United States

How it arrived (76)

Teachers holding a nationality their students did not, earliest student first.

• sports_martial_artsBoxing

  United Kingdom · Bill Richmond → Tom Molineaux

  Germany · Edward Muss → Bruce Lee
• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  Japan · Yamashita Yoshitsugu → Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

  Japan · Matty Matsuda → Roy Moore Sr.

  Japan · Iizuka Kunisaburō → Kenneth Kuniyuki

  +9 more

  Japan · Kotani Sumiyuki → Emilio Mel Bruno

  Japan · Oda Tsunetane → Hal Sharp

  Japan · Ishikawa Takahiko → Hal Sharp

  Japan · Kobayashi Kiyoshi → Hal Sharp

  Japan · Ishikawa Takahiko → Gene LeBell

  Japan · Kobayashi Kiyoshi → Karl Geis

  Japan · Ōsawa Yoshimi → AnnMaria De Mars

  Cuba · Bert Becerra → John Carmack

  Japan · Mifune Kyūzō → Walter Todd
• sports_martial_artsOkinawan Kobudō

  Japan · Toyama Kanken → Richard Kim
• sports_martial_artsKarate

  Japan · Kentsū Yabu → Richard Kim

  Japan · Arakaki Sadao → Richard Kim
• sports_martial_artsDaitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu

  Japan · Kōtarō Yoshida → Richard Kim
• sports_martial_artsTaikiken

  Japan · Sawai Kenichi → Richard Kim
• sports_martial_artsJeet Kune Do

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → James Yimm Lee

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → Taky Kimura

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → Jesse Glover

  +6 more

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → Dan Inosanto

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → Chuck Norris

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → Ted Wong

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → Richard Bustillo

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → Larry Hartsell

  Hong Kong · Bruce Lee → Jerry Poteet
• sports_martial_artsBaguazhang

  China · Wang Shujin → Donn F. Draeger

  Taiwan · Wang Shujin → Donn F. Draeger
• sports_martial_artsTenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū

  Japan · Ōtake Risuke → Donn F. Draeger
• sports_martial_artsShindō Musō-ryū

  Japan · Shimizu Takaji → Donn F. Draeger
• sports_martial_artsAikidō

  Japan · Koichi Tohei → Harry Kiyoshi Ishisaka

  Japan · Tsunako Miyake → Karl Geis

  Japan · Ueshiba Morihei → Roy Y. Suenaka

  +2 more

  Japan · Ueshiba Morihei → Steven Seagal

  Japan · Koichi Tohei → Steven Seagal
• sports_martial_artsArnis

  Philippines · Leo M. Giron → Dan Inosanto

  Philippines · John La Coste → Dan Inosanto

  Philippines · Angel Cabales → Graciela Casillas
• sports_martial_artsMuay Thai

  Thailand · Chai Sirisute → Dan Inosanto
• sports_martial_artsShooto

  Japan · Yorinaga Nakamura → Dan Inosanto
• sports_martial_artsKobayashi Shorin-ryu

  Japan · Chibana Chōshin → Roy Y. Suenaka
• sports_martial_artsKyokushin

  South Korea · Mas Oyama → Roy Y. Suenaka

  Japan · Mas Oyama → Roy Y. Suenaka
• sports_martial_artsGoju-ryu

  Japan · Miyazato Eiichi → Roy Y. Suenaka
• sports_martial_artsShorin-ryu

  Japan · Soken Hōhan → Roy Y. Suenaka
• sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu

  Brazil · Jean Jacques Machado → Chuck Norris

  Brazil · Rigan Machado → Chuck Norris

  Brazil · Carlos Machado → Chuck Norris

  +14 more

  Brazil · Jean Jacques Machado → Joe Rogan

  Brazil · Vitor Belfort → Joe Rogan

  Brazil · Carlos Machado → John Carmack

  Brazil · Jean Jacques Machado → Eddie Bravo

  Brazil · Relson Gracie → Phil Migliarese

  Brazil · Ralph Gracie → Dave Camarillo

  Brazil · Relson Gracie → Ricardo Migliarese

  Brazil · Pedro Valente → Ivanka Trump

  Brazil · Guilherme "Gui" Valente → Ivanka Trump

  Brazil · Joaquim Valente → Ivanka Trump

  Brazil · Leandro Vieira → Cain Velasquez

  Brazil · Renzo Gracie → Travis Stevens

  New Zealand · John Danaher → Travis Stevens

  Brazil · Rorion Gracie → Richard Bresler
• sports_martial_artsShito-ryu

  Japan · Fumio Demura → Chuck Norris

  Japan · Fumio Demura → Steven Seagal
• sports_martial_artsShotokan

  Japan · Hidetaka Nishiyama → Chuck Norris

  Japan · Tsutomu Ohshima → Chuck Norris
• sports_martial_artsTang Soo Do

  South Korea · Shin Jae Chul → Chuck Norris
• sports_martial_artsTaijiquan

  China · Lee Hoi-chuen → Bruce Lee
• sports_martial_artsITF Taekwondo

  South Korea · Jae Hun Kim → Michael J. O'Malley

  South Korea · Jae Hun Kim → Joe Rogan
• sports_martial_artsChangquan

  China · Bow Sim Mark → John Paul Salvitti
• sports_martial_artsNihon Jujutsu

  Japan · Shizuya Satō → Lance Gatling

  Japan · Shizuya Satō → John B. Gage
• sports_martial_artsYoshinkan Aikido

  Japan · Gozo Shioda → John B. Gage

Taken abroad (10)

Teachers from here whose students held another nationality.

• sports_martial_artsCatch Wrestling

  Japan · Harold Sakata → Rikidōzan

  Japan · Bobby Bruns → Rikidōzan

  Netherlands · Terry Funk → Anton Geesink

  +1 more

  Netherlands · Dory Funk Jr. → Anton Geesink
• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  Netherlands · Donn F. Draeger → Jon Bluming

  Canada · Monty Collier → Keanu Reeves
• sports_martial_artsJeet Kune Do

  Japan · Dan Inosanto → Yorinaga Nakamura
• sports_martial_artsWudangquan

  China Hong Kong · Bow Sim Mark → Donnie Yen
• sports_martial_artsShaolinquan

  China Hong Kong · Bow Sim Mark → Donnie Yen
• sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu

  Canada · Dave Camarillo → Keanu Reeves

Styles founded here (4)

10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu

founded 2003, Los Angeles

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American Kenpo

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Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu

founded c. 2003, San Jose

Mixed Martial Arts

founded 2000

Events (6)