Biographies and Eulogies

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

Tim Larkin

Tim Larkin Master Combat instructor

Researching and perfecting effective fighting methods is a life long passion for Tim Larkin. Through repeated exposure to combat sports and martial arts from...

Bob Wall Has Passed Away

A champion in the ring, Bob Wall was also the only actor appearing in three Bruce Lee movies, "Enter The Dragon", “The Way of the Dragon” and “Game of Death.”

Michael Miller – Taekwondo

Michael Miller is an international martial arts instructor who has been involved with the martial arts for over twenty-five years. He currently holds a...
Donald Miskel

Donald Miskel A Man of Many Hats

Grandmaster Donald Miskel began his training in 1959 at the Jiu Jitsu Institute in Chicago and trained with several well known and respected martial arts...
Dr. Thomas Lee

Dr. Thomas Lee Naturopathic Physician

Dr. Thomas Lee is an experienced and innovative naturopathic physician. After fortuitous connections with remarkable physicians and healers, he found that naturopathic medicine combined...
Brian David Robinson

Brian David Robinson

Brian David Robinson is the creator of Kid Kulinaire, a program designed specifically to combat the global childhood obesity epidemic. He was born in...
Esau McKnight Tang Soo Do

Esau McKnight: Tang Soo Do

Esau McKnight graduated high school in 1977 and began training in Korean Tae Kwon Do and Okinawa karate under direction and leadership of Grandmaster Kim Soo.
Masaaki Hatsumi

Masaaki Hatsumi: Master of Masters

(I know there are many errors contained here. I have not corrected them, instead I posted the article as it was published . ....

Jeffery Elliott Inayan Eskrima

Masirib Guro Jeffery Elliott studied several martial arts including Renbu-kai-Karate, Kenpo Karate, boxing and Inayan Eskrima. Masirib Guro Elliott studied Renbu-kai Karate at Samurai Karate...
Master Robin Hunt

Robin Hunt: To Teach or Not to Teach

My wife, Robin Hunt, is a karate master. She’ll scoff at the suggestion, of course, and probably make a wise crack. In our dojo, we...

Scott Sonnon Sambo

Scott Sonnon is one of the world’s best known and most successful coaches in the mixed martial arts discipline of Russian Sambo. After living...

Ron Esteller: Kajukenbo

Ron Esteller began his martial arts journey in 1967, beginning with a short stint in the Tae Kwon Do program at Chabot College, but...
Vincent Anthony

Vincent Anthony Aiki Bujutsu – Tode Ryu

Vincent Anthony has been training for over 4 decades and is the President of the Combative Association of Martial Arts and Head of the Aiki...
George Arrington

George Arrington

Sensei George Arrington is the founder of the Virginia Kodenkan and the creator and webmaster of the Danzan Ryu Jujutsu Homepage. He began his study...

Bob Gomez: Kajukenbo

Bob Gomez was born in Taiwan in 1963. He and his family relocated to the United States at the age of two. Bob's dad...

Mike Mather: Combative Martial Arts

Sifu Mike Mather is a extreme and combative martial arts stylist. He started training at age six in wrestling, and in boxing when he...