan grade in Karate he...
Karyn Turner

Karyn Turner

Karyn Turner was born in 1946 in Lyons, Kansas. She was named as the “most outstanding woman in the history of martial arts” by...
Coach Rodney King

Rodney King Coach

Rodney King is a leading expert in functional martial arts and performance coaching. He is the CEO of Crazy Monkey Defense in South Africa....
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...