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.

Mark Lord

Tai Chi Ch’aun with Mark Lord

I've found over the years that it’s hard to learn new things without at first admitting ignorance and preconceptions. Well, let me show you...
Ryu Ryu Ko

Ryu Ryu Ko Fujian White Crane

Ryu Ryu Ko's exact identity is still shrouded in some mystery, as is the exact nature of the martial art style which Ryu Ryu...
Gary Wasniewski

Gary Wasniewski Creator of TY-GA Karate

Soke Gary Wasniewski has been featured on U.S. national television and European national television since 2004. He is recognized worldwide for his incredible ability and...

Laura Eskandarion American Kenpo Karate

It is with a very sad heart that we share with you that Laura Eskandarion of the LB School of Self Defense has passed...
Al Ikemoto

Al Ikemoto Kodokan Judo

Sensei Al Ikemoto has been involved in martial arts for about forty years. His main art, Kodokan Judo, was taught to him by his...
Bill Drougas Tai Chi 2016

Bill Drougas Vichara Tai Jug Fu

Dr. Bill Drougas PhD, was born in the town of Arta in West Greece. He studied Physics at the University of Ioannina and received...
Donald Miskel

Dr. Lawrence Day: The Legacy of a Martial Arts Master

The terms master and grandmaster are overused in the martial arts. Shihan, Hanshis, Sokes. Professors and Doctors abound in our ranks. Some are deserving...
Fernando Meza Cervera

Fernando Meza Cervera

Noviembre 1972: Inicio practicas de Karate en el Instituto Nacional de la Juventud Mexicana de Guadalajara. Marzo 1975: Soy admitido en la escuela Choy Lay...

Mike Schwarz Serrada Escrima

Mike Schwarz is a 2nd level master instructor with the title of Panginoon Guro in the Davis/Cabales System of Serrada Escrima. He prefers though to be...

Choshin Chibana: Shorin-ryu Karate

Choshin Chibana was an Okinawan martial artist who developed Shorin-ryu karate based on what he learned from Anko Itosu. Choshin Chibana was also called...

Marcus Bossett

Marcus Bossett is a 5th Degree Black Belt and holds the Renshi Instructor's title with the International Shorin Ryu Karate Kobudo Association. He is...

Sig Kufferath Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Prof. Sig Kufferath (Siegfried (Pippet) Kufferath) was born February 16, 1911 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second youngest of 11 children born to...
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...
John Olivier

John Olivier: Shorinji Kempo

Grandmaster, 10th dan, John Olivier was born in Toulon in the Southern region France. After relocating to the United States he began his martial...
Ernesto Presas Kombatan

Ernesto Presas Kombatan

Ernesto Presas was born in the coastal village of Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, Philippines on May 20, 1945. He began his training in the Filipino...
Peter Ralston

Peter Ralston Cheng Hsin

Peter Ralston was raised in Asia and began studying martial arts at the age of 9. By the age of 19 he was a...