Tuesday Night Senior
Advanced Workout at the Hombu Dojo
Peoria, IL
The honor I have as a teacher is to have
students who have trained with me for
years. I am proud of the fact that our "Hombu
Dojo" represents this type of longevity.
There are many more who have left our
area and have dojos of their own all
over the U.S.
In this picture I have listed the names
of our current yudansha and how long
they have trained.
Note: There are 8 to 10 additional
yudansha at the hombu who are not in
this photo who have between 30 to 40
years training. They train on different
nights.
Karateka in the photo
with their years of karate training.
1st row: Cyr - 5, Cullen - 10, Klass
- 10, Bui - 10, McLeod - 9
2nd row:
Duffy - 31, Shear - 45, Koeppel - 54,
Schielein - 43
3rd row: Harr - 39,
Pullen - 12, Phillips - 32, Staton - 41,
Goldstein - 16, Funk - 35
I thank
them all for their loyalty and continued
support.
P.W. Koeppel
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U.S. Naval Senior
Chief H. P. Henry (active duty just
returned from Iraq), Rokudan Isshinryu
Karatedo, is
the USKK State
Director for North Carolina & USKK Style
head for Isshinryu. Over the past year
Senior
Chief Henry conducted
an in-depth interview with Sensei
Phillip Koeppel - Kaicho USKK. This
interview
appeared on the
popular Isshinryu website "Don Bohan's
Memorial Website", Sensei Wayne Wayland
webmaster.
The link below will
take you to this interview:
http://www.bohans-family.com/sensei-speaks/sensei.htm
