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.

Gary Frriederich

Gary Friederich: 1998 Silver State Games

Gary Frriederich is a frail man who could pass as Burgess Meredith around the time of Rocky movies. He's 56 years old, 5'6" and...
John Graden

A School Full of Pooh Bears

A School Full of Pooh Bears is an excerpt from John Gradens’ book, The Truth About the Martial Arts Business, which is available at...
Eric Lee King of Kata

Eric Lee Set The Standard For Kata Competition

Nicknamed “The King of Kata” Eric Lee reigned supreme from 1970 to 1974 as the most electrifying stylist ever to flow through a form. Winning...
Stephen Oliver's Martial Arts Wealth Mastery

Running a Martial Arts School: Things I Wish I Knew When I Was 22:...

Stephen Oliver has been the guiding light for the professional revolution in the martial arts industry for more than 15 years, and is now...
Sparring

Sparring Within Your Parameters

The term ‘sparring’ conjures up many different images for different martial artists. These however are generally limited to one view per practitioner. Within the...
Saturnino Quinto Fabia

Saturnino Quinto Fabia

Ama Maestro Saturnino Quinto Fabia born on November 29, 1915, is one of the legendary Masters who lived to be 90 years old. After the death...
Robin Tanudra

Robin Tanudra

Professor Robin Tanudra was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Professor Tanudra started training in Kenpo Karate in Ewa Beach under Grandmaster Jaime Abregana Sr., at the...
Don Newbill

Don Newbill: Hung Loy Kung fu

Don Newbill started studying martial arts in 1964 at the age of 11 training in Judo, along with what was then called Korean Karate....

Forrest Griffin

Forrest Griffin was born on July 1, 1979 in Columbus, Ohio. He attended the University of Georgia, receiving a bachelors degree in Political Science....
Punch forces out Mouthguard

Protective Equipment: Mouthguards

Orofacial injuries are very common and are a result of afflictions of many types. Except in traffic accidents, fights, unfortunate incidents, occupational accidents, injuries...
Martial Arts Injuries

Don’t Let Martial Arts Injuries Get the Best of You

If you train in the martial arts long enough, you are going to get busted up a few times while training. Most likely the...

Darlene Mcpherson-Pagels

Darlene McPherson-Pagels is a 6th dan and she has been studying, training, teaching martial arts since the 1960’s. She has trained in Tae Kwon...

Message In A Bottle – Dana Stamos

Dana Stamos reaches hundreds of thousands of martial arts enthusiasts worldwide through her USAdojo.com, This is her Message in a Bottle.
Donald Miskel

Transparency in Martial Arts

Recently something was brought to my attention that concerns me. The claims of several very recognizable martial artists are being put to question. Apparently...

Message In A Bottle – Jhoon Rhee

Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, philosopher, ambassador who popularized Tae Kwon Do, and inventor of the protective gear which set safety standards for contact martial arts,...

Athlon Rub: A Scientifically New Approach on an Ancient Tradition

Athlon Rub is a scientifically new approach on an ancient tradition. Based on the famed Thai oil that kickboxers around the world use to...