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.

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...

Aikido Great Kyoichi Inoue Has Passed Away

Kyoichi Inoue was born on September 10, 1935 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a 10th dan Yoshinkan aikido master holding the rank of Hanshi....
Frank DeAngelo

Frank DeAngelo Seigido Ryu

Frank DeAngelo began training in the martial arts in 1972 and completed Calvary Chapel Bible School in 1985. He holds rank in numerous arts...
Dane Harden

Fudochi – A Master’s Mind

The teacher lives in the students heart - the lessons taught...live in their mind to be shared - long after the Sensei is gone...
Dan McCuskey

Dan McCuskey Dillman Karate International

Master Dan McCuskey first became interested in martial arts at the age of 13 when his father (Frank McCuskey, a Navy and collegiate boxer)...

Rorion Gracie: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

The oldest son of Helio Gracie, Rorion Gracie, put on a gi before he could walk. At 2 years old, he was already doing...
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...
Douglas Grose

Douglas Grose Shinto Yoshin Ryu Jiu-Jitsu

Grandmaster Douglas Grose began his martial arts training as a young boy growing up in Illinois. A neighbor of Chinese descent, started teaching him Chinese...
Robb Dragon Hogan

Robb Hogan

I fought for every big man and for anybody that wore glasses…It ain’t about the outside, it’s the inside…I hope the last thing I’m...

Grant Smith: Martial Arts, Fitness and Health

Dr. Grant Smith holds a doctorate in Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, California in 1995. He also has Fellowship and is...

New Millennium Ninja: An Interview with Masaaki Hatsumi Sensei

The ninja were so successful at keeping their arts, methods and activities in the background of history that they almost wiped themselves out of...
Kelly Worden

Kelly Worden Modern Arnis

Datu Kelly Worden, proclaimed by the late Professor Remy Presas as the First American Datu and Senior Blademaster of Modern Arnis. He has over 45...

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....

Marc Davis MD Martial Arts

Sifu Marc Davis is the Proprietor of the MD Martial Arts Academy.  He was born in England 1974 and spent the early years of his...
Henry Ellis

Henry Ellis: Aikido

Henry Ellis was born May 3rd 1936 in a tough coal mining town in the County of Yorkshire, North of England. This was pre-war...
Amaury Murgado

Amaury Murgado

Amaury Murgado grew up in Miami, his father, Angelo Kennedy, a Bay of Pigs Invasion veteran. While other boys were playing with toys, Amaury...