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Master
Dave
Park
State
Representative of Tennessee
Master
Dave Park started taking Isshin-Ryu
Karate in 1976. As of 1979, he
opened his first dojo in Bulls Gap,
TN. He started the first martial
arts school in Rhea County, TN in
1980 at the YMCA. He taught at the
YMCA as Head Karate Instructor for
10 years until opening and running
his own school in 1990, Park’s
Karate of Isshin-Ryu School. He
currently holds the ranks of 6th Dan
in Isshin-Ryu Karate and 1st Dan in
Goshen JuJitsu. He has
certifications of instruction in
Isshin-ryu Karate, Judo/JuJitsu,
Pressure Point Study Theory and
Weapons. He has taught various
classes, clinics, and seminars in
different martial arts schools. He
teaches students from the ages of
4-61. He has also worked with
handicapped students who are
deaf/mute and in wheelchairs. He was
the 1984 National Super-Light Weight
Champion, 1985-87 Isshin-Ryu Hall of
Fame Super-Light Weight Champion,
1987 “TKC” Tennessee State
Super-Light Weight Champion, 1987
East Tennessee State Championship
Karate Team Head Instructor/Trainer
and was selected 3 times for Who’s
Who in Karate Magazine. He was
inducted into the Universal Martial
Arts Hall of Fame as Master
Instructor of the Year-Isshin Ryu in
2003. |
