Articles and Eulogies

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

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...
Richard Bustillo

Richard Bustillo Student of Bruce Lee

Richard Bustillo was internationally recognized as an expert in the martial arts. With over 45 years of experience, Bustillo possessed a wealth of knowledge...
Fu Sheng Yuan

Fu Sheng Yuan Yang Style Taijiquan

Grandmaster Fu Sheng Yuan was born in 1931. He is the son of Fu Zhong Wen and Zou Kuei Cheng, who was the great grand...
Margitte Hilbig

Margitte Hilbig First Canadian Black Belt

Margitte Hilbig was a martial arts master based in Edmonton, Canada. In 1964, she became the first woman in Canada to earn the rank...
Joseph Man

Joseph Man Wing Chun Kung Fu

Joseph Man was born on the April 2, 1953. He spent his early years in his ancestral home, a village called San-tin in the...

Jin Cai Cheng: Chen-Style Tai Chi

Before his death on November 6, 2016, Grandmaster Jin Cai Cheng held the following distinguished titles; President of The US Chen-Style Tai Chi Federation,...

Bob Orlando Chinese Kuntao

A resident of Denver, Colorado, and a computer professional for nearly 4 decades, Bob Orlando was introduced to the martial arts while on active...
Bob Chaney

Bob Chaney Tae Kwon Do and Muay Thai

Tae Kwon Do Rank and Background Bob Chaney trained in the Martial Arts for over 43 years. He was promoted, with Chuck Norris and Bob...
Clarence Tai Lee

Clarence Tai Lee

Grandmaster Clarence Tai Lee is a Twentieth Century Legend in the Martial Arts. He had his first boxing lesson around 1940 at the age...
Sensei Tom Silluzio

Tom Silluzio AKT Combatives

Martial artist Gaetano Tom Silluzio, 56, of Olean, NY passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, February 22, 2016, after a lengthy and...

Steve Fisher Shorin-ryu Karate

Born on February 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, Steve Fisher spent much of his childhood attempting to conquer the trumpet, guitar, and drums,...
Grandmaster Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano Kajukenpo

Senior Grandmaster Lucky Luciano was born in the state of Hawaii. He started his career in the martial arts at the age of 4...
James Toney

James Toney of the Blood and Guts Era of Karate

Martial artist James Toney began a lifetime of involvement in the martial arts in 1964 when he signed up for Tae Kwon Do classes...