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Who’s Who in the martial arts on USAdojo.com shares biographies and articles about the Founders, the Masters, the Pioneers, the Competitors and the “Stars” of the martial arts.

Professor Wally Jay

Wally Jay Passes Away

Professor Wally Jay June 15, 1917 - May 29, 2011 Great Grandmaster and Founder of Small Circle Jijitsu, Professor Wally Jay, passed away peacefully at 2:20 am...
Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Van Damme

1960 - 1972 Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude Van Varenberg) was born and grew up in Brussels, on October 1960. This large European city is the...

Cung Le: Pound for Pound One of the Most Exciting Fighters

In 1975, three days before the fall of Saigon, Cung Le and his mother Anne escaped Vietnam by helicopter under heavy gun fire. They...
Seiko Higa

Master Seiko Higa In My Memories

Remarks: The original Japanese title of this article was "Omoide No Higa Seiko Sensei" and it was written by Mr. Saburo Higa, an acupuncturist...
Seiza with Hironori Ohtsuka by Empty Mind Films

Hidetaka Nishiyama: Shotokan Karate

Hidetaka Nishiyama is a Japanese-American martial arts master, instructor, author, administrator and pioneer. A student of Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shōtōkan-ryū, Nishiyama is...
Judo 10th Dan Holders

Judo 10th Dan Holders

The following individual are Judo 10th Dan holders. A 10th Degree Black Belt is the highest rank in the Judo world. Japanese Kodokan 10th Dan...
Shigeru Egami

Shigeru Egami: Shotokai Karate

Shigeru Egami was born in the Fukuoka Prefecture in 1912. He was one of Gichin Funakoshi Sensei's earliest students, but more than this, he...
Judo Gene LeBell

Judo Gene LeBell Looks Great in Pink

Gene LeBell started young in the world of fighting. Gene's mother, Aileen Eaton, owned and operated the Olympic Auditorium. The Olympic was built in...
Ed Parker Sr.

Aloha Spirit Master – A Tribute Poem to Ed Parker Senior

Michael S. Fuchs wrote a poem about Senior Grandmaster Ed Parker Sr and asked Senior Ed Parker Jr. to give him a picture to...

Dana White: I want to be in the fight business!

Dana White is an American businessman and the President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world. Dana White...

Kisshomaru Ueshiba: Aikido

Kisshomaru Ueshiba was born on June 27, 1921 in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. He  was a prominent Japanese master of aikido. He was the...

Tim Tackett: Jeet Kune Do

While in the U.S.A.F., Tim Tackett was stationed in Taiwan for almost three years. While there he studied Kuo Shu . His wife was...

Dan Severn

Dan Severn was born on June 8, 1958. He is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, notable for his success in the...
Gosei Yamaguchi

Gosei Yamaguchi: Goju-Kai Karate-Do

Gosei Yamaguchi was born on June 29th, 1935 in Kyoto, Japan as Norimi Gosei Yamaguchi, the eldest son of Gogen Yamaguchi who trained in...
Hong Hi Choi

Hong-hi Choi Developer of Taekwondo

General Hong-hi Choi was prime in the development of the Korean martial art of taekwondo. He helped to shape it, name it and he...

Bill Clark: Songahm Taekwondo

Chief Master Bill Clark began his martial arts career in 1968 in Omaha, Nebraska, then joined Eternal Grand Master H.U. Lee’s first martial arts...