My Martial Arts Highlights

I just thought I'd list some of my major martial arts highlights on the Web before I forget what I've done. I compiled this list from memory, so there may be some discrepancies, but most what is on here is correct. If I come across anything on here that is wrong, I will update the page with the correct information as soon as I can.

Since I started my first karate class in 1981, I might have dabbled in a dozen or so different martial arts, including Shotokan, Renshinkan, and Matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu karate; Okinawan kobudo; Chen style taiqiquan; Nippon Shorinji Kempo; Brazilian jiu-jitsu; boxing, etc. Despite this wide exposure, however, I feel I’ve only really delved deeply into maybe three styles: Karate, Naginata, and Kobudo. The following is a short list of my accomplishments and highlights:

2006 KARATE SKIF World Championships, Tokyo -- US Team member

2006 KARATE SKIF – USA Nat’l Championships, Contra Costa, Calif.

• 3^d Place Kata
• 3d Place Kumite

2006 NAGINATA USNF National Championships, Sonoma, Calif.

• 2^nd Place Men’s Shiai

2004 NAGINATA USNF National Championships, Bryn Mawr, Penn.

• US National Champion Men’s Shiai

2004 NAGINATA Received Naginata Sandan from INF

2003 NAGINATA INF World Championships, San Jose, Calif.

• World Champion Men’s Team Shiai

2002 NAGINATA Received Naginata Nidan from USNF

2001 KOBUDO RBKD National Championships, San Francisco

• US National Champion Bojutsu Kata

2000 NAGINATA Received Naginata Shodan from INF, Honolulu

2000 KOBUDO Okinawan Karate/Kobudo Pan American Championships, San Diego

• 2^nd Place Kata
• 2^nd Place Kobudo
• 3d Place Kumite

1997 KOBUDO Okinawan Karate/Kobudo World Championships, Naha, Okinawa Japan

• Finalist Kobudo kata

1995 NAGINATA Began Naginata Training Under Takako Miyagi, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

1994-7 KOBUDO Yamanni Ryu Bojutsu Student of Chogi Kishaba, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

1992 KARATE Received Shotokan Sandan from Hirokazu Kanazawa

1989 KARATE SKIF Pan-Am Championships, Chihuahua, Mexico -- US Team member

1988 KARATE SKIF World Championships, Utsunomiya-shi, Japan -- US Team member

1985 KOBUDO Began Training in Yamanni Ryu Bojutsu Under Toshihiro Oshiro

1981 KARATE Began Training in Shotokan Karate Under Hajime Yokota