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        My Martial Arts Training

On this page I have listed many of the martial arts teachers that I have had the wonderful opportunity of  receiving instruction from and/or trained along side during the past 34 years. As you will notice, not everyone listed is a martial artist in the sense that they practice an art which is considered to be a Chinese, Japanese, Okinawan or Korean art.  The military personnel who train and teach the Art of Unconventional Warfare have also, in fact contributed a great deal to my over all martial arts education, therefore I have listed some of them on this page as well.

My desire to train with the many people listed here can certainly be largely contributed to my first karate teacher, Mr. George VanHorne. Although Mr. VanHorne did in fact give me the desire to search for and train with the many people listed here, of equal importance is the fact that he also taught me proper etiquette which opened many doors for me that were often closed to others. He also instilled in me the ability to, not only quickly distinguish the difference between quality and non-quality martial artist, but also the ability of easily blend un-obstructively with any art I was studying. I would also like to thank Sensei William J. Dometrich, with whom I have had the honor of training with since I was a teenager as well as having spent a considerable amount of time serving together in the Military Intelligence Section of the 11th Special Forces Group, US Army. Over the years, Dometrich Sensei has furnished me with several letters of recommendation and has made several phone calls on my behalf during my travels.

Although I have listed styles and Founder, Student of, etc., beside several of the names listed here, I have listed no titles. Everyone listed here is in fact a teacher and in many instances titles change, therefore I have chosen not to list them. No disrespect is intended by this omission.  Other than the first few teachers listed here, no particular order, such as rank, age, time in training, etc, was followed in listing these teachers. Also, I have followed the western custom of listing the teachers with their first name first and their last name second.

1.    George VanHorne    (My first karate teacher. He has taught me much more than mere technique)

2.    William J. Dometrich (Founder US Chito-kai and my second karate teacher)

3.    Dr. Tsuyoshi Chitose (Founder Chito-ryu)

4.    Masami Tsuruoka (Senior Student of Dr. Chitose, Introduced Chito-ryu into Canada & Father of Canadian Karate)

5.    Yashihiro Chitose (Son of the Founder of Chito-ryu and present Soke of Chito-ryu)

6.    Joe Hedderman (Senior Chito-ryu Karate & Present Head of Koseido Jujutsu)

7.    Shane Higashi (Head of Canadian Chito-ryu)

8.    Masaru Inomoto (Senior Student of Dr. Chitose, Chito-ryu Japan)

9.    Isamu Katoh (Senior Student of Dr. Chitose, Chito-ryu Japan)

10.  Kenzo Mabuni (Present Head of his style of Shito-ryu and Son of Shito-ryu Founder, Japan)

11.  James Miyaji (Shorinji-ryu Hawaii) (One of 3 men responsible for bring Dr. Chitose to Hawaii 1961)

12.  Bobby Lowe (Head of Kyokyushin-kai, Hawaii)

13.  Kenneth Funakoshi (Shoto-kan Hawaii/California)

14.  Fumio Demura (Founder, Genbu-kai International, Shito-ryu)

15.  Shugoro Nakazato (Founder, Kobayashi-ryu Okinawa)

16.  Zenpo Shimabukuro (Present head  of Seibukan and Son of Founder, Okinawa)

17.  Hiroyuki Tesshin Hamada (Director Int. Dai-Nippon-Butoku-Kai student Gogen Yamaguchi, Goju-kai)

18.  Eiichi Miyazato (Goju-ryu, Founder Jundo-kan, Okinawa)

19.  Teruo Chinen (Goju-ryu, Jundo-kan)

20.  Mamarou Yamamoto (Student of Dr. Chitose, Founder Yoshukai)

21.  Masatoshi Nakayama (Studied with Gichin Funakoshi, Former JKA Chief Instructor, Shoto-kan)

22.  Yoshiaki Ajari (Studied with Founder of Wado-ryu and Gogen Yamaguchi-Nippon Goju-kai)

23.  Takayoshi Nagamine (Present head of Matsubayashi-ryu and Son of Founder, Okinawa)

24.  Chozo Kotaka (Shito-ryu, Hawaii)

25.  Morio Higaonna (Goju-ryu, Jundo-kan, Okinawa/California)

26.  Meitatsu Yagi (Present head of Meibukan Goju-ryu and Son of Founder, Okinawa)

27.  Ryuko Tomoyose (Head of Shohei-ryu {Uechi-ryu} Studied with Kanbun Uechi & Chojun Miyagi)

28.  Hirokazu Kanazawa (Head of Shoto-kan International, Student of Gichin Funakoshi)

29.  Takashiro Ikeda (Chito-ryu, Japan)

30.  Rony Kluger (Goju-ryu Israel, Jundo-kan)

31.  Katsuyuki Kondo (Present Head of mainline Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, Japan)

32.  Takayuki Mikami (Shoto-kan, Student of Gichin Funakoshi)

33.  Shojiro Sugiyama (Shoto-kan)

34.  Stan Schmidt (South African JKA, Shoto-kan)

35.  Glen Oyama (Kyokyushin-kai, Hawaii)

36.  Monaru Yonamine (Kobayashi-ryu, Okinawa)

37.  Dan Smith (Student of Zenryu Shimabukuro, founder of Seibukan and head of US Seibukan )

38.  Patrick McCarthy (Koryu Uchinanti)

39.  Ron Yamanaka (Goju-ryu, Jundo-kan, Canada)

40.  John Sells (Shito-ryu)

41.  Doug Perry (Student of Founder of Kobayashi-ryu & Head of Kobayashi-ryu in US)

42.  Kazanori Kawakita (Senior student of Mamarou Yamamoto, Yoshukai)

43.  Bill Stockey (Former senior student of Tesshin Hamada, Shoshin-kan)

44.  George Mattson (Uechi-ryu, USA)

45.  Victor Moore (Former student of William Dometrich, Chito-ryu)

46.  David Akutagawa (Renshinkan, Chito-ryu, Canada)

47.  Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming (Gung-fu & Chin-Na)

48.  Dr. Ing (Gung-fu)

49.  Ken Tallack (Goju-ryu, Meibukan, Canada)

50.  Harold Long (Isshin-ryu Karate, one of three men responsible for bring Isshin-ryu to US)

51.  Elmar T. Schmeisser (Shoto-kan)

52.  Robert Brown (Goju-ryu, Jundo-kan)

53.  Richard Marcinko (Founder US Counterterrorist unit, Seal Team Six)

54.  Yukinori Kugimiya (Chito-ryu, student of Dr. Chitose)

55.  Jerry Marano (Aikido, Aikikai, Ki-Aikido)

56.  Bill George (Matsubayashi-ryu & Judo)

57.  Stanley Strathford (Kentucky School of Metaphysics)

58.  Richard Kim (Shorinji-ryu Karate)

59.  Kelly Markham (Isshin-ryu Karate)

60.  Joe Lewis (Former Heavy Weight Full Contact Karate Champion, USA)

61.  Bill Wallace (Former Middle Weight Full Contact Karate Champion, USA)

62.  Eric Lee (Gung-fu)

63.  Toshihiro Oshiro (Matsubayashi-ryu & Yamani Chinnen-ryu Kobudo)

64.  Kiyoshi Nishime (Matsubayashi-ryu & Yamanni Chinnen-ryu Kobudo)

65.  Duk Sung Son (Chung Do Kwan, Tae Kwon Do, Martial Arts Instructor West Point)

66.  Allen Wheeler (Isshin-ryu Karate)

67. Shiogai Sensei (Senior student of Dr. Chitose)

68. Kugizaki Sensei (Senior student of Dr. Chitose)

69. Mike Sadler  (Senior student of Mamarou Yamamoto (Founder Shingo-ha Yoshukai)

70. Terry Valentino (Chito-ryu Karate & Koseido-ryu Jujitsu )

71. Tony Hedderman (Chito-ryu Karate & Menkyo-kaiden - Koseido-ryu Jujitsu)

72.  Kenzo Uchiage (Senior Student of Gogen Yamaguchi, Nippon Goju-kai)

73.  Takeshi Uchiage (Goju-ryu Uchiage-kai - Son of Kenzo Uchiage)

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