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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.

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...

Masami Tsuruoka: Chito-Ryu Karate

Masami Tsuruoka was born on January 12, 1929 in Cumberland, British Columbia, Ontario, Canada. He was a Japanese Canadian karate instructor and practitioner and...
Alan Goldberg Wiing Chun Kung Fu

Alan Goldberg: Wing Chun Kung Fu

Wing Chun Kung Fu Master Alan Goldberg has been training in the martial arts for over forty years. He has studies Wing Chun, Five...

Dan Severn More Than The Beast

Dan Severn has captured the attention of fight and wrestling fans all over the world since his 1994 debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championships...
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...
Kosaku Matsumora

Kosaku Matsumora: Okinawan Karate Master

Kosaku Matsumora was an Okinawan karate master born in 1829 in the Ryukyu Kingdom. He is said to have studied Tomari-te under Karyu Uku...

Tatsuo Shimabuku: Isshin-Ryu Karate

Tatsuo Shimabuku (Shinkichi Shimabuku) was born in Chan, Okinawa on September 19, 1908 and died May 30, 1975. He began his study of karate...
Chuck Merriman

Chuck Merriman: Goju-Ryu Karate

Chuck Merriman has served as Head Coach of the AAU National Karate Team and he is a member of the AAU national karate Coaches...
Moses Powell

Moses Powell: Sanuces Ryu Jiu Jitsu

Dr. Moses Powell, was a 10th degree Black Belt one of the true legends of the martial arts world. He was the founder of...

Chan Man Cheung: Jow Ga Kung Fu

Grandmaster Chan Man Cheung November 5, 1929 - October 4, 2013 Grandmaster Chan Man Cheung was born on November 5, 1929 in Guangdong, China. He...
Yong-Sul Choi

Yong-Sul Choi Founder of Hapkido

Yong-Sul Choi was born on November 9, 1904 and passed away on June 15, 1986. He was the founder of the martial art, hapkido....

Masatoshi Nakayama: Shotokan Karate

Masatoshi Nakayama was the first Shotokan practitioner to be awarded his 9th dan while still alive and he was awarded his 10th dan after...

He-Young Kimm: Han Mu Do

Grandmaster He-Young Kimm is the founder of Hanmudo. He has over 45 years of studies and research in traditional and modern Korean martial arts....

Fumio Demura Has Passed Away

In 1961 Shihan Fumio Demura won the National Kumite title of Japan. He was now teaching karate in Tokyo, but had the desire to come to the United States.

David Ticky Donovan O.B.E.

Born in 1947, David Ticky Donovan O.B.E., is a British karate competitor and coach. He was the coach and manager of both the British...
Cecil Peoples

Cecil Peoples 3rd Man In The Fight

During a championship kickboxing fight, Cecil Peoples is one of the most familiar faces in the ring. As the 3rd man in the fight,...