Articles and Eulogies

Articles and Eulogies on USAdojo.com for martial artists who have passed.

Vincent Marchetti

Vincent Marchetti Has Passed Away

Vincent Marchetti began studying Judo when he was 12 years old and had already earned his Black Belt in Judo when he began to...

Ben Largusa Villabrille-Largusa Kali

At the 1964 Ed Parker International Karate Championships held in Long Beach, California, Grandmaster Ben Largusa gave America its first demonstration of the Villabrille-Largusa...

Kwong Wing Lam Has Passed Away

Sifu Kwong Wing Lam was born in Canton and began his training in Chinese martial arts at the age eight in Hong Kong. He...

Bruno Sammartino Dies

Bruno Sammartino is an Italian-American former professional wrestler, best known because he was the longest-running champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), holding...

Dr. Stephen Abayomi Meeks

Warrior, scholar, healer, mentor… all of these words describe Dr. Stephen Abayomi Meeks, yet none of them come close to expressing the depth of...

Dwayne Rooster Machen

Dwayne Rooster Machen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSpii8xE_o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i13Lpfbz2lk

Richard Poage Passes Away

Richard Poage and Tiffany Richards together co-owned Peaceful Warrior Martial Arts and they made a huge difference in the lives of their students. Richard was the lead...

Aikido Great Kyoichi Inoue Has Passed Away

Kyoichi Inoue was born on September 10, 1935 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a 10th dan Yoshinkan aikido master holding the rank of Hanshi....
Katsuoh Yamamoto

Katsuoh Yamamoto – Yoshukai Karate

Katsuoh Yamamoto was a 10th degree Black Belt and the Founder of Yoshukai Karate.  He was born on July 10, 1938 and at 12...
Frank Dux and Jim McCunn

The Real Helms From Bloodsport, Jim McCunn, Dies

Sheldon Lettich has this to say about this eulogy below written by Frank Dux for Jim McCunn. According to Sheldon Lettich, "Here Frank “eulogizing” a...
Professor Jigoro Kano

Professor Jigoro Kano

JUDO & EDUCATION Over a century ago, Japanese jujutsu men from various ryu or schools, often competed against one another and sometimes fought boxers and...
Kwang-Sik Myung

Kwang-Sik Myung

Kwang-Sik Myung was born in North Korea but lived in Seoul for most of his early life. In 1948, at the age of 7,...
Leung Jan

Leung Jan King of Wing Chun Fist

Leung Jan, aka Leung Tsan; Mandarin Chinese: Liang Zan) was a Wing Chun practitioner and a Chinese herbal doctor in Foshan, Guangdong, China. He...
Hans Ingebretsen

Hans Ingebretsen Danzan Ryu Ju Jitsu and Kodenkan Judo

Sensei Hans Ingebretsen has been studying Danzan Ryu Ju Jitsu and Kodenkan Judo for 31 years, and holds the rank of Godan in Danzan...
Mitsuyo Maeda

Mitsuyo Maeda Judo

Mitsuyo Maeda was born in Funazawa Village, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, on November 18, 1878. He attended Kenritsu Itiu high school (currently Hirokou -...

Jack Hogan

Jack Hogan, born William “Jack” Jackson Hogan Jr., was born in Holyoke, MA on October 11, 1949. Jack founded Hogan Karate International. As a martial...