Don Warrener
Born January 14,1948, Don Warrener is the youngest of three children born to Richard and Marjory Warrener.He started his Martial arts journey on March 15, 1966 in Hamilton, Ontario Canada with Benny A
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Fighting Spirit Blog
Peter Urban
By Tracy Warrener Van KruistumA renaissance man of the Martial arts, Sensei Peter Urban, was born in New Jersey in 1934. He served in the United State Navy during WWII as an Intelligence officer. Whil
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Teruo Chinen
One of the modern day martial arts masters was Okinawan Goju Ryu’s Teruo Chinen. He was born in 1941, in Japan, to a family with deep martial arts roots. Both his parents, grandfather and uncles were
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“Teacher, Policeman, Martial Artist” Please share with friends and students.
Higa Seiko 1898 – 1966“Teacher, Policeman, Martial Artist”Seiko Higa was born in Naha Okinawa,
formerly the Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan. He
was a Goju Ryu karate practitioner and teacher.
His original
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“The Epitome Of The Word Karate Master”
Morio Higaonna
1938 – “The Epitome Of The Word Karate Master”Morio Higaonnawas
born in Naha, Japan. He is a prominent Okinawankarate practitioner, and the founder and Chief
Instructor of the I
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Sogen Sakiyama Roshi
Sogen
Sakiyama Roshi 1921“Zen Monk - Karate
Master”Sogen Sakiyama is now a Zen Priest and one of the highest in all
of Japan. Roshi as he is affectionately called
is one of the few still alive th
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Gogen "The Cat" Yamaguchi - "Emperor of the Scarlett Fist”
Gōgen Yamaguchi,
was a Japanese martial artist and student of Gōjū-ryū Karate under Chōjun Miyagi. One of the most well-known Karate-dō masters from Japan, he founded the International Karate-dōGōjū
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