Articles and Biographies

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

Sam McGee

"For nearly half a century, Sam McGee has offered generations of Harlem residents free martial arts training, and the confidence to fight without fists." Sam...

Pablo Rodarte: Shinjimatzu Kenpo

Grandmaster Pablo Rodarte was born on February 1, 1959 in the city of Toreon Coahuila, Mexico. When he was about two months old, his...
Peter Sugarfoot Cunningham

Peter Sugarfoot Cunningham

Peter Sugarfoot Cunningham is a legendary figure in the martial arts community. Rated by experts as one of the greatest full contact fighters of...

Maurice Smith: Kickboxing and MMA

Retired Kickboxer and MMA pioneer, Maurice Smith, was born on December 13, 1961. As a kickboxer, he held the WKC (World Kickboxing Council) world...
Bernard Kerik and Jeff Smith

Bernard Kerik

Stephen Oliver: Master Bernard Kerik has been training in martial arts since 1969 and he has accomplished an awful lot in martial arts as...
Chicken Gabriel

Orned Chicken Gabriel

Orned Chicken Gabriel is a martial arts instructor, self defense trainer and founder of the United Karate Federation. He is a former world renowned...
Cambodia's Champion Fighters

Cambodia’s Champion Fighters

Eh Phou Thoung and Oed Phuo Thoung are Cambodia’s champion fighters but they live in squalor and obscurity. In the world of professional sports, politicians...
Master Al Haroun Hisham and Antonio Graceffo

Al Haroun Hisham Monkey Master in a Cage

One of Taiwan’s last remaining Monkey Masters, Al Haroun Hisham, wants to fight in the K-1 and UFC to show the world the power of traditional...
Master Robin Hunt

Robin Hunt: To Teach or Not to Teach

My wife, Robin Hunt, is a karate master. She’ll scoff at the suggestion, of course, and probably make a wise crack. In our dojo, we...
Evan Pantazi

Evan Pantazi

The Kyusho Studies of Evan Pantazi In 1980 Evan Pantazi began his health studies with Chi Gong therapy methods and he received certification as a...
Vince Palumbo

Vince Palumbo

Master Vince Palumbo commenced training in 1974 as a junior boxing and gymnastics student at the Semaphore Youth Club in Adelaide, and after winning...

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...

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...
John Will

John Will: First Australian BJJ Black Belt

John Will was awarded the rank of Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by Rigan and Jean Jacques Machado in 1998; making him the...
Ron Van Clief

Ron Van Clief Chinese Goju System

Grand Master Ron Van Clief has been studying and teaching the Martial Arts for over 40 years. He is a 10th Degree Red Belt...
Mark Shuey

Mark Shuey Sr. Master of the Cane

Mark Shuey Sr. was raised in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California. He moved to Lake Tahoe in 1976 where he still resides. ...