Biographies and Eulogies

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

George Harris

George Harris Judo

On January 7, 2011, George Lee Harris passed away after a long battle with prostrate cancer. George Harris was born on January 15, 1933 in...

Bob Wall Has Passed Away

A champion in the ring, Bob Wall was also the only actor appearing in three Bruce Lee movies, "Enter The Dragon", “The Way of the Dragon” and “Game of Death.”

Sang H. Kim

Sang H. Kim was born as the 4th son of a farmer/electrician in South Korea, he used to spend hours everyday in the rice...
Robert Posslenzny Taiho Jutsu

Robert Posslenzny Taiho Jutsu

Shihan Robert Posslenzny is presently a Sergeant with the University of Southern California Department of Public Safety. He holds a 5th degree (Godan) black...
Pat Miletich

Pat Miletich Mixed Martial Artist

Pat Miletich known as "The Croatian Sensation" was born March 9, 1968 in Davenport, Iowa and grew up in Bettendorf, Iowa. He is a...

Butch Togisala: Shorin Ryu

Sensei Lelagi Togisala known as Butch Togisala is a world renown martial artist. His martial arts career began in 1979 when he was eight...
Gregory Glover

Gregory Glover: Taekwondo

Grandmaster Gregory Glover is a full time professional martial arts instructor with a strong background in Korean martial arts. He is the head coach...
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...

Jeff Finder Serrada Escrima

Jeff Finder known as "Stickman" was first introduced to martial arts as a child in the late 1950’s by his father and grandfather, who learned...
Juan Galvan

Juan Galvan

Master Juan Galvan began training in boxing at the age of seven with his father, a boxer in the Army. He started Judo at...

Gary Amen

Gary Amen has been in the martial arts since 1966, with more than thirty years of teaching kids and adults. Skilled in both Korean...
Willie Lim Classical Dimension

Multi-Talented Willie Lim Philosophies, Art and Do

Ladies and gentlemen of standing, I give you Master Willie Lim, a man before his time, a man of reality, a man of the...

Yuen-Chou Hu

Great-Grandmaster Yuen-Chou Hu (1906-1997) was a native of Fut San and was more well-known in Hong Kong by the name Van Cheuk Woo. He...

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...

Seigo Okamoto – Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai

Sensei Seigo Okamoto was the leading student of Kodo Horikawa of Kitami, Hokkaido of the Kodokai. He was born in 1925 in Yubari City, Hokkaido,...

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...