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Jeff Vick – Shodan
Sensei for
Northwest Budokan
Master Kise’s Pacific Northwest Dojo.
Jeff started his martial
arts training in 1972 in Kodokan Judo at the University of Minnesota. He served
as an Infantry commander on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1976 –
1986 and was trained in close combat techniques to include hand-to-hand,
improvised weapons (shovels, pick axes, etc.) and bayonet. Jeff continued
training in martial arts training while in the Corps to include: Shotokan
(Japanese) karate under Samuel P. Rubin (3rd Dan), Twae Kwon Do
(Korean) karate under Fred Hamm, and Isshin Ryu (Okinawan) karate under Karl
Hovey (currently 8th Dan, Fredericksburg, Virginia). His training in
the late 70’s was physically intensive and as a member of the 7th
Marines karate team, competed in Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles counties in
California, with over 50 semi-contact fights. During the 1979-1980 Iran Hostage
Crisis, Jeff co-lead close combat refresher training for his infantry Battalion
in Okinawa prior to deploying to the region. He competed at the U.S. Karate
Nationals in 1982 and 1983, and subsequently “retired” from further karate
participation to focus on a new civilian career and family.
Jeff returned to studying
karate in 2005 under Sensei Gravelle at the Mukilteo YMCA, and have augmented
his
training by attending karate, kobudo and tuite seminars taught by Master Kise
and his senior instructors in our style from across the U.S.
His
goals for teaching beginners are three-fold: (1) instill a solid foundation of
karate techniques to enable his students to progress into the intermediate/advance
classes, (2) equip them to protect themself reasonably well, even if they never
continue on to higher levels of karate instruction; and (3) promote fun and
camaraderie amongst the students.
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