Biographies and Eulogies

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

Fred Buck Kyokushin

Fred Buck Kyokushin

Frederick S. Buck, is known simply as Fred Buck. His early martial arts training was varied and extensive. He worked night club security, as...
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...
Felipe Godoy: Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu

Felipe Godoy: Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu

Felipe Godoy began his martial arts training in the art of judo his native country of Brazil when he was 6 years old. He...
Kimo Ferreira

Kimo Ferreira

Professor Feliciano Kimo Ferreira was born on November 20, 1949 in Oakland, California. He moved to Hawaii when he was very young and he...
Shorin-ryu Masters

Matsumura Shorin-ryu

It was in the late 1800's that Shuri-Te began to be called Shorin-Ryu. It is not known for certain who began this practice, but...

H. G. Robby Robinson Judo

Professor H. G. Robby Robinson, Director of Development United States Armed Forces-Southeast Asia for the USJA, Life Member (# 27) in the Armed Forces...
Mas Oyama

My Friendship With Mas Oyama

Mr. Mas Oyama amazed me with his feats of physical power, control, and speed, superhuman strength. This type of superhuman strength was not entirely...

Keiko Fukuda: A Lifetime of Judo

An elderly woman, Keiko Fukuda, sits in the only chair allowed on the light green carpet of padded mats in the judo club. It's just...
Judo Art

Bill Stopps Judo

In 1946 I received a short course of Judo instruction under the late Mr. Gunji Koizmi at the Budokwai, Lower Grosvenor Place, Victoria London....
Mike Lee Kanarek

Mike Lee Kanarek: F.I.G.H.T.

"Real Experience, Real Credentials" Mike Lee Kanarek was born Lee Van Hong during the Vietnam War to an American father and a Vietnamese mother. Because...

WR Mann

WR Mann is an author, speaker and coach for a Reality-Based-Training (RBT) defensive survival program “DefenseScience.com”. He also headed Realfighting.com.

Keith Hirabayashi

Keith Hirabayashi was born in Seattle, Washington on September 17, 1959. He grew up in the Seattle area and attended the University of Washington....
Barry Broughton Teaching

Barry Broughton: AKT Combatives

Martial Arts Halls of Fame inductee, Grandmaster Barry Broughton, Ph.D. has applied his extensive training in the martial arts and years of practicing orthopedics...
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...
Michael-Quist MAD Wing Chun

Michael Quist Wing Chun

Michael Quist received the rank of 4th Degree (black/red) sash under Sifu Alton Miller of Canton Wing Chun Kung Fu. Michael Quist has 15 years of combined...
Master Jose Torres

Jose Torres: Tang Soo Do

Master Jose Torres began training in the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do thirty-six years ago in 1982 under Master William Hamilton, receiving...