Biographies and Eulogies

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

James Sang Lee

James Sang Lee is a martial artist, stuntman and Fight Choreographer who was born in Madison, Wisconsin on June 12, 1971. He is a...

Nicklaus Suino Iaido

Nicklaus Suino Sensei has studied and practiced martial arts since 1968. He began teaching at the Asian Martial Arts Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...
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...
Frank Dux The Warrior

Frank Dux Warrior Magazine

Hanshi, Frank Dux, raised a bar that others still try to reach. His teachings transcends martial arts, they are more about how to live...
Andy Ching

Andy Ching Sil Lum Fat Gar

Sifu Andy Ching began his martial arts studies at the very young age of six in the State of Hawaii. Much of Sifu Ching's...
Michael VanBlaricum

Michael VanBlaricum

Michael Andrew Lord VanBlaricum is a Certified Law Enforcement Instructor, Certified NRA Instructor, 4th Degree Black Belt in Hapkido Hoshinsul, 2nd Degree Black Belt...
Pedro Bernardy

Pedro Bernardy Health and Wellness

Pedro Bernardy began formal martial arts training in 1973 with George Dillman of Okinawan Kempo in his home town of Reading, Pennsylvania but there were...
Frank Dux

The Frank Dux Story

What can we say about Frank Dux? The hilarious videos below discuss the training and background of Frank Dux including his military career, the...

Tetsuzan Kuroda

Martial artist Tetsuzan Kuroda was born in Japan in 1950 and was trained in numerous martial arts inherited through his family line. He is...
Jack Fu

Master Jack Fu Trades Sanshou for Push Hands

When the average American hears "tai chi," the image that springs to mind is of little elderly people practicing gently in the park. That...
Joe Weider

Bodybuilding Pioneer and Publisher, Joe Weider, Dies at 93

Today it is universally accepted that to be healthy one must exercise and eat a nutritionally balanced diet.  But it wasn't always that way. The world...

Anciong Bacon and Balintawak Eskrima

Grandmaster Venancio Anciong Bacon was born on October 15th, 1912 in Carcar, Sout of Cebu Province. Hestudied under Lorenzo "Tatay Ensong" Saavedra. "Tatay Ensong"...
Tony Troche

Tony Troche

Grandmaster Tony Troche has over 65 years in the martial arts. He has had the opportunity to travel the world and study under many...
Charles Mattera

Charles Mattera Kenpo

Professor Charles Mattera was born to Italian immigrants from Everett, Massachusetts. His journey in the martial arts began at the age of ten when...
Andrei Arlovski

Andrei Arlovski and UFC

Andrei Arlovski grew up in Minsk, Belarus, and as a youngster he played soccer. In 1994, when he was 14, he began lifting weights...
Armando Sainz

Armando Sainz – Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan

Sifu Armando Sainz has been involved in martial arts since 1979. His school is highly recognized in the industry as being one of the...