Biographies and Eulogies

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

Saturnino Quinto Fabia

Saturnino Quinto Fabia

Ama Maestro Saturnino Quinto Fabia born on November 29, 1915, is one of the legendary Masters who lived to be 90 years old. After the death...

Forrest Griffin

Forrest Griffin was born on July 1, 1979 in Columbus, Ohio. He attended the University of Georgia, receiving a bachelors degree in Political Science....
Don Newbill

Don Newbill: Hung Loy Kung fu

Don Newbill started studying martial arts in 1964 at the age of 11 training in Judo, along with what was then called Korean Karate....

Darlene Mcpherson-Pagels

Darlene McPherson-Pagels is a 6th dan and she has been studying, training, teaching martial arts since the 1960’s. She has trained in Tae Kwon...

Michael McGann: Keichu Hoshin Jotsu Ryu

Grandmaster Michael McGann is the co-founding father of Keichu Hoshin Jotsu Ryu with Dr. Karl W. Marx, Sr., founder of Keichu Do. He inherited...
Frank Borelli and Borelli Consulting

Frank Borelli

Frank Borelli began his law enforcement career as a Military Police Officer in the United States Army. At the age of four he had...

John Farnam: Defensive Training International

John Farnam is President of Defensive Training International and one of the top handgun instructors in the world. He has personally trained thousands of...
Christian Hartouche

Christian Hartouche Shorite Tai Jutsu

Christian Hartouche, Grandmaster and Founder of the tai jutsu system and the International Christian Karate Association, was first introduced to the martial arts in...
Frank Borelli and Borelli Consulting

Frank Borelli and Borelli Consulting

Borelli Consulting was formally incorporated in August of 2001. As early as April of that year, Borelli Consulting representatives had been in discussion with...
Guy Larke

Guy Larke: Kisa-Do Muye

Noted author and martial artist, Master Guy Larke, has dedicated his life to the pursuit of the martial arts, Asian culture, and hoplology. It...
Abundio Baet

Abundio Baet Arnis de Mano

Gat Puno (or Grandmaster) Abundio Baet (also known as Gat Puno Abon), was born and raised in Paete, Laguna Philippines, and he is the...
Casey McPartland: Kajukenbo

Casey McPartland: Gaylord Method Kajukenbo

Senior Grandmaster Casey McPartland is martial artist with 40 plus years of training and teaching students martial arts from three basic directions: The Art and...
Roger Boggs

Roger Boggs Goshin Karate & Judo

I first started training in 1970’s when I was 12 years old. I started with Wresting. I was inspired by a man named Dan...
Master Tanabe

A Reunion with Master Tanabe, My Mentor

Shihan Dana Abbott's Reunion with Master Tanabe It was about four in the afternoon and my flight was on its final approach.  As we broke...
Crystal Williams

Crystal Williams Kickboxer and the Pit Bull

When 29-year-old Crystal Williams takes her 3-year-old pit bull for a walk people tend to give the dog a wide birth because of the...

Nelson Pinto: Pinto Martial Arts and Blade & Impact Tactics

Nelson Pinto was born in Manhattan in Greenwich Village, New York City, but he spent most of his life in Portugal. In 2012, he...