Biographies and Eulogies

Biographies and Eulogies of martial artists and martial arts instructors on USAdojo.com. Search by name to find a particular individual.

John Keehan

John Keehan is Count Dante

Inspired by the fact that Samurai warriors, in order to attain a sense of balance between hard and soft lifestyles, often practiced flower arranging...
Teri Tom

Teri Tom: Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do

Teri Tom is the first female instructor certified by Ted Wong in Bruce' Lee's Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do She has spent 1000's of...

Ernie Cates: Neko-ryu Goshin Jitsu

Professor Ernie Cates is the Founder of Neko-ryu Goshin Jitsu. He is an 8th degree Black Belt in Kodokan Judo, a 7th degree Black...

Tayari Casel

Oso Tayari Casel is the founder and director of the Tayari Casel Martial Arts Academy, Inc.; an institution that researches, demonstrates and spreads the...
Jean Carrillo Muay Thai

Jean Carrillo Muay Thai

Jean Carrillo is one of the few that people who have trained and worked with Ramon Dekker and Cor Hemmer in the late 1990's....

Chun Sik Kim: Tang Soo Do

Master Chun Sik Kim is the President and Founder of the International Tang Soo Do Federation. He is the inspiration and leader to many...

Ho Sik Pak Best of the Best

Grand Master Ho Sik Pak, 8th Degree Black Belt, began his study of Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan at the age of 10...

Mikio Nishiuchi Kobudo

Saiko-Shihan Mikio Nishiuchi lived in Okinawa and learned kobudo directly from the late Hanshi Shinpo Matayoshi, Juudan, Zen Okinawa Kobudo Renmei and from Kaicho Takashi...
Richard Plowden

Richard Plowden Interview

1. When did you start Martial Arts and why? I began training at 13 years old on October 27, 1973. My brother worked at a...
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...

Lou Ferrer, Sr.

Grand Master Lou Ferrer, Sr., is the Founder of the US Kodokan Federation and Ferrer’s Jujitsu USA which teaches Aikijitsu-te, Inabikari-Ryu Jujitsu, Judo, Karate,...

Off The Wall with Bob Wall

Fame can be a double-edged sword; along with the notoriety and finical rewards that accompany stardom also comes a loss of privacy. In addition,...

Jim Arvanitis Pankration

Grandmaster Pankratiast Jim Arvanitis began his martial arts training at age 8 in Athens, Greece. His studies include the Western styles of boxing, Greco-Roman...
Ricardo Johns

Ricardo Johns

Ricardo Johns was born in the former Panama Canal Zone. He began his martial arts training at the age of 14 under his Sensei,...
Vince Morris

Vince Morris Kissaki-Kai Karate-Do

Now in his sixties, with more than 50 years Martial Arts experience, Vince Morris is a leading authority in the world of karate and...

Johh Pachivas Shuri-ryu karate-do

Hanshi John Pachivas was a 10th degree Black Belt and the highest ranking person in Shuri-ryu karate-do. He was born on May 3, 1926...