Biographies and Eulogies

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

Grandmaster Ming Lum

Grandmaster Ming Lum 1926-2011

Grandmaster Ming Lum 1926 - November 5, 2011 On November 5, 2011, the martial world suffered the profound loss of a great treasure. Grandmaster Ming...
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...

Gordon Doversola

Shihan Gordon Doversola was a Master of Okinawa-Te. He was born on December 1, 1934 and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He began his martial...
Tyrone Crimi

Tyron Crimi Hikari Ryuza Ryu Jujutsu®

For 60 years Senior Grandmaster Tyron Crimi, also known as T.R. Crimi, has been passionately immersed in martial arts. His path began in 1956...
Masaaki Hatsumi

Masaaki Hatsumi

Masaaki Hatsumi was born as Yoshiaki Hatsumi in the city of Noda, in the region of Chiba, on the December 2, 1931. Subsequently his...
Roger Agbulos

Roger Agbulos Lameco Eskrima International

Roger Agbulos started his training in 1990 under Punong Guro Edgar Sulite, founder and chief instructor of Lameco Eskrima International. He was one of...

Gene Ching Kung Fu

Gene Ching is the Associate Publisher of Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine and KungFuMagazine.com, the largest English language magazine and website devoted exclusively to...

Richard Bunch Kodenkan Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Richard Bunch is a 9th Dan, Kudan and is President of Ju Jitsu America. Professor Bunch has a reputation as a skillful martial artist and...
John Chung

John Chung World Forms and Fighting Champion

John Chung is a member of "Black Belt Hall of Fame", along with such notables as Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee. He is rated...
Dawn Barnes

Dawn Barnes

Sensei Dawn Barnes' love of karate began in 1984 when, at the insistence of her two young sons, she enrolled the boys and herself at...
Sonie Lasker

Sonie Lasker

Sonie began her martial arts training while living in Tel Aviv, Israel. When she moved back to the states, she met Kyoshi Donna Judge,...
Alexander Archie

Alexander Archie Goju-Shorei Karate

A 10th Degree Black Belt and Grandmaster in the art of Goju-Shorei Karate, Alexander Archie has been training in the martial arts since 1949. He...
Carlos Navarro

Carlos Navarro: Navarro’s Progressive Kenpo Karate System

Grandmaster Carlos Navarro has made the Martial Arts experiences a way of life. An entrepreneur, Grandmaster Navarro is a graduate from the University of...
Jim Muse Furtado

Jim Muse Furtado Tai Shing Pek Kwar Monkey Style

Grandmaster Jim Muse Furtado has been studying the martial arts since 1973. He learned the Tai Shing Pek Kwar monkey style from America's only...
Kaan Arkin

Kaan Arkin Karate

Kaan Arkin is a 7th Dan Black Belt (WKF) with 40 years of study and instruction. He has long been given the honorific title...
George Kirby

George Kirby Budoshin Ju-Jitsu

Professor George Kirby, Judan is an internationally recognized martial arts instructor and author. He was born in 1944 and has been teaching Ju-Jitsu since...