Articles and Biographies

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

John McCarthy

John McCarthy Referee

Big John McCarthy was born on October 12, 1962. He is considered the pre-eminent referee throughout the world for mixed martial arts (MMA), beginning...

Aikidoka Derek Eastman Interview

I have known Sensei Derek Eastman for some 12 years and during those years I have heard so many stories about both Sensei Eastman and...

H. G. Robby Robinson Judo

Professor H. G. Robby Robinson, Director of Development United States Armed Forces-Southeast Asia for the USJA, Life Member (# 27) in the Armed Forces...

Kevin Brett Karate

Kevin Brett has thirty years of martial arts training and teaching experience. He and wife Lana Kaye Brett were two of the five co-founders...

Matt Numrich

Matt Numrich is the founder of Elite Defense Systems (EDS). Mr. Numrich was certified as one of only a handful of Full Instructor of...
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...

Tak Wah Eng: Fu-Jow Pai Tiger Claw Kung Fu

Tak Wah Eng was born in Hong Kong in the tiger year of 1950. He began his martial art training as a child on...
Fernando Meza Cervera

Fernando Meza Cervera

Noviembre 1972: Inicio practicas de Karate en el Instituto Nacional de la Juventud Mexicana de Guadalajara. Marzo 1975: Soy admitido en la escuela Choy Lay...
Jack Carter

Jack Carter

Sensei Jack Carter has been studying martial arts for over 43 years. He holds the ranks of Godan in Judo, Sandan in Jujitsu and...
Avi Nardia KAPAP

Avi Nardia KAPAP

Avi Nardia is a Martial Artist, owner of Avi Nardia Academy and Founder of KAPAP Israeli Krav Maga, a hand to hand combat system...
Floyd Burk

Floyd Burk Traditional American Karate

Floyd Burk began his martial arts training in 1970. This training, Japanese shito-ryu, was held in the den of his father’s attorney’s Riverside, California residence. Later...
BJ Penn

BJ Penn MMA & BJJ

B.J. Penn (Jay Dee Penn or Baby Jay) was born on December 13, 1978 in Kailua, Hawaii. He is an American professional mixed martial...
James Ibrao

James Ibrao Tells His Story

Kenpo Karate Grand Master, James Ibrao, tells his own story about his involvement in the creation and the development of Ed Parker Sr's Kenpo Karate. I...

Michael Laurin – Shindo Budo Kwai

Kyoshi Michael Laurin, an 9th Dan and founder of the Shindo Budo Kwai International Schools. He is a six time World Champion in Koshiki, full...

Peyton Quinn RMCAT

Peyton Quinn began his training in formal martial arts systems in 1964, eventually achieving rank in karate, judo and aikido. While he continues to...
Michael Munyon

Michael Munyon: TaeKwon-Do

Master Michael Munyon is the owner of the Munyon’s Korean Martial Arts Academy/TRISENS-USA Security Services LLC located in Oscoda, Michigan and travels throughout the...