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Hanshi
Hobbs is the highest-graded Seidokan Shorin-Ryu Karate Master
in the Western world and, by virtue of that, the international
community’s leading authority on Seidokan. He is a living encyclopedia
of the Oriental Martial Arts, an all-rounder in this field; a
complete martial artist. A most inspiring teacher acknowledged
and commanding great respect and admiration all over the world.
A learning encounter with Hanshi Hobbs is an experience of a
life-time. Highly recommended. For credentials see below [1]
[1] Judan & Hanshi, Shorin-Ryu
Karate & Kobudo, Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do
Seidokan Kyokai, Okinawa
Judan, Hanshi, and Menkyo Kaiden, Ju-Jutsu, All Japan Seibukan
Budo Kai,Japan
Menkyo Kaiden, Kokodo Ju-Jutsu, Kokodo Renmei, Japan
Hachidan, Hanshi, & Menkyo Kaiden, Ryoi Shinto Ryu Ju-Jutsu,
Ryoi Shinto Kai, U.K. & Ireland
Hachidan
& Hanshi, Goju-Ryu Karate-Do, All Japan Seibukan Budo Kai,
Japan
Hachidan
& Tashi, Seidokan Karate Kobudo, All Okinawa Seidokan
Karate
Kobudo Association, Okinawa
Hachidan,
Okinawan Toide/Tuite (Grappling), All Okinawa Seidokan
Karate
Kobudo Association, Okinawa
Shihan
Menkyo, Okinawan Kobu-Jutsu, All Okinawa Seidokan Karate
Kobudo Association, Okinawa
Shihan Menkyo, Ryukyu Dento Karate-Do, Hamabaru Rensei Kai, Okinawa
Shihan Menkyo, Hakko-Ryu Ju-Jutsu, Hakko-Ryu Ju-Jutsu Kai, Japan
Godan & Kyoshi, Iai-Jutsu, All Japan Seibukan Budo Kai,
Japan
Director/President,
Dentokan Martial Arts Federation, U.S.A.
Personal Representative of Seiki Toma, Judan, Hanshi, and Kaicho
of
the Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Seidokan Kyokai, Okinawa
Member, Board of Directors, All Okinawa Seidokan Karate Kobudo
Association, Okinawa
Member, Executive Board, International Karate Kobudo Federation,
U.S.A.
Member,
Executive Board, International Seidokan Motobu-Ryu Rengokai,
U.S.A.
Senior
Technical Advisor, London Metropolitan Police Martial Arts
Federation
(Ju-Jutsu Section), London, England
Advisor (Karate, Ju-Jutsu, Iai-Jutsu, and Ken-Jutsu), Kobushi
Multimedia, U.S.A.
Distinguished
Guest & Demonstrator, 23rd & 24th Japanese Self Defence
Forces
Tohoku Region Karate Championships, Misawa & Sendai, Japan
(1998
& 1999)
Instructor,
Japanese Air Self Defence Forces Karate Club, Misawa Air
Base, Japan (1997-99)
National
Officer for the U.S.A., International Bodyguard Association,
U.K.
(1996-97)
Instructor,
Police Self Defence, Suffolk Constabulary Force Headquarters,
Ipswich,
England (1984-86)
Instructor,
Combat Training Team (Close-Quarter-Battle, Unarmed Combat,
Knife
Fighting, Bayonet Fencing, & Combat Survival), U.K. (1983-86)
Commissioner,
Tactical Self Defence Training, Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department,
Rockford,
Illinois (1983)
Member, U.S. Military Karate Team, competed in first International
Friendship
Karate-Do Tournament of Military, Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (1981)
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