Biographies and Eulogies

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

Carlos Navarro

Carlos Navarro: Navarro’s Progressive Kenpo Karate System

Grandmaster Carlos Navarro has made the Martial Arts experiences a way of life. An entrepreneur, Grandmaster Navarro is a graduate from the University of...

Alvin Prouder

Alvin Prouder former welterweight World Kick Boxing Champion. Early in his life, Alvin Prouder had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the...
Kim Aldus

Kim Aldus Tai Chi Ch’uan

Kim Aldus began taking Tae Kwon Do in September of 1987.  She began studying under Mr. Kelly O’Keefe. Other Peoria area instructors she has studied under...
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...
Marc Stoner

Marc Stoner: Kajukenbo

Marc Stoner studied Judo at the Judo Academy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Tom Eshenbaugh. He also did his share of bare knuckle fighting. He...
Andre Nocquet

Andre Nocquet Aikido

Andre Nocquet was born on July 30, 1914 and he passed away on March 12, 1914. Nocquet was a French aikido teacher holding the...

Deputy Joe Fiorentino

Joe Fiorentino is a 14-year Cook County Sheriff Department veteran, volunteer, Defensive Tactics instructor, and a Shidokan Black Belt. On Sept. 19, 2009, he took...

Carlito Bonjoc Jr.: MATA SA BAGYO

At first glance, Carlito is a very unassuming individual, always ready with a good word and a smile that can light up a...

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...
Antony Cummins

Antony Cummins Ninjutsu

Antony Cummins Ninjutsu Historian Antony Cummins MA was born in Lancashire, England. He attended Victoria University in Manchester, England, where he received a degree in...
Bill McGrath

Bill McGrath: Pekiti-Tirsia

Tuhon Bill McGrath began his training in the Pekiti-Tirsia system under Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje in 1975 at the age of 14; and...
Guillermo Gomez

Guillermo Gomez Aikido

Guillermo Gomez is the founder director of United States Aikikai and creator of Martial Fusion. He began his training in martial arts and healing...
Susan Bender Ninjutsu

Susan Brender’s Foray Into Ninjutsu

By Susan Brender ~ This is a personal account of how Susan Brender, completely inexperienced in the martial arts, undertakes the challenge of learning the...

Nicolas Marucci

En 1982 a la sortie de son service militaire Nicolas Marucci pratique a titre de loisir le Karaté Kiokushinkai et le Taekwondo participe a...
David Nelson

David Nelson

David Nelson, Sensei began his martial path in the great north woods of Wisconsin in 1969 studying Goshindo Karate with Paul Dean, Shihan. Over...
Pablo Delgado Senshi-Do Kai

Pablo Delgado Senshi-Do Kai

Pablo Delgado began his martial arts training in 1965 in Bronx, New York. At the age of nine he began studying Goju Ryu under...