Biographies and Eulogies

Biographies and Eulogies of martial artists and martial arts instructors on USAdojo.com. Search by name to find a particular individual.

Phil Little

Phil Little Isshinryu Karate

Grandmaster Phil Little studied Isshinryu Karate under the late North American Pioneer, Grandmaster Harold G. Long for over three decades. During his competition years,...
Christian Hartouche

Christian Hartouche Shorite Tai Jutsu

Christian Hartouche, Grandmaster and Founder of the tai jutsu system and the International Christian Karate Association, was first introduced to the martial arts in...
Buck Wheat

Buck Wheat Judo & Jujitsu

Born in November 1950 in Honolulu, Sensei Buck Wheat started judo and jujitsu in 1957 at the age of 7 at Professor Okazaki's Kodenkan...
Andrei Arlovski

Andrej Diamanstein

At the age of twelve, shortly after Andrej Diamanstein had begun European fencing, he was introduced to Judo. Later, he studied Thai boxing and...
Bruce Juchnik

Bruce Juchnik Kosho Ryu Kempo

10th Dan Kosho Ryu Kempo. Mr. Bruce Juchnik is the 22nd inheritor of Kosho Ryu Kempo from James M. Mitose. He currently serves as...
John Chatwood

John Chatwood and the Deadly Combinations of Shinto Yoshin Ryu

The first lesson learned in the art of judo is to off balance your opponent in order to execute a throw. This method is...

Mike Schwarz Serrada Escrima

Mike Schwarz is a 2nd level master instructor with the title of Panginoon Guro in the Davis/Cabales System of Serrada Escrima. He prefers though to be...
Charles Carter

Charles Carter Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Shihan Charles Carter first began practicing martial arts in Sacramento, California in 1976, studying Danzan Ryu Jujitsu. In 1990, he moved to Carson City, Nevada, and...

Cynthia Prouder: Kickboxer and Boxer

Cynthia Prouder was born on June 13, 1963 in Columbus, Mississippi and came to Los Angeles, California when she was 6 years old with...
Young Il Kong

Young IL Kong National Champion of Korea

Tae Kwon Do Grand Master Young IL Kong began his training at the young age of 9. His first teacher was General Woo, a strict...
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...
Pedro Bernardy

Pedro Bernardy Health and Wellness

Pedro Bernardy began formal martial arts training in 1973 with George Dillman of Okinawan Kempo in his home town of Reading, Pennsylvania but there were...
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...
Tomosaburo Okano

Tomosaburo Okano Kenkojuku Shotokan

Okano Sensei was born in Tokyo in 1922. In childhood he was already showing his talent learning Kendo and horseback riding. In 1941, he...
Stephen Nicholls

Stephen Nicholls Danzan Ryu Jujitsu

Sensei Stephen Nicholls began his training with Professor Okazaki's top student, Professor Sig Kufferath, in 1980 and has been a practitioner of Danzan Ryu Jujitsu...

Steven Roensch Shintoyoshinkai Jiu Jitsu

Grand Master Steven Roensch was introduced to karate in 1967 by his brother, then a practitioner of Okinawan Goju-ryu. This initiated a pursuit of...