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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.

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...
Adriano Emperado

Adriano Emperado: Kajukenbo

Adriano Emperado June 15, 1926 – April 4, 2009 It was in 1947, while still training under Chow, that Mr. Emperado joined with 4 other...

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...
Ernie Reyes Sr.

Ernie Reyes Sr One of the Greatest Martial Arts Masters

Ernie Reyes Sr was honored as, "One of the Greatest Martial Arts Masters of the 20th Century", on national Television (TNT) produced by Wesley...
Chuzo Kotaka

Chuzo Kotaka: Kotaka-Ha Shito-ryu Karate

Chuzo Kotaka was born on November 11, 1941 in Hyogoken, Japan. He began studying karate at the age of seven under Sensei Genryu Kimura....
Shinken Taira

Hidy Ochiai: Washin-Ryu

Japanese martial artist Hidy Ochiai is a martial arts instructor, author and actor. Hidehiko Ochiai was born on September 27, 1939. He is created...

Kam Yuen: Kung-Fu, Chiropractics and Stunt Coordinator

Martial arts Grandmaster, Doctor of Chiropractic and former aerospace engineer, was the consultant and stunt coordinator for the original television series "Kung-Fu", starring David...