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He was Regional Director for the AKBBA, delegate to the National Karate Conference for the A.A.U. It was never shown on the air because the station’s management thought Chuck wasn’t qualified to promote a weatherman, but you can see it now, because Chuck IS qualified to “promote” a friend as a karateman, which he does below.In 1985 Sam bought houses in Acapulco and Mexico City and retired, living part time in both places. During the time he has lived in Mexico, he has become the “Father of Kajukenbo” in Mexico and the founder of “Jukensa”. John Platt. Sam was promoted to 1st degree Black Belt after he won a tournament in Fort Worth, Texas in 1954. The second tree …

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At age 18, after earning his Black Belt in Kajukenbo under Sid Asuncion, he formed a small group to practice and teach in Hawaii, his native home. In 1975, Al Dacascos was invited to appear in ABC’s Wide World of Sports, broadcast from Los Angeles. In the premier season of 1998, Mark will star in the new television series titled “The Crow, Stairway to Heaven”.Other notable personalities under the Dacascos banner are Malia Bernal, Karyn Turner and Karen Shephard.

A 9th Degree Grand Master and a PhD, Gerald Chavez teaches Kajukembo in Albuquerque and is keeping the Thunderbird Kajukenbo Association very much alive and active. Pat Reagan. He also received his second degree in 1995 in Tang Soo Do.On average, Ed trained 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for around 9 years. Now he had to produce the leaves and the flowers, the champions of Wun Hop Kuen Do.Al’s son, Mark Dacascos, certainly fits the role model of Champion. Malia Ribiero . This concept has now been integrated into the Mexico City Kajukenbo practitioners, who conduct national level yearly seminars.The “National Black Belt Karate Grand Championships” and the “Central North American Karate Championships,” were usually on all lists of U.S. top-ten tournaments. In the USA, Bill Owens was a national champion in the 1970′ and Eric Lee is the reputed “King of Kata.”After numerous seminars in every major city in Europe and the USA, Dacascos techniques also became sought after by military and government agencies.

Ed began his Martial Arts training in 1985 with Master Yong Ju Lee (at the time in Huntsville, Al). To me, what really matters is how hard a person trains and feels about him/herself. Doug Espinda.

Bill Owens. It was Prof. Reyes, one of Sijo Emperado’s original Black Belts, who promoted Nahoolewa to Black Belt rank. Each of these women held the title of national champion in their own time. Blessing on your personal journey.” Al and Jim Tracy were promoted to Black Belt (Shodan) January 2, 1962. He performed and competed in any exhibition to gain experience and to aquire knowledge from others in the field. “I spent hundreds of hours directly with Sifu Al detailing out each technique so we could archive them in a master handbook.”Ed was also one of the Grand Master’s lead instructors over a nine year period and worked with Grand Master Dacascos as a protege student.He achieved his black belt in Wun Hop Kuen Do with Sifu Al in 1993, at this time he also opened his own school in Tigard, OR, a suburb of Portland. Use the martial arts to grow your confidence, get to know yourself, and bring inward peace to your mind. Sam’s outstanding student, Gerald Chavez, also helped conduct these training tours.

Sijo Emperado is considered the founder of Kajukenbo, making Nahoolewa a rare 3nd generation Kajukenbo Black Belt and Sam 4th generation.Sam Allred trained with Don Nahoolewa for the required four years to earn Black Belt in Kajukenbo. He has also worked in the motion picture industry and formed an alliance with producer/director Debra Mason called the From time to time he will work one-on-one with students in his therapy and life coaching practice to help them gain confidence and self defense skills.Ed comments, “I’ve never liked belt levels for political and egotistical reasons.