Accreditation, Credentials, & Affiliations

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The International Society of Okinawan/Japanese Karate-Do (ISOK),

has Organizational Accreditation (#CA-0-001) through the World Federation of Karate-Do Organizations (WFKO).

The WFKO, in turn, is registered with Mr. Hidetaka Nishiyama's International Traditional Karate Federation. (ITKF).

Rod Murray Sensei

(Keishinkai/Okinawa Seito Ryu, Judo, Aikido, Wrestling, Pai Lum Tao, Hsing Yi)

Black Belt 9th Dan awarded to Rod Murray by USMAA

Black Belt 8th Dan awarded to Rod Murray by ISOK

Black Belt 8th Dan awarded to Rod Murray by WMAU

Black Belt 6th Dan awarded to Rod Murray by USKA

Black Belt 4th Dan awarded to Rod Murray by International Keishinkai

KEI SHIN KAN USA Branch Authorization

1992 Nagano, Japan - 1st Place Koshiki Kumite (Hard Contact Fighting) issued to Rod Murray

Koshiki (hard contact) head and chest gear small pictures right & left.

"Tonfa" or PR-24 Side-Handle Baton Instructor Certification; 1st Place 1971 North Dakota - Fighting

Idaho Statesmen of Boise reported USA win of Japan!

LAW ENFORCEMENT & MARTIAL ARTS JUST NATURALLY BLEND

BA Degree in Criminal Justice signed by Ronald Reagan & James Bond (during the James Bond movie era...believe it!)

Basic Police Academy and Specialized School by FBI

Left: PR-24 Baton Instructor Training; Right: Field Training Officer (FTO)

International KEI SHIN KAN Karate Association (Keishinkai)

International Society of Okinawa/Japanese Karate-Do (ISOK)

United States Martial Arts Association

United States Karate Association

(past member in good standing USKA)

United States Karate Association

Arizona State Police Retired - Robert A. Trias (USKA Founder)

Certification & authorization of Master Trias as 10th Grade Black Belt and signed by Makoto Gima (Judan), Takazawa Masanao (Kudan), Grandmaster Ogura (Kudan), T. Sun Hop Young (Hanshi), Suzuki Masfumi (Judan), Uehara (Judan), Sifu Yu Chi Chan (Hsing Yi Judan), & Yamazaki Masanao (Kudan).

In 1942, during World War II, Grandmaster Robert A. Trias was stationed in the British Solomon Islands. At this time Grandmaster Trias was a middleweight boxing champion for the United States Navy. During this same time a Chinese missionary, Master T'ung Gee Hsing, was seeking the conversion of the Solomon Island natives. Trias decided to train with Master Hsing in Hsing-Yi. From then on, Karate became his way of life. Hsing had traveled to the Solomn Islands from Okinawa in 1940, where he had trained with Choki Motobu.

Later during the war, in 1944, while stationed in Singapore, Mr. Trias continued his training in the martial arts with his second instructor Hoy Yuan Ping at the Hock Keng Temple. Hoy Yuan Ping's instructor was Hashinosuka Fukuda, of the Tenshin Shinjo School of Kempo ju-jitsu in Japan. Karate was first introduced to the United States by Grand Master Trias in 1945 opening the first dojo in Phoenix, AZ.

Master Trias was promoted to 9th degree black belt on July 16, 1964 by Grand Master Yasuhiro Konishi, the Chief Instructor for Choki Motobu. Grand Master Konishi also appointed MasterTrias as the International Style Head of the Shur-ryu system. He was promoted to 10th degree black belt in 1983, by Grand Master Makoto Gima, the Chief Instructor for Gichin Funakoshi.

United States Martial Arts Association

United States Air Force Retired - Phil Porter, Executive Director

(Student of Walter Todd)

Judo/Judan; Karate/Kudan; JiuJitsu (Togakureryu)/Judan; Aikido (Shihanryu)/Judan

Philip S. Porter began his Martial Arts career in boxing in 1943 at age 18. He was later a member of the West Point Boxing Team; and in 1950, Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Western Area of the Air Training Command, USAF. Porter graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1948. After 20 yrs., he retired as a Major in the U.S. Air Force.

O-Sensei started Judo, JuJitsu, and Karate training in 1951 at Travis Air Force Base, California under Sensei Walter Todd, Kudan/9th Degree Black Belt (student of Toyama Kanken Sensei), now deceased. Because Porter was 27 years old at the time, he soon started coaching as well as competing. Now, he is called O-Sensei because he is in charge of teaching and watching over the rank promotions of thousands of his Black Belt students throughout the country in nearly 1,000 clubs of...

the United States Martial Arts Association.

There are now two 10th Degrees in the world, Anton Geesink and Philip S. Porter, and no living Japanese 10th Degrees.

Instructors during his lifetime include:

Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, Sensei

Sumiyuki Kotani, Sensei

Walter Todd - Student of Toyama O'Sensei

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