Articles and Biographies

Articles and Biographies includes biographies and articles about martial artist instructors from around the world on USAdojo.com.

Guillermo Gomez

Guillermo Gomez Aikido

Guillermo Gomez is the founder director of United States Aikikai and creator of Martial Fusion. He began his training in martial arts and healing...

Rondy McKee and White Tiger Martial Arts

Rondy McKee was living in Detroit, working in advertising during the day and managing and teaching as the co-owner of a Martial Arts school...

Robert Downey Jr On Overcoming Addiction With Wing Chun

In the nineties, Robert Downey Jr. was arrested multiple times for drug and alcohol-related crimes. He was quoted as saying, "It's like I have a...
Iain Abernethy

Iain Abernethy Kata King

Iain Abernethy has been involved in the martial arts since childhood. He began his training in karate under Doug James 7th Dan; who was...

Steve Spry: American Kenpo

The American Kenpo of Grandmaster Steve Spry is a combination of several Hawaiian and Polynesian martial arts that he studied and learned from their...

Steve Scott: Sambo, Judo and Jujitsu

Steve Scott started training in the sport of judo in 1965 and was introduced to sambo in 1976. He holds high rank in both...

Dane Harden: Yoshinkan Aikido

Master Dane S. Harden formed his nearly life-long affiliation with the martial arts when he began studying Aikido in 1969 at the age of...

Kevin Ross Muay Thai

Kevin Ross is often referred to as the face of American Muay Thai. He got a late start to the sport beginning his training...
Pedro Carvalho BJJ

Pedro Carvalho Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

The Beginning Pedro Carvalho was born on April 18, 1969 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He began training in the martial arts when he was...

Kelly McCann

Kelly McCann, as a former US Marine officer, founded Crucible Security Specialists located in Fredricksburg, Virginia. Crucible, as a General Services Administration approved facility,...
George Alexander

George Alexander

The President and Founder of the International Shorin Ryu Karate Kobudo Federation is Grandmaster George W. Alexander. He is acknowledged as the "World pioneer...

Rick Wigginton – Defensive Tactics

Professor Rick Wigginton is one of the nation's highest ranked martial arts masters and one of the foremost weapons and defensive tactics trainers. As...
Masanobu Shinjo and Lee Gray Shinjo

Masanobu Shinjo, Lee Gray and the Shobukan

The afternoon sun still drifted through opaque windows at the end of the gymnasium and offered a smidgen of hazy twilight to my corner...
Jesse Enkamp

Jesse Enkamp KARATE by Jesse

Jesse Enkamp is “The Karate Nerd”, #1 Amazon.com best-selling author, entrepreneur, traveler, athlete, educator, carrot cake connoisseur and founder of Seishin International. Jesse Enkamp and his...
Henry Small Kendo Instructor

Standing Tall: Henry Smalls Story

Henry Smalls story is a story about a Kendo instructor in Hawaii.  Like many instructors he has honed his craft through years of study...
Mark Cheng

Mark Cheng

Sifu Mark Cheng, L.Ac., Ph.D., is the Head Instructor and Chief Physician for the Chung-Hua Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Martial Arts Research....