Biographies and Eulogies

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

Jeff Scott: Tang Soo Do

Master Jeff Scott is a 6th degree Black Belt and a 46-year-old veteran of the martial arts, both training and teaching. His interest in...

J. Pat Burleson Celebration of Life

James Pat Burleson was born on April 27, 1936 and passed away on October 31, 2021. His biggest goal in life was to become more...

Jasmine Magallanes

Jasmine Magallanes was born on November 23, 1993 in Fremont California, the same city where she resides today. Jasmine is a 3rd degree black...
Otto Johnson

Otto Johnson Wado-Ryu Karate-Do

Hanshi Otto Johnson was born on May 2, 1959. He began his study of Wado-Ryu Karate-Do over 30 years ago under the tutelage of...

Interview With Pangulong Guro Chuck Cadell

On a cool, Midwest March afternoon, I drove from my home to a place I had been familiar with for many years. I was...
Mike De La Vega

Mike De La Vega of Shin-Kan Okinawan Kempo

Mike De La Vega (known simply as “Sensei Mike” by his students) is the founder of Hawaii Shin-Kan Okinawan Kempo and has been teaching Okinawan...

Barry Van Over

Barry Van Over began his study of the martial arts in 1975 at the age of nine years old. He created the first Karate...

Boxing Help To Persuade Opponents: An Interview With Elena Tverdokhleb

"Boxing helps to persuade opponents" "Professionally I am into jurisprudence and boxing just helps to persuade opponents" Elena Tverdokhleb Reprint (with some abridgements) of the interview...

Master Charles Gaylord Fight Quest

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

An Interview With Henry Ellis of Positive Aikido

Where and when were you born Henry Ellis? I was born in Yorkshire, in May 1936 in a little coal mining village called Brampton, near...
Willie Adams

Willie Adams: A Man Who Gets a Kick Out of Life

By Eric D. Lawrence - Detroit Free Press ~ Ever wonder if the crane kick at the end of "The Karate Kid" could win...
Jack Hoban

Jack Hoban Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu

Jack Hoban is a former active duty US Marine Corps Captain and long time practitioner of martial arts. He is Shidoshi Senior Instructor in...

Matt Hughes

Matt Hughes was born in Hillsboro, Illinois on October 13, 1973. He is an American mixed martial artist, a member of the UFC Hall...

Hai Deng – The First Shaolin Monk in America

In 1985 Hai Deng came to America to promote the CCTV documentary Abbot Hai Deng of Shaolin, released in America and with an additional segment on Jet Li.
Ilan Gattegno

Ilan Gattegno Ninjutsu

Ilan Gattegno joined Bujinkan in November 1974, when he became the first student of Doron Navon, who came back from Japan. In 1975 he hosted...
Rey Leal

Rey Leal

Reynaldo A. Leal known as Rey Leal is an 9th Degree Black Belt and has been studying martial arts for over 45 years. He...