- male, deceased (2003)
- Minoru Mochizuki was a Japanese martial artist who founded Yoseikan Budo. He held the ranks 10th dan, aikido (International Martial Arts...
- male, deceased (1943)
- Takeda Sokaku was known as the founder of a school of jujutsu known as Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. Born in the Aizu domain (modern-day Fukushima...
- male, deceased (1938)
- Kano Jigoro was the founder of judo. Judo was the first Japanese martial art to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become...
- male, deceased (1982)
- Donald "Donn" Frederick Draeger (April 15 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - October 20 1982 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was an expert practitioner of...
- male, deceased (1994)
- Carlos Gracie is the co-founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu the Brazilian martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) along with his younger brother Hélio G...
- male, deceased (1986)
- Choi Yong Sul (1904 - 1986), alternative spelling Choi Yong Sool, was the founder of the martial art hapkido. He was born in the province...
- male, deceased (1951)
- Edward William Barton-Wright C.E., M.J.S. (member of the Japan Society) (1860-1951) was a British entrepreneur specialising in both self defence...
- male, deceased (1965)
- Gunji Koizumi, (1885-1965) introduced Judo to England. President and founder of the Budokwai. National Coach of the British Judo Association. As...
- male, 39 years old
- Jimmy Pedro , a three-time Olympian in judo, won a bronze medal in 1996 and was world champion in 1999. While he took two years off from college...
- male, deceased (1998)
- Minoru Hirai (March 1903 - 1998) is a Japanese martial artist and creator of the Korindo style of aikido. As a youth, he studied many different...
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