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...
Benny Urquidez

I Hugged Benny Urquidez

If you have been involved in the martial arts within the last five decades you know about the living legend, Benny Urquidez, nicknamed The...

Emil Farkas: Shotokan Karate

Emil Farkas is an American martial arts instructor, author and fight coordinator. He started his martial arts career while still a youngster in Hungary...
Paulo Tocha and Jean-Claude Van Damme

Paulo Tocha Muaythai

Paulo Tocha was born in Africa. He is of Portuguese and Italian descent and he grew up in Mozambique and Johannesburg, South Africa ....

Marcus Bossett

Marcus Bossett is a 5th Degree Black Belt and holds the Renshi Instructor's title with the International Shorin Ryu Karate Kobudo Association. He is...
Emil Farkas: Double Trouble

Emil Farkas: Double Trouble

Emil Farkas, founder of the Beverly Hills Karate Academy, reflected in a mirror at the martial arts school that he established in 1970. Hungarian native...

Gary Amen

Gary Amen has been in the martial arts since 1966, with more than thirty years of teaching kids and adults. Skilled in both Korean...
Gordon Richiusa

Gordon Richiusa Martial Arts and Archery

Gordon Richiusa is first and foremost a martial artist. His 51 year history as a martial artist led him to found Five Birds Martial Arts....
Gary Friederich

Gary Friederich Martial Artist

Gary Friederich is a frail man who could pass as Burgess Meredith around the time of Rocky movies.He's 56 years old, 5'6" and 145...
Jamie Cashion Changed By Fire

Changed By Fire, Challenged By Life

FORT WORTH, Texas - Sometimes, just when he's found some sense of peace, Jamie Cashion catches someone staring at him and he knows that,...
Robert W. Smith

Robert W. Smith Passes Away

Robert W. Smith was born during the Chinese year of the Tiger, in Richland, Iowa in December, 1926 and he began his early days...

In Ho Lee: Songahm Taekwondo

In Ho Lee was born in 1955 in Seoul City, Korea, two years after the end of the Korean War. He is the younger...

George Thompson of Verbal Judo Passes Away

Global authority Dr. George Thompson taught police how to manage crisis situations through Verbal Judo strategies. June 8, 2011 Auburn, NY. Dr. George Thompson, the...

Kelly McCann

Kelly McCann, as a former US Marine officer, founded Crucible Security Specialists located in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Crucible, as a General Services Administration approved facility,...
Lawrence Arthur

Lawrence Arthur – American Freestyle Karate

Lawrence Arthur was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on January 30, 1954. He began his study of martial arts in November of 1968 when he...
Koichi Tohei

Koichi Tohei: Aikido

Koichi Tohei was born on January 20, 1920 in Shitaya ward, presently Taitō, in Tokyo. He was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of...