Instructor's Center

USAdojo.com’s Instructor’s Center shares information for school owners and instructors and articles and biographies about martial artists from around the world.

Simon Keegan

Simon Keegan

Simon Keegan is one of the country’s most qualified Karate instructors. His grades were awarded by Japanese and international governing bodies, he has trained...

Albert Cornejo Interesting Man

By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News ~ Every good barber has tall tales to tell. But in the case of Albert Cornejo, the winding and often...
Haku Michigami

Haku Michigami Judo

Judo Master Haku Michigami was born on October 21, 1912 in Ehime Prefecture, Yawatahama City, Japan. He was an excellent fighter and an exceptional martial arts...
Dave Lowry

Dave Lowry Yagyu Shinkage Ryu

Mr. Dave Lowry literally grew up in the Japanese cultural arts. As a boy, he commenced a lifelong study of Yagyu Shinkage Ryu swordsmanship...
Helio Gracie

Helio Gracie Passed Away

Helio Gracie October 1, 1913 - January 29, 2009 The co-patriarch of the legendary Gracie clan that popularized Brazilian jiu-jitsu and originated the now-burgeoning sport of...

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...
Jack Hoban

Jack Hoban Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu

Jack Hoban is a former active duty US Marine Corps Captain and long time practitioner of martial arts. He is Shidoshi Senior Instructor in...
R.K. Krishna

R.K. Krishna

Mr. R.K. Krishna started his schooling from Gurukul Ashram (An Ancient Indian way of schooling). There he learned and became proficient in YOGA which...
Andrei Arlovski

Andrej Diamanstein

At the age of twelve, shortly after Andrej Diamanstein had begun European fencing, he was introduced to Judo. Later, he studied Thai boxing and...
Stephen Spivey

Stephen Spivey Max Defense

Stephen Spivey Developed MaxDefense Stephen Spivey is a worldwide leading authority in self defense. At an early age, he was wired for reality-based self defense....

Mark Colangelo Go Jiu Bujitsu

Dōshu Mark Colangelo gave up the practice of law and opened a full-time professional dojo, committing his life to his passion, the teaching of...
Evan Pantazi

Evan Pantazi

The Kyusho Studies of Evan Pantazi In 1980 Evan Pantazi began his health studies with Chi Gong therapy methods and he received certification as a...
John Graden

What Does Practicing Religiously Mean

If someone says, "they are practicing religiously," what does that mean to you? Does it mean they never miss a martial arts workout? Or,...
Marcelo Cavalcanti

Marcelo Cavalcanti Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

Marcelo Cavalcanti is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Rigan Machado and has been training in Jiu-Jitsu for over 20 years. Marcelo devotes his...
Tino Tuiolosega

Tino Tuiolosega Passed Away

Tino Tuiolosega passed away on March 22, 2011. Services were held on Friday, April 1, 2011, in Santa Cruz, California , for Tu'umamao "Tino" Tuiolosega,...
Mia St. John

Mia St. John

5'6" California featherweight/junior lightweight Mia St. John has parlayed her "camera-ready" looks and an undefeated record in four-round contests into an unusual and controversial...