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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hanshi Mitch Kobylanski, Isshinryu, North Carolina
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Sifu Alan Goldberg, Action Martial Arts, Brooklyn, New York
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Sifu Samual Kwok, Ip Man, Wing Chun Kung Fu
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Takeda Sokaku Sensei Founder of Daito ryu Aiki Ju Jutsu
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Ueshiba Morihei, O'Sensei Founder of Aikido
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Grand Master Mike Stone
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Grand Master Joe Lewis
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Hanshi Frank Klos
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Kyoshi Frank Black
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Hanshi John Pinghero
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Shihan Stevie DiLorenzo Sr. EMSOI & Don Nagle AOKA & IIAOKA Legacy Leader
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Shihan Malakai Lee Mu Dan Isshinryu
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Hanshi Joe Burgess Mu Dan Isshinryu
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Shidoshi Ron Van Clief
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Andrea Harkins The Karate Woman
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Kamu Michelle Manu
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Grand Master Cynthia Rothrock
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Grand Master Les Weapons Master
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Rita Parke Sensei Isshinryu Weapons Master
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Hanshi Bobby Baker EMSOI, IIAOKA, Don Nagle's AOKA Legacy Leader
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Hanshi Albert Mady, Isshinryu Canada
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Ed Johnson Sensei, Isshinryu
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Harvey Kennedy Sensei Isshinryu
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Soke Haisan Kaleak, Family of Sanuses
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Shimabuku Ciso Shinsho Sensei Son of our Founder
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Shimabuku Kichiro Sensei Son of our Founder
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Uechi Tsuyoshi Sensei Okinawa Isshinryu
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Peter G. Urban O'Sensei Father of all American Goju Ryu
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Moses Powell Supreme Grand Master, Founder of Sanuces Ryu Ju Jutsu
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Professor Florendo M. Visitacion Supreme Grand Master, Founder of Modern
Vee Ju Jutsu
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Kenny Laskowski Sensei EMSOI & Don Nagle's AOKA & IIAOKA Legacy Leader
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Louis Luceri Sensei EMSOI & Don Nagle's AOKA & IIAOKA Legacy Leader
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Clarence Ewing Isshinryu
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Special Thanks to Rick Niemira and Don Bohan
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George Iberl Grand Master, 10th. Dan, Isshinryu
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