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MARTIAL ARTS EXPERTISE OF - KYOSHI JOHN R. VENSON Trainer of Champions – World, National and Regional Champions One of less than 200 Americans to pass the International Weapons Masters Test The first American to be awarded the coveted Matsumoto Warrior Title, during the 1986 United States Karate Team Tour of Japan and China Gold Medal Winner – 1988 International Police Olympics – Black Belt Fighting International Certification - 8th Degree Black Belt (HACHIDAN) 1995 Regional Director of the PKC (Professional Karate Commission) 1999 - Present International Martial Arts Symposium Instructor (Fighting Classes) 1996 - Present World Karate Champion - Nineteen (19) times Fighting (10) – Forms (4) – Weapons (5) Grand Champion Winner of “Blue Lion Nationals” 1994-1995-1996 Grand Champion Winner of Illinois State Karate Championship twelve (12) times Grand Champion Winner of Regional Karate Championship ten (10) times Former Drill Instructor & Hand-to-Hand Combat Instructor – U.S. Marine Corps Rated among the Top Ten Fighters in The United States for twelve (12) consecutive years Inducted into the United States Karate Hall-of-Fame (The Trias International Society) - 1983 - receiving unanimous voting The Trias International Society – Recognized as America’s Most Elite Fighters Captain of the United States Karate Team 1985-1989 Inducted into World Sports Hall-of-Fame in 1995 Rated among the “Top Ten” karate instructors in the United States by both Professional Karate Magazine and Karate Illustrated Magazine Generally regarded as one of the foremost authorities of martial arts academia and intelligentsia. |
