Biographies and Eulogies

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

Monua Cary

Monua Cary Sport Jujitsu

Monua Cary was the 1995 Women’s World Sport Jujitsu Champion (WCJJO) and the first American Woman to win this title. She was Head Coach for...

Interview With Ip Chee Keung Sifu

In the UK, Kung Fu as a Martial Art is in a vast minority, with approximately 5,000 schools nationwide compared with the far greater...

Stephen Oliver Taekwondo

Stephen Oliver began training in martial arts in 1970 with the Jhoon Rhee Institute in their branch in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His instructors were Bob...
Joe Holck

Joe Holck: Kodenkan Yudanshakai

Professor Joe Holck is the founder of the Kodenkan Yudanshakai. In the early 1930's a young Joe Holck ditched his Japanese language class and...

Jeet Kune Do’s Jerry Poteet Passes Away

We received this from the The Jerry Poteet Family. With heavy hearts, we are saddened to report that Sifu Jerry Poteet passed away on...
Nora Daigle

Nora Daigle Kickboxer and Pro Boxer

The 5'4" junior featherweight, Nora Daigle, is a native of Cap Lumiere, New Brunswick, Canada who lives and trains in Québec City. Nora has...
Ernie Cates and Mary Davis Cates

First Student, Mary Davis Cates Passed Away

Sadly announces the death of a dear family member, Master Mary Davis Cates. Mary Davis Cates passed away on May 16, 2006. Master Mary was...

Charles Bonet The Latin Panther

Hanshi Charles Bonet is a 6th dan in Grand Master Eizo Shimabukuro's Shorin-ryu system; he also holds an 8th dan in Master Frank Ruizes...
Ron Balicki

Ron Balicki: Jeet Kune Do Concepts

Before Ron Balicki got his start in the entertainment field as a stuntman and fight and stunt coordinator, he grew up in the windy...
Imi Lichtenfeld

Imi Lichtenfeld Founder of Krav Maga

The founder of Krav Maga is Imrich Sde-or (Imi Lichtenfeld). Imi was born in Budapest in 1910. Imi`s father Samuel was early a circus...
Allen Abad Kajukenbo

Allen Abad Kajukenbo

Your life is the true testament to your skill as a martial artist, not your rank of your trophies. ~ Grandmaster Allen Abad Grandmaster Allen...

David Dye Shuyokan Ryu

Sensei David Dye has been actively involved in the practice and teaching of martial arts for 50 years and is the Soke of Shuyokan...
Ronnie Colwell

Ronnie Colwell Karate-do and Ju Jutsu

The Warrior Today has been a long, sad, difficult but inevitable day. At just before 9pm on Friday evening (January 27, 2015), my dad, mentor,...

Mikie Rowe Moore

In less than 2 years of tournament competition, Mikie Rowe (Pronounced Mike-ee) became one of the top women fighters in karate. She had already...
Jerry Fisher

Jerry Fisher and His P.U.M.A. System

Grand Master and System founder, Jerry Fisher, studied American boxing for eleven years, competing in over 100 matches. In the middle 1950's he began...

Meet Rika Usami

https://youtu.be/Zf9G4Xhgm8g Rika Usami was born in Japan and she is known worldwide for her excellent kata. During the 2012 World Karate Championship in Paris she...