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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.

Ed Daniels: Shorin Ryu

https://youtu.be/T2ORruQWCBQ Ed Daniels was called the “King Kong of Karate,” by Black Belt Magazine. He stood 6’6″ and weighted 275 pounds, one of the largest...
Sam Kuoha

Sam Kuoha and His Kara-Ho Kempo

The worse case scenario in a fight is to be surrounded by a handful of people whose only purpose in life at that moment...
Reynardo Nikko Gutierrez

Reynardo “Nikko” Gutierrez: Nikko Sung Jitsu Ryu

Raised in Brooklyn East New York and realizing the need to acquire fighting skills due to street challenges. Kyoshi Reynardo "Nikko" Gutierrez in admiration...
Shigeru Nakamura

Shigeru Nakamura: Okinawa Kenpo

Nakamura Shigeru was an Okinawan Budoka who studied and taught Karate and Kobudo. He established the name "Okinawa Kenpo". Shigeru Nakamura was born on January...
Shinken Taira

Shinken Taira: Modern Kobudo

Shinken Taira called "The Father of Modern Kobudo" was born Shinken Maezato on June 12, 1897 on the island of Kumejima (Kume Island) off...

Kathy Long: Beauty and Flash

Five time World Kickboxing Champion Kathy Long has not only risen to the top of her profession in the martial arts but in the...

General Choi Hong Hi Korean Founder of Taekwon-do

General Choi Hong Hi is the Korean founder of Taekwon-Do. As a youth he studied calligraphy and Taek Kyon (Korean art of foot fighting) under Mr....
Joe Emperado

Joe Emperado

Joe Emperado was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 23, 1929. At the age of 14, his older brother, Adriano Emperado, began teaching him...

Yutaka Yaguchi: Shotokan Karate

Yutaka Yaguchi was born on November 14, 1932 in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan to a farming family. He is the Chief Instructor and Chairman of...

Isao Obata: Shotokan Karate

Isao Obata was born in 1904 in the Tokyo area of Japan. He was Japanese pioneer master of Shotokan karate. He was a senior...

Carlos Machado One of the World’s Greatest Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Fighters

Carlos Machado has emerged as one of the world’s greatest Brazilian Jiu-jitsu fighters and instructors. His victories on the mat in Brazil were legendary, like...

Tony Annesi

Tony Annesi has studied martial arts since 1964 and has received Black Belts in judo, aiki-ju-jutsu, and karate. As early as 1977, Tony Annesi...
Share K. Lew

Share K. Lew: Tao Ahn Pai Kung Fu

A wandering monk from the Wong Lung (Yellow Dragon) monastery a Taoist temple famous for its Kung Fu and medical, healing, and herbal knowledge...
Howard Jackson The Flash

Howard Jackson the “California Flash”

Howard Jackson hails from the mean streets of Detroit Michigan. Survival was a daily affair and to do so Jackson looked to the martial arts...

Phil Torres: Okinawan Shorin Ryu Kenshinkan Karate

Phil Torres rose from Private to Colonel in the U. S. Marine Corps and retired after an illustrious career lasting more than 34 years...

Angi Uezu: Isshin-ryu Karate

Angi Uezu was born January 3, 1935 in Chalan Kiya on the island of Saipan. He is the former head of one of the...