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.

Luis Morales

Always A Student – Luis Morales Interview

As one grows up surrounded by the familiarity of home, one's neighborhood, and the everyday people that cross one’s life, the world appears to be...
Kevin Colton

Kevin Colton Jujitsu

Sensei Kevin Colton is the chief instructor at the Santa Clarita Jujitsu School. In 1966, Kevin started Danzan Ryu Jujitsu with instructor Joe Burlin...
Teri Tom

Teri Tom: Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do

Teri Tom is the first female instructor certified by Ted Wong in Bruce' Lee's Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do She has spent 1000's of...
Bow Before Sparring

The Traditionism of Budo: Character in the Martial Arts

The Traditionism of Budo - Have we lost it to contemporary fast-food values? Not long after retiring from the Air Force I was helping officiate at a...
Martial Arts Belts

Dan Ranking System in the Martial Arts

The Dan Ranking System in the Martial Arts: The dan ranking system is a Japanese mark of level which is used in traditional fine arts...
Ed Parker's Karate Studio

The Commercial Martial Arts School

Ed Parker opened up the first commercial martial arts school here in the U.S. Before that, people shared their art in venues that were...
James Saffold, Hee Seok and Peter DeFosses

Peter DeFosses: Tang Soo Do

Grand Master Peter DeFosses - known to most as Master Pete, started his self-defense training at a young age while growing up in New...

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...
Sang Kim Passed Away

Sang Kim Taekwondo

It is with sadness of heart that we share that Taekwondo Grand Master Sang Kim, from Lubbock, Texas has passed away. Here is an...
Raul Ries

Master Raul Ries Testimony

I’ve been thinking a lot lately. And I was thinking how God is so gracious, loving and kind: how He gets a hold of...
Rob Castro

Rob Castro: Shaolin Kenpo

Grandmaster Rob Castro, 10th degree Black Belt in the art of Shaolin Kenpo, started his training at the young age of 5 under the...

Noah Gross Armed Combat and Tactics

Noah Gross is the Chief instructor and Co-founder of A.C.T. (Armed Combat and Tactics). He has been involved with martial arts for more than...
Professor Larry Cary

Professor Larry Cary Has Passed Away

Larry Cary, 8th Degree Black Belt in Jujitsu, Founder of Unity Martial Arts, held high ranking Black Belts in JuJitsu, Sport JuJitsu, NinJutsu, and Judo.
Stephen Nicholls

Stephen Nicholls Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Sensei Stephen Nicholls began his training with Professor Okazaki's top student, Professor Sig Kufferath, in 1980 and has been a practitioner of Danzan Ryu Jujitsu...
Michael Krivka

Mike Krivka Jeet Kune Do

INTRODUCTION Mike Krivka, the training director and head instructor of Martial Arts Koncepts, has been a student of the martial arts for over a quarter...

Tom Levak

A late bloomer who never stopped blooming, Tom Levak is Oregon's legend of karate. Levak began studying karate in 1964 at the Oregon Karate Association...