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.

Gholamreza Takhti

Gholamreza Takhti was born on August 27, 1930, in Tehran. He was raised in in poverty and he trained in a makeshift sports hall...
Donald Miskel

Martial Arts Honesty and Integrity

With all of that being said I will admonish the up and coming masters and those claiming such rank to exercise honesty and integrity. On...
Willie Lim Classical Dimension

The Hidden Side of Kata – An interview with Master Willie Lim

The majority of martial artists are looking for self-defense and it is the hidden side of kata where real self defense is found. This...
Judo

John Wallace and The Gentle Way

Any boy who grew up relatively small in 1950's and 1960's America, in the time of John Wayne and Roy Rogers, of Rocky Marciano...

Scott Sonnon Fitness Coach

Scott Sonnon is a world champion martial art expert, fitness coach, and wellness speaker. He has worked with movie stars such as Peta Wilson...
Daniel Vena Isshinryu Karatedo

Daniel Vena Isshinryu Karatedo

Daniel Vena was born Daniel James Vena on April 11, 1959. He began training in Isshinryu Karatedo in 1972 under the direction of Ed McGrath...

William Powell: Powell’s Way of Kenpo

Kyoshi William Powell is a 7th degree Black Belt under Grandmaster Shorty Mills. He is the founder and head instructor of Powell’s Way of...
Henry Naiken performing Astavakrasana

Henry Naiken

Dr. Henry Naiken’s interest in the martial arts began at the young age of fifteen when he began formal study in the art of...
Glenn Ristine

Glenn Ristine Integrated Martial Solutions

Glenn Ristine began his studies of the Martial Arts in 1976 and earned his first degree Black Belt in Isshin-ryu Karate in 1981. In...
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Shusko

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Shusko

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Shusko is the director of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). He is responsible for the martial arts training of...
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...

Willie “The BAM” Johnson

Willie “The Bam" Johnson’s life story is so powerful that A&E created a documentary about him. The documentary shows his rebirth from bullying, poverty,...

Rick Clark: Ao Denkou Jitsu

Rick Clark was born December 4th, 1948 and began his life long study of the martial arts in 1962. Professor Rick Clark is deeply...

Carlos de Leon – Mo’o Dragon System

Professor Carlos Deleon with over 41 years of martial arts experience, holds the titles of Kumu Lua Mekia Alihikaua Umi 10th degree under the...
Joe Lewis Fighting Systems

Joe Lewis Funeral Information

JOE LEWIS FUNERAL INFORMATION September 7  - September 9, 2012 Introduction The Joe Lewis Fighting Systems has recently received many great responses from people and appreciate all the...
Yukio Utada

Yukio Utada Aikido

Your efforts must focus . . . on an invisible path, which only you can see and on which you allow yourself no excuses....