Biographies and Eulogies

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

Vladimir Soroka

Vladimir Soroka

Vladimir Soroka is a 9th degree Black Belt (Kudan) and Chief Instructor of Your Best Defense Martial Arts Center and Three Streams Aikibudo. Biographical Information: Started...

Michael Casey

Michael Casey is a high ranking instructor in Wing Tzun and Escrima. He is sought after as a teacher for seminars nationwide. He also...
Joy "Shizumi" Geary

Joy “Shizumi” Geary Hikari Ryuza Ryu Do Kan®

For the past several years I have been afforded the great privilege of studying under Grandmaster T. R. Crimi. All of my training in...
Tyrone Crimi

Tyron Crimi Hikari Ryuza Ryu Jujutsu®

For 60 years Senior Grandmaster Tyron Crimi, also known as T.R. Crimi, has been passionately immersed in martial arts. His path began in 1956...
Dean Lister

Dean Lister Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Dean Lister grew up in a military family and lived in such places as Venezuela and Panama, as well as several areas in the...

Donnie Williams: Black Karate Federation

Grandmaster Donnie Williams was born in 1947 in Savannah, Georgia. His early upbringing in the ghetto gave him a keen instinct for survival, which...
Al Ikemoto

Al Ikemoto Kodokan Judo

Sensei Al Ikemoto has been involved in martial arts for about forty years. His main art, Kodokan Judo, was taught to him by his...
Marta Azzam

Marta Azzam Martial Arts, Music and Fitness

Sensei Marta Azzam was born in Czechoslovakia. She earned a bachelor degree in the science of nursing and masters in the art of ballet and...
Ted Sotelo: Kajukenbo Fi Kuen

Ted Sotelo: Kajukenbo Fi Kuen

Ted Sotelo has extensive experience in street fighting. He grew up fighting in the streets before he began training in the martial arts and...
Thomas Georgion

Thomas Georgion Kenpo Karate

Professor Thomas Georgion was raised in Southern California, and as a youth he took every advantage of the ideal weather conditions in the San...
Eddie Edmunds

Eddie Edmunds

At age 7 Eddie Edmunds took his first Karate class. He wanted to take Karate because he watched his best friend Roy practice Karate in...
Francisco Limbago

Francisco Limbago Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Professor Francisco Limbago was born on April 3, 1928. Francisco was a gymnast in highschool and becasme State Champion. He began his jujitsu training...
Isaac Kaawa

Isaac Kaawa

Grandmaster Isaac Kaawa, known to his old friends as Ike Kaawa, was a very strong and intelligent man. Grandmaster Kaawa had trained in Okinawan...
Joseph Kutzen Jr

Joseph Kutzen Jr. Kenpo, Karate and Kodenkan Jujitsu

Professor Joseph Kutzen Jr. was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He started his martial arts training in 1965 under Chief Instructor Marci Totor of CHA-3...
Jason Abregana

Jason Abregana Wrestling

Professor Jason Abregana was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He first started training in the martial arts of Kenpo Karate under Chief Instructor Edward Wallace...
Jaime Basquez

Jaime Basquez Kajukenbo

Grandmaster Jaime Basquez was born on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii. He later moved to the island of Oahu where he attended grade school...