Biographies and Eulogies

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

Arlene Limas – American Taekwondo

Arlene Limas is a 5th degree Black Belt in American Taekwondo. She has been studying the martial arts since she was 5 years old....

Casey Marks-Nash

Casey Marks-Nash (Casey Marks) was the most dominant female competitor of the late 1990’s. Her instructor, Mike Bernardo, is one of the best Bo...

Wayne Dalglish

Wayne Dalglish was born on September 12, 1990 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a world champion martial artist and a film and television...

Steven Lopez

Lopez Brothers, Olympic Taekwondo Royalty, Hit With Sex Abuse Allegations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV0E39uWB3Q   Steven Lopez was born on November 9, 1978 He won gold medals in both the...

Elisa Au Fonseca

Sensei Elisa Au is a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Shito-ryu.

George Kotaka

George Kotaka is a 4th Degree Black Belt who has been competing in karate since he was 3 years old. He has won the Men's...

Honoring Fred Miller

I received the really sad news that Master Fred Miller had passed away. I was not only stunned by shattered by the news. Master...

New Millennium Ninja: An Interview with Masaaki Hatsumi Sensei

The ninja were so successful at keeping their arts, methods and activities in the background of history that they almost wiped themselves out of...
Alexander Retuinskih

Alexander Retuinskih

" . . . The life that belongs to each of us is our own and each of us defends it in our own...
Tino Tuiolosega

Tino Tuiolosega Founder of Limalama

Tu'umamao Tino Tuiolosega, Grandmaster and Founder of Limalama Arts of Self Defense was born in American Samoa on July 2, 1931 to, Tu'umamao Tuiolosega,...
Arjarn Sammai Mashamana

A Visit With the Late Arjan Sumai

A visit with the late Arjan Sumai, the last Grandmaster of Krabi Krabong (1914-1998). By Terry Tippie ~ I was very sorry to hear of...
Shorin-ryu Masters

Matsumura Shorin-ryu

It was in the late 1800's that Shuri-Te began to be called Shorin-Ryu. It is not known for certain who began this practice, but...

Noah Gross Armed Combat and Tactics

Noah Gross is the Chief instructor and Co-founder of A.C.T. (Armed Combat and Tactics). He has been involved with martial arts for more than...
Masayoshi Kori Hisataka

Masayoshi Kori Hisataka

Masayoshi Kori Hisataka is the Founder of the Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karate and the Kenkokan School of Karatedo. He was born in Shuri (Naha City...
Richard Barathy

Richard Barathy The Man With Very Fast Hands

Richard Barathy was born in Elmont on New York's Long Island, but spent his last years in Dix Hills, New York. His international fame...
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...