K of C Demo Brooklyn, NY 1970, that's me on the floor defending during free sparring demo. Whenever I sparred with Mr. Adams, I found myself on the floor alot. But I learned how to fight from the gr...
Fellow Student, Gregory Martin and myself posing for pictures in 1968 to promote a Tang Soo Do Class. I believe this was the first class outside of our YMCA class that I started in 1968. We held cla...
American Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan Identification card with dan bon of A-15164. Master Jae Joon Kim, gave me a low dan bon in his organization based on my original 1969 testing date.
Langley AFB Karate Club, 1993-95, under the guidance of James Donnelly, Sa bom Nim. That's my son, Roberto Jr., holding the kicking pad. I was showing him jump kicks that night. We held classes in ...
My first solo class at local church in Brooklyn, NY 1968. My original instructor, Mr. Mike Masley, would come on Saturday morning to conduct classes and I would teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays on my ...
Demo at K of C in Brooklyn, NY 1969-70. I was 5 feet 11 inches at the time, so I know the height was over 6 feet for the board break, it took me three attempts to make it.
Red belt forgot his belt for the demo that we did for the Knight of Columbus club in Brooklyn, NY. I believe this was 1970... could have been 1969??? The student's last name was Ramos. He was a 1st g...
The class lasted about a year, it became more of a self defense class, since I didn't have a direct line of comm with Korea, I couldn't issue certificates.
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Diagram of my dan bon lineage... since my initial dan test in June 1969 under Master Ahn from Ohio, that dan application was sent to him, however, they apparently were never sent to the Korean Soo Bah...
I never received my dan bon papers from the Korean Soo Bahk Do, due to some political issue with Master Ahn converting to Tae Kwon Do in 1969. However, the NYMDK did have these original Association I...