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Lifetime Members Page
E.M.S.O.I. & I.I.A.O.K.A./KOBUDO
Shimabuku Tatsuo Shinkichi Sensei, Founder of Isshinryu
Donald Hugh Nagle Sensei, Father of all American Isshinryu
Edward F. McGrath Sensei, Inheritor of Don Nagle's AOKA, Founder of American Isshinryu
Mel Sutphen Sensei, Our First Sho Dan at EMSOI
Professor Ernie Cates, Founder of Neko Ryu Goshin Jitsu
Professor Darrell Sarjeant, Silent Warrior Arts
Uezu Angi Sensei, Isshinryu OIKKA
Steve Armstrong, Isshinryu
Arcenio James Advincula, Isshinryu
Russ Gunny Best, Isshinryu
Harold Mitchum, Isshinryu
Kyle Forrest, Isshinryu
Christopher Chase Sensei Isshinryu OIKKA Legacy Leader
Jerry Figgiani, Shorinryu, SRKDI One of my oldest friends in Martial Arts. Vena Sensei.
Vincent Colangelo Sr. Sensei Isshinryu, Hachi Dan, Dai Ichi, IIAOKA Legacy Leader inheritor of the John D. Remick, Sr. School of Isshinryu Karatedo & Kobudo. Teaches Kick Boxing, Judo, Pressure Point & Self Defense Street Fighting, Weapons Master Instructor for Kobo Jitsu, Ground Fighting and Grappling
Dr.Barry Steinberg Sensei, Ku Dan, Hanshi Go, Active Colonel in the United States Army, Dentist, Surgeon and Plastic Surgeon, Isshinryu, IIAOKA & Kobudo Legacy Leader, Ed McGrath's Essense of Isshinryu Co-Founder. (2019) He also sustain's a Law Enforcement position in Florida.
Dean Scott Sensei, Isshinryu
Moose Cates, Soke Dai, Neko-Ryu Goshin Jitsu, IIAOKA
Ronald Duncan, O'Sensei. Way of the Winds Founder
Hanshi Ronald Duncan, Jr. Inheritor of the Way of the Winds
Hanshi Gregory Duncan, Inheritor of the Way of the Winds
Soke Pete Siringano, Sr.
Hanshi Pete Siringano, Jr.
Soke Michael DePasquale, Sr.
Hanshi Michael DePasquale, Jr.
Soke Lil John Davis
Professor Florendo M. Visitacione
Dr. Moses Powell
Grand Master Aaron Banks
Hanshi Louis Delgato
Grand Master George Cofield
Grand Master Thomas Lapuppet
Grand Master Willie Adams
Grand Master Richard Kim
Grand Master Nick Adler Isshinryu
Hanshi Marilyn Fierro Isshinryu
Kyoshi Richard Ruberto Isshinryu
Hanshi Rod Crimmins Isshinryu
Hanshi Karl Hovey Sr. Isshinryu
Hanshi Don Gunny Bohan PAPASAN Isshinryu
Mu Dan Rick Niemira
Mu Dan Jim Chapman
Mu Dan Ralph Bove
Barney Baxter USMC
Renshi Gregory Melita, Professor Hamptons Jiu Jitsu, EMSOI Black Belt, Isshinryu, Kioto BJJ Black Belt, Judo, Kobujutsu, Aikijitsu
Renshi Timothy Prisk, EMSOI Black Belt, IIAOKA Legacy Leader
Renshi Richard Rosenthal, Isshinryu, Nana Dan, AJ Advincula lineage Escrima AJ Advincula Sensei lineage.
Hanshi Mitch Kobylanski, Isshinryu, North Carolina
Sifu Alan Goldberg, Action Martial Arts, Brooklyn, New York
Sifu Samual Kwok, Ip Man, Wing Chun Kung Fu
Takeda Sokaku Sensei Founder of Daito ryu Aiki Ju Jutsu
Ueshiba Morihei, O'Sensei Founder of Aikido
Grand Master Mike Stone
Grand Master Joe Lewis
Hanshi Frank Klos
Kyoshi Frank Black
Hanshi John Pinghero
Shihan Stevie DiLorenzo Sr. EMSOI & Don Nagle AOKA & IIAOKA Legacy Leader
Shihan Malakai Lee Mu Dan Isshinryu
Hanshi Joe Burgess Mu Dan Isshinryu
Shidoshi Ron Van Clief
Andrea Harkins The Karate Woman
Kamu Michelle Manu
Grand Master Cynthia Rothrock
Grand Master Les Weapons Master
Rita Parke Sensei Isshinryu Weapons Master
Hanshi Bobby Baker EMSOI, IIAOKA, Don Nagle's AOKA Legacy Leader
Hanshi Albert Mady, Isshinryu Canada
Ed Johnson Sensei, Isshinryu
Harvey Kennedy Sensei Isshinryu
Soke Haisan Kaleak, Family of Sanuses
Shimabuku Ciso Shinsho Sensei Son of our Founder
Shimabuku Kichiro Sensei Son of our Founder
Uechi Tsuyoshi Sensei Okinawa Isshinryu
Peter G. Urban O'Sensei Father of all American Goju Ryu
Moses Powell Supreme Grand Master, Founder of Sanuces Ryu Ju Jutsu
Professor Florendo M. Visitacion Supreme Grand Master, Founder of Modern
Vee Ju Jutsu
Kenny Laskowski Sensei EMSOI & Don Nagle's AOKA & IIAOKA Legacy Leader
Louis Luceri Sensei EMSOI & Don Nagle's AOKA & IIAOKA Legacy Leader
Clarence Ewing Isshinryu
Special Thanks to Rick Niemira and Don Bohan
George Iberl Grand Master, 10th. Dan, Isshinryu
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