Articles and Biographies

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

Stephen Spivey

Stephen Spivey Max Defense

Stephen Spivey Developed MaxDefense Stephen Spivey is a worldwide leading authority in self defense. At an early age, he was wired for reality-based self defense....

Jerry Smith: Shorin-Ju Kenpo

Jerry Smith is a former professional full-contact fighting coach, as well as co-founder of the Black Karate Federation (BKF) and founder of The Five-Level...
Scott Sonnon

Why Scott Sonnon Got Started in the Martial Arts

Doctors claimed my joint pain related to osteochondrosis, which basically means as I grew my connective tissue didn’t adhere to my growth plates like...
Shaolin Temple of Zen

Shi Dechao: Iron Palm and Wolf’s Hair Brush

Shi Dechao exemplifies the big warrior monk. At 5' 11" and weighing in at over 220 pounds, Dechao may not be as gargantuan as...
Masanobu Shinjo and Lee Gray Shinjo

Masanobu Shinjo, Lee Gray and the Shobukan

The afternoon sun still drifted through opaque windows at the end of the gymnasium and offered a smidgen of hazy twilight to my corner...
Julio Anta

Julio Anta Hung Gar Kung Fu

Julio Anta is the owner of Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense in Miami, Florida. He is a Hung Gar Kung Fu Master, a certified...

Scott Sonnon Sambo

Scott Sonnon is one of the world’s best known and most successful coaches in the mixed martial arts discipline of Russian Sambo. After living...
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...
Robert Hunt

Robert Hunt Karate and Kobudo

Mr. Robert Hunt began studying the martial arts in 1964 and holds Black Belt rank in three styles of Japanese/Okinawan karate, as well as...

William Powell: Powell’s Way of Kenpo

Kyoshi William Powell is a 7th degree Black Belt under Grandmaster Shorty Mills. He is the founder and head instructor of Powell’s Way of...
Kent Fung

Kent Fung

As a martial artist, Kent Fung has been training in one style or another for more than 25 years. The base of his training...

Louis Neglia – Kickboxing

Louis Neglia is a three-time World Kickboxing Champion, a former U.S. Kickboxiing Champion, a Florida Karate Champion, New York State Champion, and an Eastern...
Antonio Graceffo

Antonio Graceffo: The Brooklyn Monk

Before the September 11th terrorist attacks, Antonio Graceffo was a successful investment banker working on Wall Street. In 2001 he left behind the world...

Linda Pugliese

Linda Pugliese was born on June, 27th 1962 in Newark Ohio.She began training in karate in 1976 in George Annarino's Ko-Sutemi Karate Dojo under...

Albert Cornejo Interesting Man

By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News ~ Every good barber has tall tales to tell. But in the case of Albert Cornejo, the winding and often...
Terry Wilson Choked Out

To Bruno Dela Pozza Judo is Music

To Bruno Dela Pozza, judo is literally music to his ears. This 69-year-old composer orchestrates his throws the same way he puts notes on...