Honoring the Masters for without them we would not be here...

Our dojo is steeped in history of the martial arts since Franz Shihan has had the unique opportunity to travel and train in Okinawa, Japan, China and Thailand. During these visits Shihan learned much about the unwritten history of martial arts for which he is very grateful. Many of the masters of the arts have taken time out to answer questions for Shihan...most of the time a translator was needed as well. Each Master listed below is one form or another responsible for the development of martial arts as we known them today. No matter how small or big their contribution we simply are honored for their dedication to the martial arts world wide. These are but some of the important Masters in the history of martial arts world wide. They deserve our thanks and gratitude to say the least.

Anko Itosu	Chotoku Kyan	Kanryo Higoanna	Kenwa Mabuni
Gichin Funakoshi	Chojun Miyagi	Mas Oyama	Robert Trias
Allen Steen	Fumio Demura	George Alexander	Hidetaka Nishiyama
Keith Yates	Morio Higoanna	Ed Parker	Glenn Keeney
Chuck Norris	Bill Wallace	Joe Lewis	Joe Corley
Parker Shelton	Ridgley Abele	Phillip Koeppel	J Pat Burleson

Gathering of the Masters to discuss organization of Karate with Okinawa and Japan - 1920's


Gathering of the Masters again circa 1930's.