Biographies and Eulogies

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

Paul Eng Kung Fu

Born in Hong Kong in 1941, Paul Eng began studying Kungfu at age 6 and has been teaching it since 1960. He has studied...
Clark Tang Wing Chun Kung Fu

Clark Tang: Wing Chun Kung Fu

Sifu Clark Tang is a certified Wing Chun Kung Fu instructor by IP MAN’s lineage under Sifu GM Wong Long Ching and Sifu GM...
Jose Fraguas

Jose Fraguas

Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, Jose Fraguas began his martial arts studies with judo, in grade school, at age 9. From there he...

Master Charles Gaylord Fight Quest

. . . guys like Great Grandmaster Charles Gaylord, brought mixed martial arts from Hawaii — where the art form was created — to...
Rich Franklin

Rich Franklin

Richard Franklin was born in Kentucky on October 4, 1974, but grew up in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. He attended the University of Cincinnati, earning...
Kevin Colton

Kevin Colton Jujitsu

Sensei Kevin Colton is the chief instructor at the Santa Clarita Jujitsu School. In 1966, Kevin started Danzan Ryu Jujitsu with instructor Joe Burlin...
Jeff Anderson

Jeff Anderson

Jeff Anderson is the President of J. Anderson & Associates. He is a retired Deputy Sheriff and a California P.O.S.T. recognized expert in Force...
Richard Ostrofsky

Richard Ostrofsky

Richard Ostrofsky has studied Aikido for 46 years in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and teaches at Ottawa Aikido Circle. He has written numerous articles about...
Maishel Horowitz

Maishel Horowitz Passed Away

The developer of the short stick fighting method, Maishel Horowitz passed away on December, 2009. Maishel was born in 1919 in Russia. While still a baby...
Michael Krivka

Mike Krivka Jeet Kune Do

INTRODUCTION Mike Krivka, the training director and head instructor of Martial Arts Koncepts, has been a student of the martial arts for over a quarter...

Charles Sereff First International ITF Instructor

Tae Kwon Do Master Charles Sereff was born in 1933 in Denver. He began training in Moo Duk Kwan in 1961 under Robert Thompson...
Judo Art

Bill Stopps Judo

In 1946 I received a short course of Judo instruction under the late Mr. Gunji Koizmi at the Budokwai, Lower Grosvenor Place, Victoria London....
Kathi Tasetano

Kathi Tasetano World Karate Union

Kathi Tasetano June 16, 1950 - March 5, 2014 Martial arts own Kathi Tasetano, who founded the World Karate Union Hall of Fame in 1996...
Marilyn Fierro

Marilyn Fierro Inducted to the New York Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Growing up in the East Bronx in the 1950s, Marilyn Fierro was a self-described "klutz" who certainly had never heard of Hank Greenberg, Moe...
Bill Burgar Flying Kick

Bill Burgar Shotokan Karate

Bill Burgar started training in a "traditional" Shotokan club in 1979 achieving first dan in 1983. He founded the Reading University Shotokan Karate Club...

Masutatsu Oyama Kyokushinkai

Masutatsu Oyama was born in Ryong-Ri Yong-chi-Myo'n Chul Na Do Korea in 1923, and completed middle school in Seoul. In 1938, when he was...