Articles and Biographies

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

Tito Ortiz

Tito Ortiz

Jacob Christopher Tito Ortiz was born on January 23, 1975 and he is of Mexican American decent. He is a participant of the sport...
Steve Shepherd

Steve Shepherd Kickboxing Champion

Steve Sheperd is a legend in the world of kickboxing. He is a 5 time, 4 weight division world kickboxing champion who ended his...

Christine Bannon-Rodrigues Master Arts Super Star

When Christine Bannon-Rodrigues was a Rhode Island teenager of 13, she never realized that she one-day she would reign supreme as one of the...
Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan began his journey through the Martial Arts in the early 1970’s. Coming from a traditional American family rich in a wrestling and...
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...

Varouj Bejanian

Master Varouj Bejanian is a graduate of UCLA (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering). Master Varouj worked as a Design Engineer with various companies...

Russell McCartney Ishi Yama Ryu

Russell McCartney began in the martial arts thirty-five years ago in karate and has grown to be the Chief Instructor of his own System...

Hai Deng – The First Shaolin Monk in America

In 1985 Hai Deng came to America to promote the CCTV documentary Abbot Hai Deng of Shaolin, released in America and with an additional segment on Jet Li.
Duke Swain

Duke Swain Healing and Martial Arts

Hanshi Duke Swain began his training in Isshin Ryu Karate in the early 1970’s under the direction of Grandmaster Castanza. Several years later, he...

Wil Widmeyer: Kongshin Hapkido

KJN Wil Widmeyer was born and raised in Indiana in the United States. He began training in the martial arts when he was sixteen...

Mitchell Bobrow

Mitchell Bobrow is a 7th degree Black Belt Master in the Korean art of Tang Soo Do and a 2nd degree Black Belt in...

Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock was born on February 11, 1964. He is one of the most widely recognized MMA fighters in the world. He is a...
Roland Osborne

Roland Osborne: Xtreme Martial Arts

Sensei Roland Osborne is a 5th degree Black Belt in Red Dragon Karate and a 1st degree Black Belt in judo. He is very...
Christopher M. Clarke Books

Christopher M. Clarke

Christopher M. Clarke, Ph.D. was born in New York in 1949 and grew up in New Jersey. He began training in karate in 1965,...
Joey Stinson

Joey Stinson: Hapkido

Chief Master Joey Stinson began his martial arts training in 1981 studying Taekwondo. Shortly after he began training in Hapkido. He holds a 7th...
Akbar Fakour Far

Akbar Fakour Far

Akbar Fakour Far is the First Vice President and Tournament Director for NIKKEI Games. He is also part of the Nanka Judo Yudanshakai, the Southern California...